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Community Feedback and Final Recommendations: Duty to intervene in cases of improper or excessive use of force
A duty-to-intervene policy creates an affirmative obligation for police officers to stop fellow officers from engaging in certain conduct prohibited by law or department policy. Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police departments require officers to intervene and report unnecessary or excessive force used by other officers.
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin brought this issue to the forefront of public discourse in 2020. It reinforced the dire need for police departments to require that officers hold each other accountable and intervene in cases of excessive force and other misconduct.
APD's current policy in this area lacks the specificity necessary to make it enforceable in many cases when it should apply.
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: Deber de intervenir en casos de uso de fuerza inapropiado o excesivo
Una política de deber de intervenir crea una obligación afirmativa para los oficiales de policía de detener a otros oficiales con ciertas conductas prohibidas por la ley o por las políticas del departamento. La Iniciativa 8 Can't Wait de la Campaña Cero recomienda que los departamentos de policía requieran que los oficiales intervengan y reporten el uso de fuerza innecesario o excesivo de otros oficiales.
El asesinato de George Floyd en manos del oficial del Departamento de Policía de Minneapolis Derek Chauvin trajo este problema al frente de la discusión pública en 2020. Este reafirmó la necesidad urgente de los departamentos de policía de exigir que los oficiales sean responsables los unos con los otros e intervengan en casos de fuerza excesiva y otras malas conductas.
A la política actual de APD en esta área le falta ser más específica para que se pueda hacer cumplir en muchos casos cuando debe aplicarse.
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: Duty to intervene in cases of improper or excessive use of force
A duty-to-intervene policy creates an affirmative obligation for police officers to stop fellow officers from engaging in certain conduct prohibited by law or department policy. Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police departments require officers to intervene and report unnecessary or excessive force used by other officers.
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin brought this issue to the forefront of public discourse in 2020. It reinforced the dire need for police departments to require that officers hold each other accountable and intervene in cases of excessive force and other misconduct.
APD's current policy in this area lacks the specificity necessary to make it enforceable in many cases when it should apply.
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.