Nonviolent policing #6: Serve and protect: Compliance first!

The old school overreliance on achieving compliance at any cost is a barrier squarely in the path toward policing without violence. 

Sadly, the mandate for compliance seems heavily ingrained, so that even when, for example, a magazine published for police discusses deëscalation, the pivot to application of violent force when deëscalation fails to produce compliance is swift and instead gives officers information on committing "justified" lethal force.[1]On the peace team, we stress another approach--kick the can down the road, we're the boss of no one, let's just keep everyone safe.

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[1] https://www.policemag.com/training/article/15678660/10-tips-for-better-deescalation-training