The brand new programme focuses on how to de-escalate situations - and a pilot has shown the training could reduce both the number of times officers use force and how often they face assaults.
'You’ve got shortness of breath, lack of communication, there may be a change in the colour of their skin.' PC Rob Green is listing just some of the danger signs of asphyxiation to a group of serving Metropolitan Police officers in Hendon, northwest London. He's delivering a brand-new programme, developed by the College of Policing, on how to safely use force against someone who is fighting an officer or resisting arrest.
' Read more:Riot perpetrators' sentencing beginsSecond officer investigated over airport video The College of Policing says a pilot of the training led to 1,200 fewer use-of-force incidents over a 12-month span. Before the training came in, the average Avon and Somerset police officer 'used force' in their job six times a year. This has now dropped to five times - an 11% reduction. They also say they saw a drop in assaults on officers.
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