DOJ Updates Protocol Across Local, State Police Depts.

The U.S. Department of Justice has made changes to how local police departments operate and handle engaging with criminals. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a new federal program aiming to limit the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants. Under the new program, officers could use chokeholds and other “carotid restraints” only if they were faced with a threat of deadly force. In addition, officers would have to generally knock and announce themselves when serving a search warrants unless they could reasonably argue this would put their lives in immediate danger.-- More...