ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is spending $800,000 to help train police officers in learning how to anticipate and survive violent encounters.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made that announcement Tuesday in Florida. He cited the killings of four officers at a Lakewood, Wash., coffee shop last year and said the number of police who die on the job is increasing.
Holder also said the Justice Department is awarding a half million dollars to the International Association of Chiefs of Police to launch a Center for the Prevention of Violence Against the Police. The center will be a clearinghouse for information about violence against police officers.
Holder addressed hundreds of police chiefs attending the association’s convention in Orlando.
