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Community Feedback and Final Recommendations: De-escalation
De-escalation uses techniques designed to safely stabilize a situation, reduce the immediacy of a threat, and resolve an incident with the least amount of force necessary.
Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that, before using force, officers be required to "use proper de-escalation techniques to decrease the likelihood that law enforcement officers will resort to force and to increase the likelihood of cooperation between law enforcement officers and members of the public." Campaign Zero also recommends that officers determine whether an individual's lack of compliance results from factors like a medical condition, physical limitation, language barrier, etc.
APD's current policy lacks specificity and does not adequately address real-world situations that may lead to someone's inability to comply with officer instructions
Background
The Office of Police Oversight (OPO) developed final recommendations to revise the Austin Police Department’s (APD) use-of-force policies. The policy areas covered in this report include restricting shooting at moving vehicles, exhausting all alternatives before using deadly force, de-escalation, duty to intervene, banning chokeholds and strangleholds, and warning before shooting.
OPO’s final recommendations incorporated community feedback and compared APD’s current use-of-force policies to national best practices in policing. This report concludes OPO’s three-phase approach to facilitating the rewrite of APD’s General Orders related to six use-of-force policy topics. The revision of the Austin Police Department’s General Orders is a part of the City Council resolutions passed in June 2020.
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Comentarios de la comunidad y recomendaciones finales: Desescalada
La desescalada usa técnicas designadas para estabilizar una situación de manera segura, reducir lo inminente de una amenaza y resolver un incidente con la menor cantidad de fuerza necesaria.
La Iniciativa 8 Can't Wait de la Campaña Cero recomienda que, antes de usar fuerza, los oficiales tienen que "usar técnicas adecuadas de desescalada para reducir las probabilidades de que los policías usen la fuerza y aumentar las probabilidades de cooperación entre los policías y los miembros del público". La Campaña Cero también recomienda que los oficiales determinen si la falta de cumplimiento de una persona no se debe a otros factores como una condición médica, limitaciones físicas, barrera del idioma, etc.
A la política actual de APD le falta ser más específica y no aborda de manera adecuada las situaciones de la vida real que pueden llevar a la incapacidad de alguien de cumplir las instrucciones de un oficial.
Antecedentes
La Oficina de Fiscalización de la Policía (OPO) creó recomendaciones finales para revisar las políticas de uso de fuerza del Departamento de Policía de Austin (APD). Las áreas de las políticas cubiertas en este reporte incluyen restringir disparar a vehículos en movimiento, agotar todas las alternativas antes de usar fuerza letal, desescalar, deber de intervenir, prohibir las llaves al cuello y las llaves estranguladoras y avisar antes de disparar.
Las recomendaciones finales de la OPO incorporan las opiniones de la comunidad y comparan las políticas actuales de uso de fuerza de APD con las mejores prácticas nacionales sobre labor policial. Este reporte concluye el método de tres fases de la OPO para facilitar la nueva redacción de las Órdenes Generales de APD relacionadas con seis temas de políticas de uso de fuerza. Esta revisión de las Órdenes Generales del Departamento de Policía de Austin forma parte de las resoluciones del Concejo Municipal aprobadas en junio de 2020.
Lea el reporte completo aquí.
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Community Feedback and Final Recommendations: De-escalation
De-escalation uses techniques designed to safely stabilize a situation, reduce the immediacy of a threat, and resolve an incident with the least amount of force necessary.
Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that, before using force, officers be required to "use proper de-escalation techniques to decrease the likelihood that law enforcement officers will resort to force and to increase the likelihood of cooperation between law enforcement officers and members of the public." Campaign Zero also recommends that officers determine whether an individual's lack of compliance results from factors like a medical condition, physical limitation, language barrier, etc.
APD's current policy lacks specificity and does not adequately address real-world situations that may lead to someone's inability to comply with officer instructions
Background
The Office of Police Oversight (OPO) developed final recommendations to revise the Austin Police Department’s (APD) use-of-force policies. The policy areas covered in this report include restricting shooting at moving vehicles, exhausting all alternatives before using deadly force, de-escalation, duty to intervene, banning chokeholds and strangleholds, and warning before shooting.
OPO’s final recommendations incorporated community feedback and compared APD’s current use-of-force policies to national best practices in policing. This report concludes OPO’s three-phase approach to facilitating the rewrite of APD’s General Orders related to six use-of-force policy topics. The revision of the Austin Police Department’s General Orders is a part of the City Council resolutions passed in June 2020.