Following the murder of George Floyd and continued protests nationwide, police reform activists Campaign Zero has launched 8 Can’t Wait.
It’s a database that tracks major cities’ employment of eight policies that are proven to curtail police violence.
It states data proves that together these eight policies can decrease police violence by 72%.
The eight policies include:
- banning chokeholds and strangleholds
- banning shooting at moving vehicles
- exhausting all alternatives before shooting
- requiring that all use of force be reported
- requiring a warning before shooting
- requiring officers to stop another officer from using excessive force
- and limiting the types of force and/or weapons that can be used to respond to specific types of resistance.
It says the average police department has adopted only three of the eight policies, while “No police department has implemented all eight.”
For more details on the campaign, click here.