Committee advances bill requiring cultural competency module in basic training for first responders The Finance Committee advanced S518c (Prasad), which would add cultural competency content to basic and pre-employment training for police, sheriffs, firefighters, corrections and emergency medical personnel, requiring the content to comprise 5% of basic training.

New York's Senate Finance Committee is pushing a bill to enhance first responders' training with vital cultural competency modules—could this be the change our communities need?

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