
Police departments are beginning to recognize that racial, ethnic and gender biases influence the behavior of police officers, according to a panel of experts at a recent Oakland Citizens’ Police Review Board (CPRB) forum on biased-based policing.
“There are biases we bring to the job and biases we are taught in the police department,” said Chief Ron Davis of East Palo Alto, an expert in racial profiling. “All communities are dealing with it. It’s a human behavior issue.