A Workshop Rooted in Community Responsibility

As part of their training for the Nassau County Police Academy, about two dozen cadets attended a community sensitivity program Tuesday at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in Glen Cove. 

All cadets, county officials said, are required to take the four-hour program, which discussed law enforcement's role during the Holocaust and how this relates to law officials' role today. The program, entitled Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust, taught the recruits about the importance of tolerance and acceptance. 

The center, which aims to teach the history of the Holocaust and its lessons through education and community outreach, co-hosted the program with the Anti-Defamation League, a national civil rights/human relations non-profit agency. The center is one of three in the country to offer the workshop. 

County Police Chief Karen O'Callaghan, who participated in the program in 2006 when it was only taught in Washington, D.C., shared a few words with the new recruits, contending that the class will help them to become better officers and citizens. A police officer from the county's 4th Precinct also highlighted the ways the workshop has impacted his career.

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For more information about the center, visit its Web site. 

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