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Tag: PERF
Patrol
10 Tips for Responding to Mental Health Crisis Calls
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is a model for other agencies that want to learn about crisis intervention and mental health crisis response. Sgt. Jose Gomez shares the story of their programs and provides 10 tips for mental health crisis call response
June 2, 2023
Patrol
Examining PERF's "40 Guiding Principles" to "Retool" Police Recruit Training
If police trainers can examine—with an objective and critical eye—some of the suggestions made in the new Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) report on recruit training, a great deal of good can potentially come of it for officers, agencies, and the communities they serve.
November 18, 2022
Command
PERF: Feds Should Issue Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapon Use During Unrest
PERF is recommending the Justice Department’s research arm, the National Institute of Justice, begin examining the use of less-lethal weapons and offer resources to law enforcement agencies about when and how to use the weapons.
February 25, 2022
Command
PERF to Review Atlanta Police Policies and Training
The consultants will likely face resistance from the rank-and-file, said Atlanta Police Union president Jason Segura. Officers have felt under siege since former Officer Garrett Rolfe was fired.
November 20, 2020
Patrol
Miami-Dade Police Department Bans Chokeholds
“This decision was based on a multiple of factors to include officer and public safety, feedback from policing professionals, members of our community, local leaders and officials,” Ramirez said on Twitter. The director also said he chose to change the policy after speaking with members of the Police Executive Research Forum.
June 12, 2020
Training
Application Rate for Jobs at U.S. Agencies Plummets
“There’s an increased potential for officers to be criminally liable for making a good-faith mistake,” said Terry Sult, the police chief in Hampton, Va. “We’re seeing a lot more media coverage of officers being prosecuted, and that weighs heavily on a lot of officers' hearts. ... That’s a stressor on whether I want to stay in this position or not.”
December 5, 2018
Patrol
Denver Police Rewriting Use-of-Force Policy to Emphasize Minimal Force
The Denver Police Department says it is rewriting its use-of-force policy to reflect progressive policies recommended by national policing experts. More Here.
October 27, 2016
Patrol
Video: Denver Police Rewriting Use-of-Force Policy to Emphasize Minimal Force
The Denver Police Department says it is rewriting its use-of-force policy to reflect progressive policies recommended by national policing experts.
October 27, 2016
Patrol
Minneapolis PD Revises Force Policy to Emphasize De-Escalation
Minneapolis police officers will be trained to exhaust all reasonable means in defusing potentially violent encounters before resorting to force, under new department rules unveiled Monday.
August 9, 2016
Patrol
Congresswoman Proposes National Standard for De-escalation Training and Use of Force
“We want our officers using force really that [is] proportional to the situation,” Moore said in an interview on Wednesday. “This is about giving police officers additional training assets with regard to encounters that don’t necessarily have to end up with a use of deadly force.”
May 13, 2016
Training
Don’t Ban the “21-Foot Rule”
The 21-foot rule originated 33 years ago in Salt Lake City as a reaction time experiment by Lt. Dennis Tueller, but it is entirely unjustifiable to dismiss it as an "outdated concept."
May 4, 2016
Patrol
The Thin Blue Dividing Line
And as incredible as it seems, law enforcement “leaders” cower in silence or worse yet voice their support for the new politically correct mantra of “softer policing,” which is nothing more than a euphemism for surrendering the “warrior mindset” necessary for survival.
April 1, 2016
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