SACRAMENTO, CA (STL.News) – Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 392 by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego).  The bill enacts one of the strongest use-of-force laws in the country.

AB 392 modernizes standards for use of deadly force by officers.  Specifically, this bill updates the existing deadly force standards to provide that deadly force may only be used when necessary.  AB 392 also requires officers to use other techniques to address threats instead of using deadly force when safe to do so, encouraging law enforcement to train on and use de-escalation techniques like verbal persuasion and other crisis intervention methods.

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