by Emil Moschella and Joseph Murphy
Today there is an urgent call for reform with respect to race relations in policing, especially in the use of force. Proposed solutions range from defunding the police to more discrete ideas that address the use of force, de-escalation techniques, dealing with impaired individuals, providing on the scene expertise to work with the police, the quality of internal investigations, discipline, and preventing dismissed law enforcement officers from working in similar positions anywhere in the country.