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Police De-escalation:

De-escalation State Maps

Developed by Texas Legal Services Center and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Law enforcement violence is a critical public health issue. Police violence results in disproportionate rates of deaths, injuries, trauma, and stress in marginalized communities¹. Police de-escalation requirements can help mitigate police violence. De-escalation can be defined as non-violent strategies to decrease the intensity of a situation by “communicating with subjects, maintaining distance, and otherwise eliminating the need to use force”².

You can click on the maps below to view training and statutory use-of-force continuum requirements by state.

Training Requirements

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Statutory Definitions

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We have done our best to include all relevant information, but we're only human. Did our researchers get something wrong? Leave something out? Miss an update? Let us know.

¹ Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue, Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ Pᴜʙʟɪᴄ Hᴇᴀʟᴛʜ Assᴏᴄɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (Aug. 18, 2021, 2:47PM), https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence.

² 8 Cᴀɴ'ᴛ Wᴀɪᴛ, https://8cantwait.org/ (last visited Aug. 18, 2021).

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