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A lot of the questions regarding the hows and whys will likely be answered in several weeks after the state police finish their investigation.

After years of high-profile shootings, policing in America is under more scrutiny than at any time in our history. Meanwhile, one company—which sells policy handbooks to police departments across the country—seems determined to give officers cover.

Level 1 might save your life…. I’ve written several articles pertaining to Situational Awareness but with recent events I’m inclined to dive deeper into the subject. Just recently, on a neighborhood social app I read a story about a couple who were attacked while leaving a restaurant in the Desert Ridge area of North Phoenix. […]

A Bayard man killed by a Morrill County Sheriff’s deputy in a June 28 shooting charged at officers with a weed whacker as they tried to arrest him on a

>> sure. this was an avoidable tragedy. for folks who think you trotted out a garden variety police shield ive argued when police deserve the death sentence or life sentence. ive argued when police should go away from brutality, on use force continuum, going to excessive lengths. in this instance, we arrest timed of police officers to arrest somebody, to your point, selling loose cigarettes. what does that mean? its a small minor infraction. and youre right about that. but those tax stamps on th...

Times before. he was no stranger to the criminal justice system. the officers had told him he was under arrest. selling unpacked cigarettes in the hierarchy of crimes its not the greatest crime of the century. this is a quality of life crime, new york city, the people of new york city in the community would want addressed. they tell their local politicians, they tell their precinct commanders, i want this among other issues addressed. the police go and do that. >> you dont see excessive force in...

Look at a force continuum, one of the first things you evaluate is what we would call in this case, individual factors, age, size, gender, apparent physical abili abilities. you cant also take into consideration special circumstances. you look at overall -- i mean, when you look from my perspective we look at backgrounds, training and experience of people as well, not just what you get at face value. we try to go deeper to gain a better understanding of physical abilities because you know, we ca...

It down in law enforcement terms the aggressor or your subject and the officer. civilian terms the aggressor and the defender. okay. what you do is you look at the various levels of options available to that individual taking into consideration a wide variety of topics ranging from personal information, subject factors like their age, height, weight, things like that. moving through background training, experience, weapon availability, environment considerations. all these things come into a for...

Just a lower level on the force continuum thats evaluated by those being either using it or evaluating its use. so, myse certifications were th initial level. >> i want to ask you to explain force continuum. is that, explain to the jury what that is. >> its basically, a force continuum is a systematic approach to the escalation and de-escalation of force options. its basically looking at an event and saying that all events start, for example, with somebody being present. so, that would be one of...

To teach the basic course. that course involves proper deployment, target areas and so forth. a similar nature to what you do with the impact weapons. its just a lower level on the force continuous thats evaluated by those using them or evaluating its use. my instructors certifications while at the city of riviera beach were the initial instructor level courses. >> you had mentioned a term that i presume is going to come up in your future testimony here today so i want to ask you to explain it t...