ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
THINGS WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT
POLICE REFORM IS DE-ESCALATION
TRAINING.
THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM IS
TEACHING OFFICERS TO DO JUST
THAT.
WE GOT A CLOSER LOOK INTO HOW
IT WORKS AND WHO IT BEST WORKS
FOR.
IF ALL GOES WELL, IT WILL
FEEL LIKE TRAINING AT ALL.
THIS IS WHAT MODERATE PSYCHOSIS
LOOKS LIKE REENACTED WITH REAL
ACTORS PRE-PANDEMIC.
OFFICERS USED TOOLS FROM A
CLASS AND THE KEY IS PART OF
THE BRAIN THAT THE DOCTOR SAYS
HELPS YOU THINK CLEARLY.
DESPITE WHAT IS AT STAKE.
THAT PART OF OUR BRAIN HELPS
US DO EXECUTIVE FUNCTION.
Reporter: THE ALTERNATIVE IS
A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FIGHT,
FLIGHT, OR FREEZE.
WHETHER THE CALL STARTS OUT AS
A CRISIS, OR TURNS INTO ONE.
IF YOU PULL SOMEONE OVER
WITH THE SPEEDING TICKET YOU DE-
ESCALATED AND IT BECOMES PART
OF HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB ALL DAY
EVERY DAY.
Reporter: THE MAJORITY OF
DEPARTMENTS IN THE METRO AREA
FOR CHOIR THE COURSE.
AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE USED CIT
TRAINING TO LOWER THEIR USE OF
FORCE NUMBERS, THE DAKOTA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS BEING
DOWN ON THE PERSON'S LEVEL.
Reporter: DAKOTA COUNTY
OFFICERS HAVE USED FORCE 20
TIMES.
AMONG THE LOWEST AND METRO AREA
SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS.
MUCH LOWER THAN MINNEAPOLIS AND
ST. PAUL POLICE.
THE NUMBERS DO NOT TELL THE
FULL STORY.
PETERSON SAYS THE VOLUMES AND
TYPES OF CALLS PUT OFFICERS IN
CRISIS PARTICULARLY IN A BIG
CITY LIKE MINNEAPOLIS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY RESPOND
TO, TRAUMA CALL, TRAUMA CALL,
TRAUMA CALL, CHAOS AND THEN
THEY RESOLVE AND GO OUT AND DO
IT AGAIN.
WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO DIFFUSE
OR DE-ESCALATE THEMSELVES FROM
ONE CALL TO THE NEXT CALL.
Reporter: DR. B SAYS THAT
REPEATED TRAUMA WOULD FORCE
ANYONE BACK INTO
DEHUMANIZATION, FINANCE, AND/OR
RACISM.
Reporter: HOW DO YOU FIX
THAT?
HOW DO YOU GET SOMEONE TO STOP
BEING RACIST?
PERHAPS THEY DON'T EVEN THINK
THEY ARE RACIST
MOST RACISM TODAY IS PEOPLE
WHO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY
ARE RACIST.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW
RACISM WORKS.
WE DO AN EXERCISE WHERE THE
ROOM IS THERE AND WE ASKED THEM
TO WRITE THE FIRST ANIMAL THAT
THEY WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO SEE.
Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT
DURING THIS EXERCISE THE VAST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SHARE AN
ANIMAL THEY NEVER MET LIKE A
GREAT WHITE SHARK OR A TIGER.
THAT IS SYSTEMIC AND
INSTITUTIONAL BIASES THAT GET
PULLED IN.
THEY BRING THEIR BEST WITH
THEM TO THEIR WORK.
ALL OF US TO.
Reporter: TODAY IS MINNESOTA
DISCUSSES WHAT REFORM SHOULD
LOOK LIKE, THEY HAVE GIVEN
CRISIS INTERVENTION A CLOSER
LOOK.
THAT COMPONENT OF
NORMALIZING IS REALLY REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND
OVERDUE.
AS PART OF THE OVERALL
CONVERSATION.
WE ARE READY TO BRING IT ON.
AGAIN, WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE GET TO TELL US WHAT THEY
WANT.
Reporter: HIS DEPARTMENT
WILL BE THE NEW HOME OF THE
INTERVENTION TEAM.