July 05, 2018 A Conversation with Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey (Ret.) of the Los Angeles Police Department. Read Part I Here. Monica Westfall: Do you think there’s a gap in use-of-force training that allows officers to plead that they feared for their lives when they face murder charges for use of force – in killing unarmed black men in particular? And what…
Monica Westfall: In one interview, you said that you “try to prepare folks going into the force to know what really goes down.” What do you believe to be the biggest difference in what new recruits encounter in training versus what really goes down? Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey (Ret.): Well, it’s probably not that different from any other occupation, I would…