Police altering tactics after killings, protests
Source: Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) With tensions running high over the killings of blacks by police, departments around the country are changing policies and procedures to curb the use of deadly force, ease public distrust and protect officers from retaliation.
New York City plans to issue stun guns to hundreds more officers. The Milwaukee department is making crisis-intervention training mandatory. And in Akron, Ohio, police have begun working in pairs on all shifts for their own safety.
Police departments are constantly updating training. But some of the more recent measures have been prompted by rising anger toward police. And in some cases, departments are making sure to let the public know about these changes.
"It's not a mistake or a coincidence that a lot of these departments are publicizing their training or are perhaps revamping their training guidelines and things like that in the wake of these really high-profile incidents," said Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the criminal justice program at the Wake Forest University School of Law in North Carolina and a former federal prosecutor in Washington.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/police-altering-tactics-killings-protests-180238199.html
To all the amazing (and mostly peaceful) protesters out there: you rock!
SamKnause
(13,087 posts)working in pairs on all shifts for their own safety.
I am not to concerned about the safety of police.
They are armed to the teeth and face very little threats.
Their jobs are not even in the top 10 as far as safety issues or death.
I am extremely concerned about the safety of citizens.
murielm99
(30,712 posts)They can be more accountable and make more intelligent decisions if they work in pairs. It is about more than the safety of the officers.
SamKnause
(13,087 posts)It seems they have a mob mentality when more then one officer is involved.
Of all the police brutality and assassination videos I have watched, not once has an officer even attempted to stop another officer.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)kicks the shit out of him.
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murielm99
(30,712 posts)Carry on, responsible DUers. Make smart ass replies instead of looking for solutions.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)They back up each others lies. It's in the culture. Smart assedness not withstanding.
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subterranean
(3,427 posts)That didn't seem to help them make more intelligent decisions.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)This doesn't seem like an equipment issue. Clearly there is no "non-lethal" weapon because there are ways to make so called non-lethal weapons lethal. Tazers kill lots of people and get used to torture those already in handcuffs. Heck, those big Maglite flashlights are a lethal weapon if used in certain ways.
A list of those killed by tazers is at link -- 877 people and counting:
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-follows-are-names-where-known.html
For those who do links, here is one week's worth of death by tazer:
421. November 18, 2007: Jesse Saenz, 20, Raton, New Mexico
422. November 18, 2007: Jarrel Gray, 20, Frederick, Maryland
423. November 18, 2007: Christian Allen, 21, Springfield, Florida
424. November 20, 2007: Conrad Lowman, Jacksonville, Florida
425. November 22, 2007: Howard Hyde, 45, Halifax, Nova Scotia
426. November 24, 2007: Robert Knipstrom, 36, Chilliwack, British Columbia
immoderate
(20,885 posts)I didn't see the word "deescalate" in the article.
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SamKnause
(13,087 posts)They truly are clueless.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)because they sure don't seem too.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)smoke and mirrors.... real change? They know they have to do just enough PR to keep this energy of the protest from reaching the polling booth! Nothing has really changed.