The first is direct and obvious: more restrictive rules and laws governing use of force. Police departments have rules and guidelines as to what techniques they can use in different situations. Banning choke holds, requiring a warning before shooting, requiring de-escalation and a continuum of force, requiring exhaustion of nonlethal alternatives, and banning firing at moving vehicles can all reduce deadly encounters. So can having a duty to intervene if another officer uses excessive force. Campaign Zero estimates that adopting these measures and reporting could reduce deaths by police
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