could you have done it better? yeah i think the police department should spend more time how would you have done it better? personally i like to hang on to a guy, grab him, maintain contact. if you can t control him, and then you hit him. that s what you do hit him? it s an escalation. first, it s a verbal encounter, sir, you re under arrest. put your hands behind your back. escalate your language say it sharply, raise your voice, change your inflection. but at some point the guy is going to go. if the guy is pushing you and resisting arrest you have one choice to physically overcome that and that s what the law requires that the person subject to the arrest comply and the officer use whatever force is necessary, only that level of force to effect the arrest. what about the law as far as when you re approached by police and they are not explaining to you why they want you to be arrested why they are approaching you in the first place? i want to play some sound.
have turned violent, we thought it was our responsibility to be there really to connect and interact with the folks that were organizing this. it really just fits with our policing philosophy which heavily depends on relationship building in communities and across neighborhoods in richmond. i was reading this article speaking to successes your department has seen. the paper says in richmond historically one of the most violent cities in the bay area, the police department has averaged fewer than one officer involved shooting per year since 2008 and no one has been killed by a cop since 2007. what have you all done that s so right, deputy chief? well, we re still tinkering. essentially we feel like training is important. at least when it comes to officer use of force. we train pretty often. it s based on situations that