Floyd's death spurs push to train cops to stop police abuse

Despite policies on the books for years that require officers across the United States to stop colleagues from using excessive force, there has been little or no effort to teach officers how to intervene, law enforcement officials and experts say. Police departments nationwide are showing new interest in training officers how they should stop, or try to stop, abuse in their own ranks. “I don’t think departments have prepared their officers sufficiently to deal with that sort of situation,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington-based think tank.

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