State: Georgia cops need more training on deadly force
The comments from Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council executive director Ken Vance follow an AJC/Channel 2 Action News special report that found half those shot and killed by police since 2010 were unarmed or shot in the back.
Louis Dekmar, police chief in LaGrange, said the fatal shootings in the AJC/Channel 2 report represent only a tiny portion of the countless encounters police officers have with the public every day, most of them harmless, many of them dealing with violent criminals, but each one presenting a possible risk to the officer and the public.
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Ken Foskett has been an AJC reporter and editor since 1989 and is Senior Editor/Investigations, leading a team of investigative and data journalists who watchdog state and local government. Additionally, Foskett manages the AJC's year-round internship program for collegiate journalists.
