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Recommendation: Warning before shooting
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments adopt policies that require officers to provide a verbal warning before employing use of deadly force when feasible. Before using deadly force, officers should provide individuals an adequate amount of time to comply with any commands the officers have given.
Austin Police Department policy requires that officers issue a warning prior to the use of deadly force when “feasible" but provides no other direction. While this aligns with 8 Can’t Wait’s recommendations, it lacks sufficient specificity and detail to provide officers with a clear understanding of what is expected of them.
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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Recomendación: Dar una advertencia verbal antes de disparar
La iniciativa de 8 No Pueden Esperar (8 Can’t Wait) de la Campaña Cero (la Campaign Zero) recomienda que departamentos policiales adopten políticas que requieran que la policía dé una advertencia verbal antes de usar fuerza letal cuando sea factible. Antes de usar fuerza letal, oficiales deben proveer a individuos suficiente tiempo para cumplir con cualquier instrucción que ha dado el oficial.
La política del Departamento de Policía de Austin requiere que oficiales den una advertencia verbal antes de usar fuerza letal cuando sea “factible” sin proveer dirección adicional. Aunque se alinea con las recomendaciones de 8 No Pueden Esperar, le falta suficiente especificaciones y detalles para proveerle a los oficiales con un entendimiento clara de lo que se espera de ellos.
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: Warning before shooting
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments adopt policies that require officers to provide a verbal warning before employing use of deadly force when feasible. Before using deadly force, officers should provide individuals an adequate amount of time to comply with any commands the officers have given.
Austin Police Department policy requires that officers issue a warning prior to the use of deadly force when “feasible" but provides no other direction. While this aligns with 8 Can’t Wait’s recommendations, it lacks sufficient specificity and detail to provide officers with a clear understanding of what is expected of them.
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.