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Trump prepares executive order to ‘encourage’ police to obey ‘professional standards’ & use ‘force with compassion’

11-6-2020 < RT 17 141 words
 

US President Donald Trump said he would soon sign an executive order to urge police departments around the country to wield force more carefully and put more resources into officer training following weeks of heated protests.


The White House is working to finalize an order that will “encourage” police nationwide to “meet the most current professional standards of force,” Trump said at an event in Dallas on Thursday, adding “that means force, but force with compassion.”


While he did not elaborate on what the executive order would entail, the president said the administration would also seek greater funding for police training and “aggressively pursue” economic development in minority communities – all of which comes after weeks of mass demonstrations over police brutality and calls for major reform.



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