Key takeaways: To have better trained police officers, more training is required. Use of force training is currently only four hours every two years. For police officers to respond and not react, they need more hands on training. Training requires funds. The cuts in funding have also impacted important programs such as homeless outreach and sexual assault investigations.

Overview: This episode is the first of two. We are discussing police reform with our police officer / social worker friend. This police reform framework has been outlined by the IACP, the International Association of Chiefs of Police. They call for Congress to act immediately and create police reform. Police reform will bring safety to the public and a return of legitimacy to the profession. The IACP has over 31,000 members in over 165 countries.

In this episode, we discuss adopting the national consensus policy on the use of force and mandating participating in the national use of force database.  More training is needed for the police, which requires more money and investment.

https://www.theiacp.org/news/blog-post/it-is-beyond-time