On the 11th consecutive day of protests in Denver responding to the death of George Floyd after he was restrained by police in Minneapolis, the Denver Police Department on Sunday announced major changes to its own use-of-force policy.
Under pressure from demonstrators, lawmakers and the courts, the police department said that as of Sunday, officers must report to a supervisor any time they intentionally point a firearm at a person. The reports will be used to collect data and evaluate such incidents, the police department said in a news release Sunday.
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