San Marcos City Council recently received a presentation from the Ad Hoc Council-Appointed Use of Force Committee and Chief of Police Stan Standridge regarding police department policy relating to response to resistance and aggression.
Committee members, Standridge and the city council discussed the Use of Force committee’s recommendations during a work session meeting on July 6. The discussion followed six meetings held by the Use of Force committee, which was composed of 15 city council-appointed members.
During the committee's meetings, members reviewed 8CanWait — a campaign recommending several policy initiatives for cities around the use of force — information from the National Consensus Policy and Discussion Paper on Use of Force and reviewed use of force from a legal perspective and current standards established. The committee then conducted a line-by-line critique of the San Marcos Police Department’s current Use of Force policy.
