Police experts say it’s a “very, very risky” and dangerous maneuver that should be banned except in deadly force incidents.
Haberfeld said that most language in police manuals across the US is “convoluted” and allowed for an officer’s discretion.
Shane — who is an instructor for academic programs attended by police officers — said that officers are trained not to leave subjects in a “prone position” and handcuffed for very long because it runs the risk of causing the fatal condition of “positional asphyxia.” Positional asphyxiation is deadly when compounded by risk factors like intoxication due to drug or alcohol use, obesity, mental illness, and other pre-existing health conditions, Lawrence Heiskell, an emergency physician and a veteran reserve police officer with the Palm Springs Police Department, wrote in aHe wrote that officers are taught to avoid restraining people face-down or to do it for a very short period of time.
Shane added that there is “no question” police departments should ban the use of this kind of neck restraint, except in deadly force situations.
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