Congress passes bill to fund police de-escalation training

[BidenPresident]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed bipartisan legislation late Wednesday that would empower law enforcement agencies across the country to adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues as part of an effort to reduce the number of officer-involved fatalities.



The bill passed 264-162 with Republican support and capped off a modest two-year effort by Congress to pass police reform legislation after the killing of George Floyd sparked global protests against police brutality.



https://apnews.com/article/biden-rh...-john-cornyn-3b66eef9c2378a44faec4b18bc2959d2

 

[Nordberg]

In the 1960s police decided to empty guns into "perps" . The cops I knew said it was so there was only one side in court or review boards. They called themselves judge, jury and executioner. The ones I knew carried an unmarked gun, a knife or drugs to plant them on those they shot.
They used to fire warning shots. remember those? That ended in the 60s.

 

[BidenPresident]

In the 1960s police decided to empty guns into "perps" . The cops I knew said it was so there was only one side in court or review boards. They called themselves judge, jury and executioner. The ones I knew carried an unmarked gun, a knife or drugs to plant them on those they shot.
They used to fire warning shots. remember those? That ended in the 60s.

"While nearly one in five U.S. adults has a mental illness, people who are untreated are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other people approached by law enforcement, the Treatment Advocacy Center, a nonprofit dedicated to getting treatment for the mentally ill, concluded in a 2015 report."

 

[SmarterthanYou]

great. Millions upon Millions being wasted to train a bunch of low IQ thugs on something they won't bother to retain because when they fuck it all up, they won't be held accountable anyway.........you dumb as shit motherfuckers need to look up court cases regarding things like qualified immunity

 

[ExpressLane]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed bipartisan legislation late Wednesday that would empower law enforcement agencies across the country to adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues as part of an effort to reduce the number of officer-involved fatalities.



The bill passed 264-162 with Republican support and capped off a modest two-year effort by Congress to pass police reform legislation after the killing of George Floyd sparked global protests against police brutality.



https://apnews.com/article/biden-rh...-john-cornyn-3b66eef9c2378a44faec4b18bc2959d2

I'm good with this.

 

[ExpressLane]

In the 1960s police decided to empty guns into "perps" . The cops I knew said it was so there was only one side in court or review boards. They called themselves judge, jury and executioner. The ones I knew carried an unmarked gun, a knife or drugs to plant them on those they shot.
They used to fire warning shots. remember those? That ended in the 60s.

Firing a warning shot would be moronic.

 

[Yakuda]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed bipartisan legislation late Wednesday that would empower law enforcement agencies across the country to adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues as part of an effort to reduce the number of officer-involved fatalities.



The bill passed 264-162 with Republican support and capped off a modest two-year effort by Congress to pass police reform legislation after the killing of George Floyd sparked global protests against police brutality.



https://apnews.com/article/biden-rh...-john-cornyn-3b66eef9c2378a44faec4b18bc2959d2

The Houston Model of crisis intervention training has been used by depts across the country for years. Just more dog and pony show bullshit by the left.