Comments on: Taser Use Drops After Ottawa Introduces “Responsibility Pay”

By: Canadian Cop Shoplifted, Made Threats and Assaulted Civilian — Gets Three Year Suspension with Pay Plus Possible Promotions « JONATHAN TURLEY

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:16:35 +0000

[...] made the news when it gave officers financial rewards for not using force in their jobs, click here. It worked. Taser uses went down sharply. Perhaps they should also implement a reward system to not [...]

By: Patty C

Patty C — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:08:56 +0000

The Crisis Prevention Institute has been around for 30 years-in the beginning primarily for human services professionals.

Crisis Intervention Training for law enforcement personnel has gained in popularity among Police Department Units and Sheriff Departments, especially in the past 8 years or so in the United States.

Check out what UVA is doing with their summer program.

http://dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351190518&path=!news

By: Video: Russian Police Demonstrate Their Beat-First-Question-Later Approach « JONATHAN TURLEY

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:17 +0000

[...] Some countries have been working hard to reduce the use of unnecessary force by officers, such as the recent program in Ottawa. Click here. [...]

By: Arabella

Arabella — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:16:41 +0000

Positive reinforcement – what a concept!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:10:11 +0000

EXCELLENT! For Canada anyway. I can only hope that this kind of responsibility and common sense will be adopted in U.S. police forces nationwide as quickly as possible. Both have been conspicuously absent in the training of too many U.S. law enforcement officers, especially in most recent years.