Retired cops in Con­gress shred Dem’s push for man­dat­ed police ‘cul­tur­al diver­si­ty’ train­ing

A pro­gres­sive-backed bill to man­date cul­tur­al and sen­si­tiv­i­ty train­ing for police recruits is being panned by House Repub­li­can law­mak­ers who are for­mer offi­cers themselves.“It is imper­a­tive that law enforce­ment offi­cers are well-trained on agency pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dures and held to the high­est stan­dards that keep both offi­cers and the pub­lic safe,” Rep. John Ruther­ford, R‑Fla., a for­mer sher­iff and 40-year vet­er­an of the Jack­sonville Sher­if­f’s Office, told Fox News Digital.“However, it is not the role of Con­gress, nor should it be, to tell local agen­cies what that train­ing should look like.“The leg­is­la­tion would require peo­ple enrolled at police-train­ing acad­e­mies “to receive sen­si­tiv­i­ty train­ing on ethics and racial bias, cul­tur­al diver­si­ty, and po …