RPD bans chokeholds, orders officers to intervene

Rochester police officers now have a "duty to intervene" when they witness a colleague using unreasonable force.Rochester police officers must step in when they witness a colleague using unreasonable force and chokeholds are now barred under two new departmental orders issued Monday. The orders, signed by Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan, serve in part to prepare for a state-mandated plan to reimagine policing that is due for all municipalities across the state by April 1.…