Responding to the fatal police shooting of Ezell Ford in South Los Angeles, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday that all of the department’s officers will be trained in the next month on ways to de-escalate potentially violent encounters as part of a “national conversation” on police use of force.
The five-hour-long training session, which will be conducted at all 21 police divisions, began Monday with Topanga Division officers at the New Community Jewish High School in West Hills. Northeast Division officers also received training Monday, LAPD officials said.
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