Train-The-Trainer

Great train-the-trainer class of future instructors here in Northern California learning about Principled Based Policing and the 4 tenants of Procedural Justice:

The four tenants of Procedural Justice include:

? Voice (Listen)

? Neutrality (Be fair)

? Respectful treatment (Be respectful)

? Trustworthiness (Trying to do what's best for the people)

Procedural justice and police legitimacy concepts developed over several decades. Pragmatic approaches, along with contemporary information, combine to build upon the understanding of these principles.

Fundamentally, procedural justice concerns the fairness and the transparency of the processes by which decisions are made, and may be contrasted with distributive justice (fairness in the distribution of rights or resources), and retributive justice (fairness in the punishment of wrongs). Hearing all parties before a decision is made is one step which would be considered appropriate to be taken in order that a process may then be characterized as procedurally fair.

Police legitimacy reflects the belief that the police ought to be allowed to exercise their authority to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and solve problems in their communities. Legitimacy is reflected in three judgments. The first is public trust and confidence in the police. Such confidence involves the belief that the police are honest, that they try to do their jobs well, and that they are trying to protect the community against crime and violence. Second, legitimacy reflects the willingness of residents to defer to the law and to police authority, i.e. their sense of obligation and responsibility to accept police authority. Finally, legitimacy involves the belief that police actions are morally justified and appropriate to the circumstances.