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Recommendation: Ban chokeholds and strangleholds
Neck restraints generally fall into two categories:
- vascular neck restraints affect blood flow and are colloquially referred to as “strangleholds,”
- respiratory neck restraints affect air intake and are referred to as "chokeholds."
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police departments restrict officers from using chokeholds or strangleholds on individuals as a way to avoid unnecessary deaths or serious injuries.
Austin Police Department policy does not explicitly ban these techniques but rather, it limits the use of chokeholds and strangleholds to situations in which deadly force would be authorized.
Background on 8 Can’t wait
The Office of Police Oversight is making recommendations on use-of-force policies as part of a larger effort to re-write Austin Police Department’s General Orders. The revision of the Austin Police Department’s General Orders is a part of the City Council resolutions passed in June 2020.
Learn more about these City Council resolutions on the City of Austin’s Reimagining Public Safety Website.
The first step involves analyzing how APD’s current policies align with policy recommendations of 8 Can’t Wait, an initiative by Campaign Zero that advocates for policies that reduce use of deadly force by police.
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La prohibición de las técnicas de llave de estrangulamiento
Las técnicas de llave de estrangulamiento generalmente caen entre dos categorías:
- Restricciones vasculares del cuello restringen al flujo sanguino y son conocidas como “strangleholds”
- Restricciones respiratorias del cuello afectan a la admisión del aire y son conocidas como “chokeholds”
La iniciativa de 8 No Pueden Esperar (8 Can’t Wait) de la Campaña Cero (Campaign Zero) recomienda que los departamentos policiales prohíban que los oficiales usen las técnicas de llave de estrangulamiento hacia individuos para evitar muertes y lesiones serias.
El departamento de Policía de Austin no prohíbe explícitamente a estas técnicas sino que limita al uso de técnicas de llave de estrangulamiento a situaciones donde se autoriza el uso de la fuerza letal.
Información sobre 8 No Pueden Esperar
El departamento de la Fiscalización de la Policía presenta recomendaciones sobre políticas del uso de la fuerza como parte de un gran esfuerza para reescribir las Órdenes Generales (General Orders) del departamento de la Policía de Austin. Esta revisión a las Ordenes Generales del Departamento de la Policía es parte de las resoluciones pasadas en junio del 2020 por el Concejo Municipal de Austin.
Puede obtener mas información sobre las resoluciones del Concejo Municipal en la pagina oficial de Reimaginando la seguridad publica en la ciudad de Austin,
La primera etapa involucra analizando cómo las políticas actuales del Departamento de la Policía de Austin se comparan a las recomendaciones políticas hechas por 8 No Pueden Esperar (8 Can’t Wait), una iniciativa por la Campaña Cero (Campaign Zero) promueve las políticas que reducen el uso de fuerza letal policial.
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Recommendation: Ban chokeholds and strangleholds
Neck restraints generally fall into two categories:
- vascular neck restraints affect blood flow and are colloquially referred to as “strangleholds,”
- respiratory neck restraints affect air intake and are referred to as "chokeholds."
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police departments restrict officers from using chokeholds or strangleholds on individuals as a way to avoid unnecessary deaths or serious injuries.
Austin Police Department policy does not explicitly ban these techniques but rather, it limits the use of chokeholds and strangleholds to situations in which deadly force would be authorized.
Background on 8 Can’t wait
The Office of Police Oversight is making recommendations on use-of-force policies as part of a larger effort to re-write Austin Police Department’s General Orders. The revision of the Austin Police Department’s General Orders is a part of the City Council resolutions passed in June 2020.
Learn more about these City Council resolutions on the City of Austin’s Reimagining Public Safety Website.
The first step involves analyzing how APD’s current policies align with policy recommendations of 8 Can’t Wait, an initiative by Campaign Zero that advocates for policies that reduce use of deadly force by police.