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Aurora police chief outlines de‑escalation training, accountability checks and expanded less‑lethal options
Summary
The police chief described Aurora’s de‑escalation approach as communication‑first, described scenario‑based recruit and in‑service training, cited national best practices, and defended deployment of 40‑millimeter less‑lethal rounds while noting limits when officers face immediate deadly threats.
A senior Aurora Police Department official identified in the meeting as Chief Chamberlain (speaker 9) told the Public Safety and Civil Service Committee that de‑escalation is central to the department’s response model and that the department has integrated de‑escalation into recruit and in‑service training.
“De‑escalation is truly about the use of communication…time, distance, tactics and tools to reduce that need for force,” the chief said, adding that de‑escalation is an expectation but not required when it would increase risk to officers, victims or the public.
The chief outlined an immersive training model: recruits receive extensive de‑escalation instruction in the academy (the transcript reports more than 100 hours…
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