Q&A: What the Corey Ruiz Shooting Reveals About Police Training — and Who Shapes Policing Rules

Q&A: What the Corey Ruiz shooting reveals about police training — and who shapes policing rules

UW-Madison law professor Ion Meyn interviewed police officers and reviewed police training videos to study deadly force decisions. He spoke about what he learned. The post Q&A: What the Corey Ruiz shooting reveals about police training — and who shapes policing rules appeared first on WPR.

Corey Ruiz shooting: UW law professor explains police use of force training

When a Madison police officer fatally shot Corey Ruiz on July 22, his death sparked outrage — and questions.  Among them: Why was Ruiz killed, and what kind of training or rules could have prevented his death? Ion Meyn, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has studied exactly that. For a 2021 paper, he and his team interviewed police officers across the country and watched dozens of training videos to understand how …

Letter | More use-of-force training needed

Dear Editor: At the press conference on July 23, the day after Corey Ruiz was killed, Police Chief John Patterson was asked, “Is there a period of time when officers are supposed to wait to see if the taser is…