NJ State Police recruit death followed prior issues with boxing training
The policy specifically bars "intentional strikes to the head or face" in most circumstances. “Never (as a police officer) would you stand toe-to-toe and just trade punches with somebody,” said Chris Burbank, the vice president of law enforcement strategy at the Center for Policing Equity and the former chief of the Salt Lake City Police Department. “So, I don’t see the benefit of this other than for an archaic tradition.” Just two county police academies — Cape May and Mercer — still include boxing in their training programs, and Mercer hasn’t featured it during the coronavir...
Source: njherald.com