T
he discussion of police use of
force has been in the news now
more than ever. With everyone
focusing on what the police should
and shouldn’t do based off of what
the media reports, the Buena Park
Police Department knew they needed
to do something to educate their
community. For several months, Chief
Corey Sianez and his two Captains,
Gary Worrall and Gary Hendricks,
worked tirelessly brainstorming on
the best platform to use for education.
This is where the Buena Park Police
Department’s Understanding Police
Use of Force program was born. “We
knew that we had to get ahead of
what the media was repo