On the other hand, Assembly member Weber commented, “With the Governor’s signature, we are closer to a culture of policing in California that values and preserves human life,”
“Working on this policy has been a high hill to climb, but what has lifted me up is the energy and the devotion of the families who have lost loved ones to these shootings. Our hope all along has been to save lives and to finally establish trust between law enforcement and communities of color,” she added.
Meanwhile, Ben Adler of Capital Public Radio noted, “Right now, deadly force is justified if a reasonable officer would have acted similarly in that situation. So in other words, what a typical officer would have done based on his or her training. When the law takes effect in January, that standard will change to when the officer reasonable reasonably believes deadly force is necessary.”
