Introduction One of the fundamentals of policing is upholding the individual rights of citizens and preventing others from violating them. It is required that all public authorities protect and promote human rights. In addition, to become a more tolerant society, one that respects diversity and the basic dignity of all, one has to be culturally aware and tolerant towards others. To achieve this communication, especially cross-culture communication has to be understood in this world of increasing globalization. To begin with, organizations like police departments have to have a basic understanding of the subject of communication. Interpersonal situation People in any organization or society spend most of their time in an interpersonal situation. This is most often the root of organizational or social problems. Successful communication is a necessary element of organizational success whether it is at the interpersonal, inter-group, intra-group, organizational, or external levels. Communication process Communication is simply a process of sending information from one being or group of persons to another. It is of fundamental value to an organization because it often involves people of all walks of life be it be police, residents, employees, customers, shareholders, suppliers, creditors, debtors, reporters, tax authorities, local government and national government officials. Superior communication will make sure that all these people and institutions comprehend the message sent. It will help in a favorable response to the message if it appears to be reasonable and fair to both the receiver and the sender (Kar, 2006). There are many hindrances or a number of sources of problems that can be the cause of improper communication processes. A few of them are language, self-protectiveness, unclear perceptions, misunderstanding of body language, self-fulfilling assumptions, pre- assumptions, perceptual biases, Cultural Differences, etc. Cultural differences Cultural differences in public life often become hindrances in effective communication that requires understanding the basic values, intention, aspirations, and suppositions that operate across physical or regional lines. Taking into account some vivid differences across cultures in their approach to such subjects as time, space, and privacy, the opportunities for miscommunication while we are in cross-cultural situations are abundant. These cultural differences are often a problem in miscommunication between police and residents. It gives people different ways of thinking by means of seeing, hearing, and interpreting the world or surroundings. Thus, the same words can mean different things to different people from different cultures, even when they talk the “same” language (King, 2006). Residents with cultural differences Residents with cultural differences these frames of reference or world understanding, that provide a backdrop that all new information is compared to or inserted into. Each type of resident as well as police has its own culture and its own rules about the proper meaning of behavior, which affects verbal and nonverbal communication. In some cultures eye-to-eye contact can be a gesture of understanding in other cultures it can mean ways of dominance. In addition, cultures make c