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Vancouver, Wash. –On September 11, 2019, the Vancouver Police Department held a community forum to discuss a use of force study that is being conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). The Vancouver Police Department wants to thank everyone who attended this forum. Those that were unable to attend, or did not have the opportunity to speak, can send their comments via email PERF at VPDReview@policeforum.org.
During the event, there was discussion on several related topic areas and interest expressed by several community members to become more involved in community discussions and more informed about police training. Below are links to more information related to comments and questions raised at the forum:
Training requirements regarding use of deadly force: The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC), as part of the implementation of the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act (LETCSA, formerly known as I-940 or SHB 1064), must create and adopt “rules” to establish training requirements (including first aid) and establish criteria for independent investigations of deadly force.
There have been a series of community forums across the state to gather input on independent investigations criteria and CJTC representatives will be in Vancouver on September 24, 2019 to conduct one of these community forums. This forum is hosted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, event contact: Leslie Cushman, leslie.cushman.olympia@gmail.com.
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Location: Bridgeview Resource Center (505 Omaha Way, Vancouver, WA 98661)
Police officer applicant disqualifiers: Link to the Vancouver Police Department’s sworn disqualifiers:
Curriculum for Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission Basic Law Enforcement Academy: The Basic Law Enforcement Equivalency Academy and the Reserve Academy are available at https://cjtc.wa.gov/resources/curricula.
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