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Ben Garvey for the Emerald
Ennisbee was one of nine local rock bands that played at the ‘Humpty Lumpty’
lawn near the Bean Complex on Sunday.
Police
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According to the Police Commis
sion, those demonstrations have
not been ‘passive’ in nature, but
rather ‘static.’
Ward 3 Councilor Bonny Bettman,
who is also the Police Commission
vice chair, said Thursday that she
supported banning using pepper
spray on political protesters.
“I have a problem using OC spray
for political protesters or labor
demonstrators,” she said. “I don’t
think it’s appropriate to use pepper
spray in those situations.”
However, committee members
maintain that those instances are not
frequent in corrtparison to most uses.
“We have to think outside the po
litical realm,” Swensen said, and
went on to provide examples of the
most common instances of pepper
ing: a bar patron not wanting to
leave, a domestic dispute, or a DUII
driver who refuses to let go of the
steering wheel.
The recommendations were
passed conceptually, but the specif
ic language will still undergo minor
changes before being presented to
the City Council in preparation for a
May 29 work session.
The five-page general order the
Use of Force Committee presented to
the commission last week sets much
of the standard for the use of pepper
spray by police officers, while still
leaving discretion in officers’ hands.
The committee also recommend
ed it not be used as a crowd disper
sal tool and that officers consider any
known pre-existing medical condi
tions, which has caused adverse re
actions for some.
Use of Force Committee chair
man Floyd Prozanski said the com
mittee recommendations formalize
much of what is already unwritten
policy in the EPD.
The commission also voted not
to amend the recommendations to
include proposed wording
changes presented to the commis
sion in a letter from the American
Civil Liberties Union. Only two
committee members supported
amending the recommendation.
Commission member Maurice
Denner voiced concerns about the
higher standards that would be set,
and said the tighter the policy is
written, the greater the chance the
city could face a lawsuit later.
But for now, the committee
plans to finalize the recommenda
tions and send them to the City
Council. However, Prozanski said
“this is an area we as a commis
sion can always revisit.”
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