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The Los Angeles Police Department has lifted a week-old moratorium on the use of certain hard-foam projectiles at protests after a federal judge revised her recent court order restricting the weapons’ use.
The LAPD confirmed Thursday that it is putting its 37-millimeter projectile launchers back in the field for use, albeit under several remaining restrictions in U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall’s revised restraining order.
“The LAPD appreciates the Court’s thorough review of all the facts and circumstances,” the department said in a statement to The Times. “We are committed to exercise the needed restraint in the use of crowd control tactics while also maintaining the critical need to protect the community, as well as our police officers.”
Directive issued to LAPD personnel restricting use of projectile launchers against protesters
By Mary Stringini article
FILE PHOTO - LAPD officers respond to protests over the death of George Floyd on June 2, 2020. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that a directive has been issued to LAPD personnel about restricting the use of 40mm and 37mm projectile launchers against crowds of protesters as the Minnesota murder trial of a former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd nears an end, raising concerns about a repeat of mass protests and unrest that occurred last summer.
By City News Service
Apr 20, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A day after a federal judge issued an order restricting the LAPD s use of “less lethal projectile launchers against crowds of protesters, Chief Michel Moore today announced two directives restricting officers use of the devices.
Chief Michel Moore told the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners that the department directives were issued Tuesday morning. One directs an immediate moratorium on the use of 37mm launchers.
The second directive restricts the use of 40mm launchers to officers who have completed training on the weapon. It also restricts the officers from targeting the head, neck, eyes face or spine of a person with the 40mm launcher and restricts officers from using it against anyone other than those who “pose a threat of serious bodily injury to others, including police officers, Moore said.
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