NYPD Orders New Training in Use of Force

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By PERVAIZ SHALLWANI and SEAN GARDINER

Every New York Police Department officer will be retrained in the use of force following the death of a Staten Island man after an officer subdued him with an apparent chokehold, Commissioner William Bratton said Tuesday.

The "top-to-bottom" retraining of nation's largest police force, with 35,000 officers, is an undertaking that could take years, Mr. Bratton said.

Thursday's death of 43-year-old Eric Garner raised new questions from elected officials and civil-rights leaders about police brutality. The NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds.

"As I have reviewed that incident and reviewed the training of the department, it is my belief that we are going to have to do more than just a review of Staten Island," Mr. Bratton said at a news conference at police headquarters.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/nypd-orders-new-training-in-use-of-force-1406080841

[SummerSnow]

1. Won't help. Violent cops are violent people. It's about their individual personality.

[hrmjustin]

2. Agreed but hopefully it helps.

[SummerSnow]

3. There's always hope. But what if the problem persist after the training?

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4. As you said, it won't go away.

Thus is a band aid for a large problem.

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5. Police Commissioner William Bratton meeting with Staten Island officials after death of Eric Garner

http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/07/police_commissioner_william_br.html#incart_river

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6. All NYPD officers to undergo retraining after the Eric Garner incident, police commissioner says

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/post_880.html#incart_river

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7. Following Eric Garner's death, Bratton will look at LAPD for guidance on how to retrain NYPD

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/after_eric_garners_death_bratt.html#incart_m-rpt-1