“Our analysis finds that each additional use of force policy was associated with a 15 percent reduction in killings for the average police department.
Since the average police department had already implemented three of these policies, implementing all eight use of force restrictions would be associated with a 54 percent reduction in killings for the average police department,” read the Campaign Zero report.
“Even after taking into account the number of arrests made, assaults on officers and community demographics, police departments with all eight of these use of force policies implemented would kill 72 percent fewer people than departments that have none of these policies in place.”
But that could change as reports state that the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners is currently considering changes to the department’s use of force policy.
As for the motion to change the Detroit Police department’s use of force policy it has not yet been passed as commission policy staffers need to “spend some time revising the directive and language on the use of force before going to vote,” said Griffie.
