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To: locogringo who wrote (1240203)	6/16/2020 2:07:41 PM
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"Did one of the gods from Olympus place him in the drive thru?" Thor?. If you have his name, his car, and his drivers license, you don't really have to chase him. Bottoms said she will sign a series of administrative orders requiring Atlanta police officers to use only the amount of objectively reasonable force necessary to protect themselves or others to make an arrest or bring someone resisting under control. The orders will also require de-escalation tactics prior to the use of deadly force, with the goal of gaining voluntary compliance to avoid or minimize the use of physical force. They will impose restrictions on when an officer can use deadly force on a suspect in a moving vehicle. And they will codify a "duty to intervene" policy requiring officers to step in if they see other officers using unnecessary force. Atlanta police policy currently allows officers to use deadly force to apprehend a suspected felon when the officer "reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon* or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person, is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury and when [the officer] reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or others." It also allows for deadly force when there's probable cause to believe the suspect had inflicted or threatened serious physical harm and his or her escape "would create a continuing danger of serious physical harm to any person." Bottoms said the Atlanta police policies should make clear that officers are expected to be "guardians, not warriors" within the community. She said the department's use-of-force policy was already under review by a task force that convened last week. The task force is expected to issue initial recommendations in 14 days and then draw on community input to release finalized recommendations in 45 days, Bottoms said. "As we are taking a look at our use-of-force policy through our task force, it became abundantly clear to me that through my executive power, we need to reiterate our desire that there be de-escalation and not immediate use of force when there are other options that are available," Bottoms said. cbsnews.com * Taser is considered non-lethal.