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Community Feedback and Final Recommendations: Warn before shooting
Warning before shooting is a tactic that can help to slow down tense interactions and provide community members with another opportunity to comply before officers use deadly force. Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments “[r]equire officers to give a verbal warning in all situations before using deadly force.” I
APD’s current policy on this topic is unclear and lacks specificity. Additionally, as it relates to warnings, APD’s current policies on less-lethal force are more detailed than its policies on lethal force.
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: Aviso antes de disparar
Avisar antes de disparar es una táctica que puede ayudar a detener interacciones tensas y les provee a los miembros de la comunidad otra oportunidad para cumplir órdenes antes de que los oficiales usen fuerza letal. La iniciativa 8 Can’t Wait de la Campaña Cero recomienda que los departamentos de policía "[e]xigan que los oficiales den un aviso verbal en todas las situaciones antes de usar fuerza letal".
Las políticas actuales de APD sobre fuerza menos letal son más detalladas que sus políticas sobre fuerza letal.
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: Warn before shooting
Warning before shooting is a tactic that can help to slow down tense interactions and provide community members with another opportunity to comply before officers use deadly force. Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments “[r]equire officers to give a verbal warning in all situations before using deadly force.” I
APD’s current policy on this topic is unclear and lacks specificity. Additionally, as it relates to warnings, APD’s current policies on less-lethal force are more detailed than its policies on lethal force.
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.