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De-escalation: Delaware Training Requirements
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Requires annual de-escalation training, including a use of force continuum or matrix, to demonstrate the use of less or more force in an arrest situation, and reinforce exhausting all other alternatives before resorting to deadly force.
I… do hereby declare… [t]he following trainings shall be conducted for law enforcement officers on at least an annual basis: b. De-escalation training including a use-of-force continuum or matrix, to demonstrate the use of less or more force in an arrest situation, and reinforce exhausting all other reasonable alternatives before resorting to deadly force.
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