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SDPD In Process Of Finalizing De-Escalation Guidelines

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Brooke Ruth / Senior Producer, Radio News

Published February 18, 2020 at 9:22 AM PST

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The San Diego Police Department is implementing new training to prevent deadly encounters. The de-escalation training puts the department in compliance with a new state law. SDPD is the first agency to start the training but the guidelines for it are still being worked out.

The San Diego Police Department is implementing new training to prevent deadly encounters.

The de-escalation training puts the department in compliance with a new state law that raises the standard of use for deadly force.

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SDPD is the first agency in the county to start the training, but the de-escalation guidelines are still in the process of being finalized.

San Diego Union-Tribune reporter David Hernandez has covered the discussion surrounding the new guidelines and joins Midday Edition on Tuesday to talk about how the guidelines will change what officers do and the way they interact with the community.

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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Brooke Ruth

Brooke Ruth is the senior producer for KPBS Radio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

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