Excessive use of force by police: A survey of academic emergency physicians by Fremdfirma

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Excessive use of force by police: A survey of academic emergency physicians

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UPDATED: Thursday, January 1, 2009 13:45
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Thursday, January 1, 2009 1:45 PM

I had this passed to me by an EMT friend and wanted to vet it with our scientific types before I put any credence in it.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/bmj-epv122208.php

Apparently this is an except from this publication.
http://emj.bmj.com/

This looks like a fairly legit publication, and if this is so, then a copy of that report might be useful in helping establish more proper use-of-force guidelines for localised police departments, as well as the thought of establishing a mandated reporting of suspected abuses as official policy, which does not seem to exist in any substantive form as yet.

That would be a most helpful check against this sort of thing and even more so in weeding out abusive officers, because it removes some of the he-said-she-said from the matter when you have a clear physicians report of the sustained injuries to compare with whatever went down on the official paperwork.

There's no real reason *not* to have that level of coordination with trauma personnel and law enforcement, and having an official set of policies in place would eliminate confusion as well as adding a further discouragement to abuse suspects in custody.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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