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Knoxville Police Department Embroiled in De-Escalation Technique Controversy
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The City of Knoxville has been hit with a $200,000 federal funding blowback in the form of community policing development programs. The Knoxville Police Department will receive $200,000 from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to support the implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of de-escalation techniques.
The funding awarded to the City of Knoxville will help enhance the Knoxville Police Department’s capacity to implement, evaluate, and monitor de-escalation techniques. De-escalation techniques have the potential to help prevent the need for use of force in many police and community encounters.
Acting United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III announced the funding, stating that it will support practices and strategies for creative approaches to preventing crime and de-escalation training.
The COPS Office is the federal component responsible for advancing community policing nationwide. Established in 1994, the COPS Office has been the cornerstone of the nation’s crime fighting strategy with grants, knowledge resource products, and training and technical assistance.
Through the years, the COPS Office has become the go-to organization for law enforcement agencies across the country and continues to listen to the field and provide the resources that are needed to reduce crime and build trust between law enforcement and the communities served.
The COPS Office has invested more than $14 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 134,000 officers.
More information on the awards announced can be found on the COPS Office website at https://cops.usdoj.gov/cpd-award.
Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Public Corruption|Violent Crime|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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