Which of the following will facilitate the police in cultural awareness and understanding with various minority populations?

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a. Incorrect. Affirmative action is an effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for minorities that include ensuring equal opportunity as well as redressing past discrimination. This will not facilitate all police officers increasing their cultural awareness and understanding of minority populations.
b. Correct. Having and conveying respect for these cultures is critical. Opening the lines of communication with the informal leaders of these communities to discuss their issues and their needs also will result in greater cooperation.
c. Incorrect. Community courses to help immigrants assimilate will not facilitate the police officers' cultural awareness and understanding of minority populations.
d. Incorrect. Police-community activities that convey a sense of omnipresence will not help facilitate cultural understanding. For individuals from some cultures the sense of omnipresence may scare individuals from other cultures.

Which of the Following Will Facilitate the Police in Cultural