Common use of Use of Force Training Clause in Contracts

Use of Force Training. 1. VPD will work with the Evaluator to assess the use of force training provided to all officers to ensure the training complies with the requirements set forth in the use of force policy, and with best practices of constitutional policing. The topics for the training shall include the following: a. On a biennial basis - proper use of force decision making, including when force may be unnecessary in response to minor resistance. b. On a biennial basis - interactive scenarios and exercises that illustrate proper use of force decision making, including training officers on the importance and impact of ethical decision making and peer intervention. c. On a biennial basis - principles of procedural justice, and avoiding the use of force in response to minor resistance. d. On an annual basis - de-escalation techniques that encourage officers to make arrests without using force. e. On a biennial basis - threat assessment, including how race, identity, and/or bias can impact officers’ threat assessments. f. On an annual basis - for supervisors, initial and annual refresher training, internal if VPD is unable to access outside training, on conducting use of force investigations, how to effectively direct officers to minimize uses of force and to intervene effectively to prevent or stop unreasonable force, using VPD’s accountability and disciplinary systems after encountering a potentially unreasonable use of force or use of force that is out of policy, and supporting officers who report unreasonable or unreported force or who are retaliated against for using only reasonable force or attempting to prevent unreasonable force. 2. On an annual basis, VPD will utilize the Force Options Team, and any necessary use of force experts to assess the effectiveness of the use of force curricula against current policies and the integration of use of force scenario-based training and adult learning theory. VPD may use existing reports and data trend analysis for this purpose. This analysis will be shared with the Evaluator. 3. VPD shall work with the Evaluator to evaluate and update, where appropriate, current guidelines for selecting training instructors and/or entities to provide trainings, with prior performance quality and proposed curriculum being significant factors in the selection criteria for instructors on the issues identified in Paragraph B.1. VPD shall have discretion to select its own training instructors. 4. VPD shall convene its Field Training Officers, and the force-related training instructors no less than once a year to review, update, and ensure VPD is providing consistent, high-quality, and contemporary training in the use of force that is consistent with VPD policies. VPD use of force training that is particularly relevant to organizational roles and responsibilities shall also be provided to supervisors, managers, and command staff.