Policies and Practices to Minimize Police Use of Force Internationally (2022) / Chapter Skim
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and other objectives of the state have been viewed by many as human rights violations. Thus, the committee was asked to examine the policies and practices for police use of force that effectively promote the ROL and protect the population in the international context.
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As such, data collection is critical to track progress, measure outcomes, and support rigorous research efforts. In this chapter, the committee calls attention to multiple elements that, if supported by international donor organizations, would improve the knowledge available on incidents of use of excessive force and their prevention.
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International donor organizations, such as INL, should support local and/or national systems in the collection and dissemination of standardized information about use of force by law enforcement officers. Priority should be given to the documenta tion and publication by an independent medical examiner or coroner of every case where someone (citizen or police)
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These records should identify officers using force, the nature of force and weapon used, the locations of the incidents, the time and date of each incident, as well as personal identifiers and demographic information for citizens involved. Technical assistance should be granted to develop ongoing analyses of the patterns of less-than-lethal-force incidents, including concentrations of events among individual officers, specific places and times.
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in police encounters; and counts of deaths in police custody. These counts should be supplemented with data on demographics of persons killed or injured, nature of crime or disorder for the police intervention, time of day, location, and nature of death or injury.2 While it is possible to measure other things, nothing is more important than the number of people who die during police encounters.
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. There is much room for improvement in translating international human rights standards to national laws and police policies at the organizational level.
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It is fundamental to promoting the ROL and protecting the population to have policies that are clear, impartially enforced, aligned to local laws and international human rights standards, inclusive of mechanisms for civilian oversight, and regularly communicated to police officers through ongoing training opportunities. RECOMMENDATION 4: International donor organizations, such as INL, should work with implementing partners to ensure that policies on police use of force have been developed or reviewed in consultation with relevant police oversight bodies and ombuds institutions.These policies should be impartially enforced, clearly defined, aligned with human rights standards, inclusive of mechanisms for civilian oversight, communicated to police officers through ongoing training opportuni ties, and regularly reviewed for effectiveness.
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This type of training has centered on developing procedural justice and de-escalation skills, and/or educating officers on human rights documents and principles. Other trainings have focused on how to use force in a non-lethal manner.
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. OVERSIGHT AND SUPERVISION Chapter 2 discussed different accountability measures to monitor and restrain police use of force: external oversight bodies, internal control mechanisms, technological innovations to prevent abuses of power, and administrative incentives.
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There is not yet a body of empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of external monitoring bodies to minimize police use of force.
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. Use of Force: Guidelines for Implementation of the UN Basic Principles on the Use for Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials.
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. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Rapporteur's Report under the Moscow Mechanism on Alleged Human Rights Violations and Impunity in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation.
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. Public Perceptions of the Justifiability of Police Shootings: The Role of Body Cameras in a Pre- and Post-Ferguson Experiment.
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