Training cops to de-escalate
Training cops to de-escalate Today's best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter Can police officers be taught to defuse confrontations instead of using deadly force? Here's everything you need to know: What is de-escalation? It's a method of policing designed to reduce shootings and other uses of force by teaching cops to act slowly, ask open-ended questions, and resist the urge to draw their guns. The average recruit receives less than 10 hours of de-escalation instruction, compared with 58 hours of firearms training, and 29 states don't require it. But de-escalation has...