De-Escalation in Policing Act
Section 1. Purpose and Title
a. Too many of our citizens live in fear of being stopped by the police only to lose their life. No one should fear that they may lose their right to life when interacting with an officer. This legislation is designed to augment the tactics used by police.
b. The title of this legislation shall be the De-Escalation in Policing Act
Section 2. Provisions
All federal law enforcement agencies, as well as any police department or state law enforcement administrative agency receiving federal funding shall adopt regulations that require a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to
(1) attempt to de-escalate a situation and exhaust all alternative non- lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person; and
(2) provide an oral warning to a person against whom deadly force is intended to be used before discharging a firearm, if providing the oral warning is safe to attempt.
(3) An officer must undergo in service training in de-escalation tactics each year during the course of their career.
(4) For all new police recruits in police academies, de-escalation must be the primary focus and may not be less than 60 hours of de-escalation training completed.
