Nearly one year after a Tallahassee Police Officer was caught on camera hitting Jacquez Kirkland with a baton, the Citizen's Police Review Board has recommended changes to the departments use-of-force policy.
Tallahassee’s citizen led Police Review Board recommended that officers only use their batons to overcome “aggressive resistance,” a suggestion born out of its review of the DUI arrest of a man in May.
The Tallahassee Citizen Review Board released recommendations to the Tallahassee Police Department Sunday afternoon that detailed how they would like the police to use impact weapons and batons in the future.
TPD use of force policy to be reviewed by citizen s review board
The citizen s review board to give their first official review of a use of force incident by the Tallahassee Police Department Thursday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The citizen s review board are giving their first official review of a use of force incident by the Tallahassee Police Department Thursday.
TPD s use of force policy gives officers a guide on how to handle both physical and verbal encounters.
According to TPD s use of force policy, if someone is resisting arrest the use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene at the time of the incident.