Officers all over the United States unknowingly take into consideration their own implicit biases when determining who to stop and how aggressively to act, and due to a lack of proper training, they tend to make mistakes that have recently resulted in tragedies. Police officers, just like normal individuals, automatically create associations between certain groups of people and certain behaviors (this phenomenon is most commonly referred to as stereotyping). However, training officers with real life scenarios that highlight the use of implicit biases can help remove bias and create a dialogue between the community and the police force that seems fair and just. Former Director of Research at the Police Executive Research Forum, Lorie Fridell,
