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New Jersey issues sweeping changes on how police can use force
[New Jersey Herald] New Jersey police officers will be barred from using physical or deadly force against civilians except as a last resort and must intervene if they see another officer going too far, according to sweeping new changes to the state's policy on when police can use force.New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Monday that his office's yearlong effort to overhaul the state's 20-year-old policies was meant to protect citizens, build community trust and reframe the way officers approach exchanges with the public. "We're going to preserve the sanctity of human life, we're going to preserve the rights and liberties of our residents and we're going to try to resolve every interaction in a peaceful and respectful manner," Grewal said in an interview. "We're going to try to de-escalate — that's a duty we have," he said. "And if we have to use force, it's going to be a last resort that's reasonable, necessary and proportional." "This is a paradigm shift," Grewal said. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-22 |
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