Johnny Bravo is a young police officer who just graduated from the police academy. He has an idealized view of society and the police but he has zero street experience. Johnny has now entered the probationary phase of his career and is given a FTO to train him for 18 months. Over these 18 months, Johnny learns that police officers on the street do not always act "by the book", or rather, in ways the police academy had trained them to do. For example, the academy taught Johnny to arrest and cite a person with 2g of marijuana for a misdemeanor. On the streets, Johnny learns most police officers destroy the small amount of marijuana they encounter and release the suspect with no arrest or citation depending the suspect's history and good behavior. In addition, the academy taught Johnny to arrest and secure two people engaging in a fight regardless of the backstory. However, he learns most police officers break up fights, talk to the two suspects, and release the suspects if they are teenagers, are no further danger to each other, and have no history of violence. Johnny begins to change the way he does policing based on these social interactions.

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Johnny Bravo is a young police officer who just graduated from the police academy. He has an idealized view of society and the police but he has zero street experience. Johnny has now entered the probationary phase of his career and is given a FTO to train him for 18 months. Over these 18 months, Johnny learns that police officers on the street do not always act "by the book", or rather, in ways the police academy had trained them to do. For example, the academy taught Johnny to arrest and cite a person with 2g of marijuana for a misdemeanor. On the streets, Johnny learns most police officers destroy the small amount of marijuana they encounter and release the suspect with no arrest or citation depending the suspect's history and good behavior. In addition, the academy taught Johnny to arrest and secure two people engaging in a fight regardless of the backstory. However, he learns most police officers break up fights, talk to the two suspects, and release the suspects if they are teenagers, are no further danger to each other, and have no history of violence. Johnny begins to change the way he does policing based on these social interactions.
What is the process called concerning Johnny's character change from his interactions with the police subculture?
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affirmative action
cultural diversification
blue curtain socialization

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The process concerning Johnny's character change from his interactions with the police subculture is referred to as **blue curtain socialization**. This term describes how police officers develop a specific set of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that align more closely with the informal norms and practices of the police subculture, often diverging from the formal training received at the academy.