Redding Police Department gives insight on policies and procedures

Protests over George Floyd’s death have been erupting across the country for 10 days now.

Dot com& ## protests over george floyd's death have been erupting across the country for 10 days now.

And from minneapolis to new york, to redding... the message is the same... protestors want to see change in police policies and proceedures.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding with more on whether that kind of change is coming.

"change".

That's what people want to see.

Especially in the police system.

The redding police department says officers spend hours in crisis management and de-escalation training.

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Sam llamas redding police department any tense situations that we have, we try to prepare our police officers by having adequate training.

Officers go out of the area to learn that latest tactics and then teach those tactics to other officers.

Each officer also goes through monthly training.

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Sam llamas redding police department california holds a very high standard when it comes to training and education for its police officers rpd says it has officers involved with various community groups.

Which it believes will help create a more positive dynamic.

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Sam llamas redding police department we understand to have a successful city, we need to maintain and foster those relationships with everyone in our community.

Take so* trt: 05 ana torrea atorrea but people i spoke to tell me that they want to see change happen take so* trt: 13 christopher lara lives in shasta lake i think there is a valid point to the protests, i definitely think there need to be programs implemented nationwide that need to work on their cultural sensitivity.

But before that can happen&.

Take so* ((did not want to give last name)) trt:13 will lives in redding i think there needs to be more conversations with agencies, within all the agencies together, police officers talking with each other and maybe more counseling for police officers.

((butt to)) take so* trt: 03 christopher lara lives in shasta lake i think its time for a change here in the united states rpd says it always reviews its policies to see if it needs to be updated the redding police department requires officers to review its "use of force" policies at least once a year.

Reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.

Rpd even has a "civil rights advocate" that works with the department.

That person helps victims of hate crimes and bridges the gap between different parts of the community.### we're