In February 2018, the New York Police Department began implementing implicit bias training for its 36,000 sworn personnel to help them explore the unconscious associations that might affect their split-second decisions and individual interactions. A study published in July 2020 by the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety and the Center for Police Research and Policy showed that NYPD officers "expressed more awareness of the concept of implicit bias and greater willingness to try to manage it." However, researchers did not detect effects of the training on officers' enforcement behaviors. Still, the training continues to be required, and the police department says that it believes the training has been beneficial. Which of the following statements explains why implicit bias training is perceived by the NYPD as important in terms of interpersonal communication? Because every individual has some type of bias, learning about and becoming aware of these biases is a step toward eliminating stereotyping in interactions with citizens. The implicit bias training allows the police department to identify officers with deeply seated biases and fire them to stop negative interactions with citizens. The implicit bias training is important to the police department because it meets the requirement to receive