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Pulaski County sheriff signs policy requiring deputies to intervene if they witness excessive force

On Wednesday, Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins signed a Duty to Intervene policy, requiring deputies to put a stop to a fellow deputy using excessive force.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Wednesday, Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins signed a Duty to Intervene policy, requiring deputies to put a stop to a fellow deputy using excessive force.

The enactment of the policy took place on the Capitol steps with a crowd of protesters as witnesses. 

This is in tandem with the protesting of police brutality on a national level after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a former police officer that kept Floyd restrained with his knee in his neck until he died.

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