PSA: Comply Now, Complain Later

The public can help prevent use of force by police officers. Each year officers are required to use force hundreds of thousands of times to overcome non-compliance with lawful orders. These encounters result in over 50,000 police officers being assaulted on the job each year leading to injuries and death. Police employ force in response to non-compliance. If someone doesn’t comply with a lawful order, or uses force against them, they have to use sufficient force to obtain compliance. Use of force is always ugly. Nobody likes it, especially police. And nobody knows how it will turn out. The message of this PSA is asking the public to help police by not escalating, not attacking, not fleeing and not trying to disarm an officer. Whether it is getting asked a question, getting a citation or getting arrested, don’t confront, don’t resist, and don’t flee. If someone feels they have been improperly treated by an officer the time to seek a legal resolution is after the encounter has concluded.

Source: National Police Association

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