Community colleges educate and train significant numbers of U.S. police officers. Even so, an erosion of public trust and confidence in the police has overcome communities nationwide (Fagan, 2008; Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2015). The high-profile law enforcement-related deaths of unarmed Black citizens have further heightened calls for police education reform nationwide (Whitfield, 2019).Community colleges are uniquely positioned to bring about social change, particularly in police reform and race relations (Dennis, 2020). Many states mandate diversity, implicit bias, or cultural competence curricula for police academy students; thus, new officers' cultural competence education and training begins in the police academy and establishes community expectations for law enforcement behavior and performance (Oakley, 2020). Effective cultural competence education and training of new peace officers could contribute to facilitating trust, legitimacy, and just policing demanded by communities nationally. This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study examined the cultural competencies of new police officers who have completed a police academy but have less than 3 years of police experience. The study explored two different geographic regions of the United States demonstrating socioeconomic and cultural differences. This study may inform community college and professional policing personnel and contribute to the social transformation of law enforcement. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]