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Grand Junction Police Department lvnr Staff Study An appropriate force option? Grand Junction Police Department Defensive Tactics Cadre 9/29/2010 Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Types of Neck Restraints 3 GJPD Historical Perspective of Neck Restraints 5 Legal Opinions 8 Medical Research/ Opinion 10 Recommendations 14 Selected Bibliography 15 Appendices A. lvnr Agency Survey B. Agencies Trained in the lvnr 2007-2010 Executive Summary This document is designed to provide a framework to allow agency administrators to make an informed decision on whether to allow officers of the Grand Junction Police Department to continue to utilize the Lateral vascular Neck Restraint as a force option.

Types of Neck Restraints Neck restraints have been used as a control technique in combat and sport for hundreds of years. The sport of Judo has utilized vascular and respiratory ^chokes for over 100 years with no reported deaths.

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