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Require Use Of Force Continuum
Establish a Force Continuum that restricts the most severe types of force to the most
extreme situations and creates clear policy restrictions on the use of each police weapon
and tactic.
Requires Exhaust All Alternatives Before Shooting
Require officers to exhaust all other alternatives, including non -force and less lethal
force options, prior to resorting to deadly force.
Require Comprehensive Reporting
Require officers to report each time they use force or threaten to use force against
civilians. Comprehensive reporting includes requiring officers to report whenever they
point a firearm at someone, in addition to all other types of force.
Ban Chokeholds & Strangleholds
Allowing officers to choke or strangle civilians results in the unnecessary death or
serious injury of civilians. Both chokeholds and all other neck restraints must be banned
in all cases.
Require De-escalation
Require officers to de-escalate situations, where possible, by communicating with
subjects, maintaining distance, and otherwise eliminating the need to use force.
Dutv To Intervene
Require officers to intervene and stop excessive force used by other officers and report
these incidents immediately to a supervisor.
Ban shooting at moving vehicles
Ban officers from shooting at moving vehicles in all cases, which is regarded as a
particularly dangerous and ineffective tactic. While some departments may they restrict
shooting at vehicles to particular situations, these loopholes allow for police to continue
killing in situations that are all too common. 62 people were killed by police last year in
these situations. This must be categorically banned.
Require Warning Before Shooting
Require officers to give a verbal warning in all situations before using deadly force.