California Police Chief- Fall 2013 | Page 13

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