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Willmar police to decide about new device designed for non compliant or people with mental illnesses As the Willmar Police Department evaluates purchasing a new use of force tool, questions remain about the effectiveness of the device that is designed to be used against non compliant or people with mental illnesses 6:00 am, May 3, 2021 × Company instructor Mike Kleber, left, shows how the BolaWrap restraint device is used with Officer Jeremy Vearrier during a BolaWrap instruction session Wednesday April 28, 2021, at the Willmar Police Department in Willmar. Erica Disch...

Sheriff says BolaWrap could see use in mental health situations 6:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 × Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner holds a module used in the new BolaWrap devices the sheriff's office has purchased to add to its less lethal use of force options. David Olson/The Forum. FARGO — At a time when the country is awash in debate over police use of force and whether it is applied fairly and equally everywhere, the Cass County Sheriff's Office is adding to its use of force options by adopting a new device for restraining suspects at a distance. BolaWrap technology uses an eight-foot...

The conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was met with a sigh of relief of activists, legislators, US citizens and officials, many of whom have long called for accountability in the killings of unarmed Black people in the country. It also had many – including US President Joe Biden – asking what comes next, and calling for greater police reform and support for communities of colour. On social media, many pointed to the initial Minneapolis Police Department’s version of Floyd’s death, which said Floyd died “after a medical incident during a police interaction�...

Dear Assembly Members Jones-Sawyer and McCarty: Human Rights Watch opposes the AB 1542 Yolo County pilot program that authorizes judges to sentence people to confinement in a locked treatment facility instead of prison or jail if the judge determines that their crime was motivated in part by substance abuse. We ask legislators to reject this bill and take a more holistic, rights-respecting approach to addressing problematic substance use and crime that may be connected to it. The apparent premise of AB 1542 is that people with “Substance Use Disorders” (SUDs) have a medical condition that...

Human Rights Watch   Prosecutions for Unlawful Conduct. Section 101 of the bill changes the standard for prosecuting 18 USC 242 cases—a statute that enables federal prosecutors to criminally charge law enforcement officers with violating people’s civil rights—from “willfully” to “knowingly or recklessly.” This change aims to remove an intent requirement that some prosecutors claim has made it difficult to bring Section 242 cases.[9] This may increase the number of Section 242 cases brought at the federal level, which currently is extremely low compared to the number of complain...