Buried in the outskirts of Burien, you’ll find “Mock City.” It is where hundreds of new recruits come every year to learn how to become a police officer at the Criminal Justice Training Center.
It is also where tactical instructors are adapting with the ever changing use-of-force laws in Washington, which will enter a new phase on Sunday.
“Violating pace and compressing distance has an inverse effect on threat perception,” said instructor Scott Wells about how tactics have changed in recent years, especially since I-940 was approved in 2019.
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