LAPD seeks approval for $320,000 federal grant to expand recruit de-escalation training
Grant would add six hours of de-escalation training for 450 police recruits and fund an AI chat tool holding training materials.
Police recruits would get six more hours of de-escalation and crisis response training, plus an AI chat tool with training policies, reaching 450 recruits. The City Administrative Officer asks the Council to retroactively accept a $320,000 Justice Department grant running October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, with no city match.
What happens next
City Council consideration of the City Administrative Officer's recommendations to accept the grant
How the Council voted on this file
Yes No Absent
- 11–3–1
- 11–3–1
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Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
