The Lafayette Police Department's use of force policy has been updated to ban chokeholds and require de-escalation procedures. The policy is in the review and approval process by interim Chief Scott ...

Oceanside Police Chief Fred Armijo met with members of three local churches with large minority populations last week and agreed to their request to strengthen the wording of his department’s ...

Some say the program makes good cops better and doesn't reach bad cops. De-escalation training. It's on the tip of the tongue of both police departments and reformers -- the idea that officers can be ...