
DOJ requires officers to intervene if they see another use excessive force as part of broader reform effort
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The Justice Department will require its agents and law enforcement officers to intervene and render aid if they see another officer use excessive force against a detainee -- a policy change in tandem with a series of police reform measures that the Biden administration plans to announce in the coming days.
President Joe Biden's push for sweeping police reforms through legislation, blocked by Republican opposition in Congress, instead will take shape in a more limited executive order set to be announced as soon as Wednesday, the anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd, according to people briefed on the matter.
The Biden order, first reported by The Washington Post, is expected to build on reforms that banned chokeholds and restricted no-knock warrants by extending those rules that currently apply to the Justice Department to other federal law enforcement agencies. The Justice Department also has expanded the use of body-worn cameras.

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