Which type corresponds to conflicts over policy?

• A. Type 1
• B. Type 2
• C. Type 3
• D. Excessive force

Answer: (B)

Conflicts are classified by where the friction comes from. When the dispute centers on rules, directives, or the governance of policing—what should be done, how it should be interpreted, or how procedures are written and applied—it’s a policy conflict. Those disagreements involve questions about changes to policy, interpretations of policy language, or the need for department-wide standards. That’s why this type is the best fit for conflicts over policy: it directly targets policy-level issues, not actions in a particular incident or the behavior of individual officers. By contrast, disputes about how a specific encounter was handled or about whether excessive force occurred relate to conduct, operations, or accountability, not to the policy itself, and thus belong to different categories.