Kevin Gosztola: Seattle Police Claim That De-escalation Policy Violates Rights Rejected

21.9.17

Seattle Police Claim That De-escalation Policy Violates Rights Rejected: [mintpressnews.com] Additionally, the officers put forward no “historical evidence” that regulating how officers use firearms has ever infringed upon their ability to defend themselves.

The officers that sued most likely object to the part of the policy, which instructs them to “‘consider whether a subject’s lack of compliance is a deliberate attempt to resist or an inability to comply based on’ a variety of factors, including the subject’s possible medical conditions, mental impairment, developmental disability, drug interaction, and behavioral crisis.” De-escalation tactics are encouraged to reduce the “need for force.”

De-escalation tactics are encouraged to reduce the “need for force.”