Police: Communication Key When Being Pulled Over

Garden City, KS (westernkansasnews.com) Over the last year or so, there have been protests over several unarmed African-Americans being shot by police officers in separate incidents.

Another part of the story you will not hear is that the suspect can control the situation by responding to the patrolman’s request in an non-threatening way.   Garden City Police Chief Michael Utz on how someone does this.

And it stopped, do not assume either.

Utz says if the person pulled over does not understand, then they need to tell the officers so the patrolman can explain it in a different way.

On a separate note Garden City Police are closing in on a decision for what type of body cameras they want for officers.  Chief Utz says they want to try one more sample before making a decision.

The good news is the city commission has already budgeted the money needed for every officer in the department to be outfitted with one of these cameras.  Utz’s goal is to find the system that’s the most unobtrusive for his officers.