Fort Worth police mandate de-escalation training for every officer
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Fort Worth police mandate de-escalation training for every officer
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/fort-worth-police-mandate-de-escalation-training-for-every-officer/453186341
I noticed your book is listed on The Book Depository, but as currently unavailable. I only checked within the last couple of days, so I don't know when they did (or if they did) have your book in...
VPD's mental health strategy signals policing 'sea change,' says critic
'We [in the past] — to put it quite crudely — winged it'
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Full article at: http://www.sltrib.com/home/4334493-155/instead-of-shooting-suspects-utah-police
Here's one example of efforts being made to bridge that gap.
Creating guardians, calming warriors
A new style of training for police recruits emphasizes techniques to better de-escalate conflict...
And I have no doubt that when the public expresses concern about where the system has taken us, and occasionally presents some of those concerns, we'll be presented with yet another storm of...
The Washington Post article has much good info (continued):
Accurate national statistics on fatal police shootings were unavailable until last year when The Washington Post launched a database to...
Police chiefs consider dramatic reforms to officer tactics, training to prevent so many shootings
The Washington Post
Some followup to the story.
LAPD Officers Who Fired Over 100 Bullets at Two Unarmed Women Will Face No Charges
Prosecutors said "barrage of gunfire was tremendous and troubling" but wasn't...
This article ponders what the alternative should be.
Matt Taibbi and Others on Freddie Gray, Broken Windows & Community Policing
To which agenda are you referring:
The conservative media's (via The American Conservative),
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or the liberal media's (via Democracy Now!)?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHd8NEp7lw
The Police Use of Force project: a scorecard for America's police-department policies
https://boingboing.net/2016/01/23/the-police-use-of-force-projec.html
A Practical Solution: Run Police Departments Like Fire Departments
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-mullen/a-practical-solution-run-police-departments-like-fire-departments_b_7871434.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIMWf_e7ZJI
Police shootings should be tracked by public health sector, according to Harvard initiative
It has been increasingly shown that cameras are turned off, recordings edited, evidence planted, and stories made to cover up misconduct. Very few people have all the facts, and those that do are...
The media are far from perfect, but counterclaims that only the police and prosecutors have all the answers, or share them if they do, are demonstrably false. As are claims that the rules are the...
What do you feel is a proper standard of police accountability and how do you go about gaining public understanding?
Incidents such as those in your Youtube playlist are in the public mind, police just doing their jobs. Appreciated, to be sure, but what they are paid to do. People expect strength and bravery and...
The Paranoid Style of American Policing
When officers take the lives of those they are sworn to protect and serve, they undermine their own legitimacy
Pained? Yes, he tapped repeatedly and the demonstrator did not release pressure. Bourdain had to remove the guy's hand (which is what a non-compliant opponent would do to begin with).
Mystified?...
Perhaps you could contact Miguel Da Luz at the Okinawa Traditional Karate Liaison Bureau.
http://okkb.org/services
As for the heya locations, you can view them on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zlmrWJAI0aCM.kjSzINQzkZlc&ie=UTF8&om=1&oe=UTF8&msa=0
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I hope positive word-of-mouth and Amazon algorithms make it a runaway success.