Right now the dominant doctrine is escalation of force to compliance. This being the primary tool, coupled with aggressive liability management is why there ar

Right now the dominant doctrine is escalation of force to compliance. This being the primary tool, coupled with aggressive liability management is why there are so many harmful outcomes. Training in deescalation techniques as well as more options to hand off problems that are not serious crimes, or are maybe violations, to entities much better equipped to handle them than the criminal justice system is would do us a lot of good. Escalation is also amplified by militarization. Lots of money there. Maybe there shouldn't be, or it is allocated differently. No one is seriously debating a lack of police. A primary goal of defund efforts appears to be getting at the means of control and incentives that have brought us here. Further, the longer we stay here, ahem, escalating? Abolitionists garner a stronger case and support. I do not agree with the harder, extreme stance out there, but I also completely understand how compelling it can be. This, so far, has continued to be escalated. I get it. Admitting failure equates to weakness and loss of legitimacy, but isn't that happening on a large scale anyway? Police need more options same as ordinary people do. Those can be found by having a real conversation, and that starts by deescalation all around.