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The science of bias policing

CINCINNATI (Angenette Levy) -- A nationally renowned expert in bias-free policing is training UC officers following the shooting of Sam DuBose. Dr. Lorie Fridell is an expert in the science of bias from the University of South Florida. She has conducted training for police in several U.S. cities including Baltimore and Los Angeles. Dr. Fridell and her team are training UC police officers and command staff to identify explicit and implicit bias. Explicit bias is an obvious dislike for a particular group. But implicit bias is different. "A person with implicit biases we still link people to stereotypes, it impacts our perceptions and our behaviors but this can happen outside of conscious awareness, even in individuals who reject at the conscious level prejudice and bias," Dr. Fridell said. Dr. Fridell's training focuses on teaching officers to recognize the biases they may have in an effort to police more fairly. Following the shooting of Sam DuBose by former UC officer Ray Tensing, it was discovered through statistics provided by the school that African-Americans received 81% of the citations Tensing issued. "We know we better know and understand what bias looks like and how we can better handle situations, encounters between police and citizens and so we wanted to bring state of the art training here because our goal is to be nationally the best police department in the country," said Dr. Robin Engel, VP of Safety and Reform at UC. Dr. Fridell is also training the police department's command staff about how the orders they give to officers might contribute to certain groups of people being treated unfairly. Student Alexander Shelton was in the audience and was hoping for more out of the presentation. "I don't know that we got down to the root of implicit bias and how that plays with power and how that really intersects with racism and how these systems build upon each other," Shelton said. Meanwhile, Al Gerhardstein, one of the attorneys for the DuBose family said the training and presentation for the public was a good start. UC officials said it was only a start. More training will follow and some will come from recommendations made after a full review of the department is complete. Dr. Fridell's training is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Justice. She has trained police departments across the country including Baltimore and Los Angeles. Federal agents with the FBI, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service will also take part in her training. Follow Angenette Levy on Twitter @angenette5, and LIKE her on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @Local12 and LIKE us on Facebook for updates!