Holder endorses commission to update police training, tactics

By Evan Perez, CNN

updated 8:52 AM EDT, Wed October 8, 2014

Eric Holder will speak to police officers on Wednesday about Justice Department plans to review police tactics.

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Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department plans to expand a review of police tactics to update training, technology and other standards around the nation.

The aim, in part, is to produce broad national recommendations to enhance officers' safety, help them deal with new threats and also boost the use of technology such as police car and body cameras.

In the wake of complaints about police handling of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, critics likely will also push for new standards to address police crowd control tactics and the use of force. The protests followed the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer in August.

Associations representing police officers and executives have supported the idea of a commission to review standards.

Holder, who speaks to a gathering of police officers in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday, plans to announce his support for such a commission to do the most expansive review of police tactics in 50 years.

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