LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Police Department announced Wednesday that it changed its use of force policy effective immediately to limit the use of a neck restraint technique unless in life-threatening situations.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said the national conversation about the technique sparked the change. The department says the technique was previously allowed when an officer was confronted by "an assaultive person."
The announcement came weeks after protests sparked across the U.S. and the world by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.