MI Senate passes bill to increase anti-bias, de-escalation training
Source: WILX
LANSING, MI (AP) -- The Michigan Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would require police to be trained on implicit bias and de-escalation techniques to minimize the use of force more than a week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests.
The legislation would also mandate, starting in 2022, that officers complete annual continuing education. Michigan is among six states without such a requirement, according to a 2017 report.
“Every parent with a black or brown child in America faces ... the constant fear and anxiety that their children will be a victim of the police that we hire to protect and service. We must change this,” the bill sponsor, Democratic Sen. Jeff Irwin of Ann Arbor, said while choking up.
The measure, which was passed just a week after its introduction in the Republican-led chamber, was sent to the House for further consideration
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I guess it's something, at least. And it's good that it was unanimous.
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