Oversight Commission Recommends RPD Policy Changes

The use of force policies were reviewed

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" be used by an officer while restraining a person.

Carotid control holds involve officers applying pressure to the side of a person's neck ?

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The cases of george floyd and eric garner were both brought up in the we have visually seen several incidents where the choking did not even start until aftet the person was restrained, so i think to be clear, that verbiage needs to be in there the standards of conduct ?

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"* and use of force policies were reviewed.

A link to the current policies can be found with