When is force necessary? Austin police chief details what officers should do

PROJECTS ARE MAKING THE ROADS
SAFER FOR YOU.APD CHIEF: "OUR
OFFICERS DON'T WAKE UP AND
COME TO WORK THINKING TODAY'S
THE DAY THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT
SOMEBODY.."SYDNEY:
SPLIT-SECOND, LIFE-OR-DEATH
DECISIONS.AUSTIN POLICE GIVE
US SOME INSIGHT, AS TWO LUCKY
SUSPECTS SURVIVE THEIR LETHAL
FORCE.2-ROBERT:TODAY, A-P-D
REVEALED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN VIOLENT
WEEKEND ATTACKS THAT ENDED
WITH OFFICERS FIRING AT
SUSPECTS.SYDNEY:OFFICER JASON
CANALES SHOT 59-YEAR-OLD
QUENTIN WILES YESTERDAY, ON
GREENHILL PLACE IN NORTHWEST
AUSTIN.TAX RECORDS SHOW WILES
OWNS THE HOME THERE.HE DOESN'T
HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT
WE COULD FIND.WILES IS CHARGED
WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A
DEADLY WEAPON.POLICE SAY HE
STABBED ANOTHER MAN MULTIPLE
TIMES INSIDE THE HOME. OFFICER
CANALES HAS BEEN ON THE FORCE
FOR 8 YEARS.23-YEAR APD
VETERAN OFFICER ALFREDO
DELVALLE WAS THE ONE WHO
PULLED THE TRIGGER FRIDAY -
OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX
ON LYNNWOOD STREET IN CENTRAL
AUSTIN.HE SHOT 50-YEAR OLD
AUBREY GARRETT, WHO HAD JUST
BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL ON
DECEMBER 7TH AFTER SERVING
TIME FOR DRUG POSSESSION.
POLICE SAY GARRETT WAS
ACTIVELY ATTACKING 43-YEAR-OLD
ANDREA LINDSEY WITH A KNIFE.
LINDSEY DIED AT THE SCENE.
GARRETT IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
SYDNEY:BOTH SUSPECTS ARE NOW
BOOKED INTO THE TRAVIS COUNTY
JAIL.KXAN'S PHIL PRAZAN
EXAMINES THE OFFICERS' TOUGH
DECISIONS, IN-DEPTH, WITH
CHIEF PHIL PRAZAN, @PHILPRAZAN
- 14:44:52 - FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN THREE DAYS, POLICE
OFFICERS SHOT A KNIFE WIELDING
SUSPECT. THE LATEST ONE WAS
HERE SUNDAY ON THE 4000 BLOCK
OF GREENHILL PLACE IN
NORTHWEST AUSTIN. I WANTED TO
KNOW MORE FROM CHIEF BRIAN
MANLEY ABOUT THEIR USE OF
FORCE POLICIES." 14:45:08BRIAN
MANLEY, CHIEF OF AUSTIN POLICE
- 15:25:41 - 15:34:29 - WE
CALL IT RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE
BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY
CONVEYS A MESSAGE TO OUR
OFFICERS THAT THE ONLY TIME
YOU SHOULD USE FORCE IS TO
OVERCOME SOMEONE'S
RESISTANCE.15:34:37APD TEACHES
OFFICERS THREE LEVELS OF FORCE.
THE LATEST UPDATE WAS LAST
MONTH. LEVEL 3 - THE LOWEST -
WOULD BE PEPPER SPRAY OR
PRESSURE POINT TACTICS.IT THEN
GOES UP TO USE OF A TASER, A
CANINE, OR A STRIKE TO THE
HEAD.LEVEL 1 IS THE HIGHEST
LEVEL.THERE, THEY RESPOND TO
DEADLY FORCE... WITH... DEADLY
FORCE. BRIAN MANLEY - CHIEF OF
AUSTIN POLICE - 15:33:46 - WE
DON'T SHOOT TO WOUND BECAUSE
IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU
DON'T NEED TO IMMEDIATELY END
A THREAT OF DEADLY VIOLENCE
BEING CARRIED OUT BY SOMEONE
ELSE, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE
USING YOUR WEAPON." 15:33:56
OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO NEVER
POINT THEIR FIREARM AT SOMEONE
WITHOUT DEADLY FORCE ON THE
TABLE.THEN, THEY'RE TRAINED TO
TARGET THE LARGEST - MIDDLE
SECTION - OF THE BODY UNTIL
THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE ANOTHER
LIFE IS AT RISK.BRIAN MANLEY,
CITY OF AUSTIN POLICE -
15:30:09 - YOU CAN USE DEADLY
FORCE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
LIFE EITHER THE OFFICER'S OR A
COMMUNITY MEMBER'S AND THAT'S
WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.
15:30:16IT'S A POSITION NO
OFFICER WANTS TO BE IN...BUT
ONCE THEY BELIEVE A SUSPECT
CAN KILL... IT IS A LIFE OR
DEATH SITUATION.PHIL PRAZAN.
KXAN NEWS. ROBERT:APD ALWAYS
TRIES TO RESPOND WITH MULTIPLE
OFFICERS SO ONE CAN BE
PREPARED FOR DEADLY FORCE
WHILE ANOTHER IS TRYING TO DE-
ESCALATE THE SITUATION.WE WILL
HAVE THE APD MANUAL THAT
OUTLINES THEIR "RESPONSE TO
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When is force necessary? Austin police chief details what officers should do

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