PORTLAND, Maine (Portland Press Herald) The Portland Police Department says its use-of-force policy bars the use of chokeholds and other methods used to restrict the airways and classifies those actions as deadly force.
The Portland Press Herald reports that the policy was first ratified in 2012 and last amended in 2017. It’s unclear when chokeholds were barred.
The department does not proactively release internal policies for public consumption and released this policy six days after the Press Herald requested it on May 29.
The department’s policies, including use-of-force, are up for review by the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday.
