Can Non-Lethal Weapons Reduce Police Killings?

Less Than Lethal: In the wake of many high-profile police shootings, American law enforcement officers are trying to find non-lethal solutions to traditional weapons, using both specialist training and technology. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures Across America the pressure builds on the search for non-lethal alternatives to guns in the police force. Paul Jensen’s company produces weapons with less lethal rounds – rubber, bean bags, bullet-slowing technology. However, it is hard to find concrete data on how effective these weapons are in the field. “I don’t believe there’s any central repository for that type of a database…so we don’t see it on an incident to incident basis.” Elsewhere, police units are employing de-escalation training to assess all possible scenarios and find the most peaceful outcome. “That’s really where we’re trying to put our focus… Not could we use force, but should we use force?” explains Chief Keith Mello. His colleague Chief Gary Macnamara agrees on this approach: “Conversation is good, but understanding is better.” For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7353 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Visit our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/JourneymanPictures/ Say hi on tumblr: https://journeymanpictures.tumblr.com/ PBS Newshour Weekend – Ref. 7353