Does your Use of Force Policy require a verbal warning before shooting?

Officers are trained to repetitively give verbal commands/warnings, when practical, when a force response may be required.  This is the case for not only deadly force encounters, but also prior to other uses of force, such as the activation of a Taser or deployment of a K9.

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1. Does your Use of Force Policy require de-escalation?
2. Does your Use of Force Policy allow for chokeholds and strangleholds?
3. Does your Use of Force Policy require a verbal warning before shooting?
4. Does your Use of Force Policy require officers to exhaust all alternatives before shooting?
5. Does your Use of Force Policy require comprehensive reporting when force is used?
6. Does your Use of Force Policy include a use of force continuum?
7. What are MPD’s reporting procedures when an officer uses force that results in death or harm; and when death occurs while in police custody? How comprehensive is the reporting for these events?
8. Does MPD mandate that officers intervene to stop excessive force when used by other officers? If so, is there also a requirement to report the incident to a supervisor?
9. Does MPD have a policy banning officers from shooting at moving vehicles?