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Use-of-Force Continuum: California Training Requirements

Training

Citation

Cal. Penal Code § 13519.10

First enacted and effective Jan. 1, 2020

Added by 2019 statutes

Summary and Notes

The state is required to provide a number of officer training programs, including de-escalation and alternatives to the use of force.

Relevant Excerpt

(12) Alternatives to the use of deadly force and physical force, so that de-escalation tactics and less lethal alternatives are, where reasonably feasible, part of the decision-making process leading up to the consideration of deadly force.

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