Each police basic or review training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under section 7-294b or a municipal police department in the state shall include tactical training for police officers regarding the use of physical force, training in the use of body-worn recording equipment and the retention of data created by such equipment, and cultural competency and sensitivity and bias-free policing training, including, but not limited to, implicit bias training. As used in this section, “implicit bias training” means training on how to recognize and mitigate unconscious biases against a particular segment of the population that might influence a police officer's judgments and decisions when interacting with a member of such segment of the population.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 1; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 7.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 added a reference to and definition of implicit bias training, effective July 31, 2020.