Flutterby™! : Richmod police use of deadly force declines

Contra Costa Times: Use of deadly force by police disappears on Richmond (California) streets. On how officer training and police department attitudes have improved the situation there:

"We had generations of families raised to hate and fear the Richmond police, and a lot of that was the result of our style of policing in the past," Pickett said. "It took us a long time to turn that around, and we're seeing the fruits of that now. There is a mutual respect now, and some mutual compassion."