How Police Use-of-Force Standards Are Changing

To the Point

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🗓️ 7 March 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The United States has 18,000 police departments, all entitled to use deadly force — but without any national standard on when to use it — or why. Recent shootings of unarmed suspects have police chiefs making policy changes that aren't going down well with the rank and file. We hear more about a debate that's raging from Baltimore to San Francisco.

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0:46.8	issues Americans care about most. Continual shootings of unarmed suspects have America's
0:51.6	18,000 police departments rethinking policies on the use of deadly force.
0:57.4	Some departments now emphasize tactical disengagement, emotional intelligence, and de-escalation.
1:03.8	During training in one major city, cops can only fire two bullets before they're required to stop and assess the situation.
1:11.2	Some rank-and-file officers claim that politics is making their lives more dangerous in a debate that's raging from Baltimore to San Francisco.
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2:02.6	The United States has 18,000 police departments all entitled to use deadly force,
2:07.8	but without any national standard on when to use it or why.
2:11.3	Recent shootings of unarmed suspects have police chiefs making policy changes
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