Restraint techniques that compress the chest, neck, or place a subject prone with weight on their back for extended periods can cause positional asphyxia. Best practice and recent California training emphasize:

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Moving the restrained person to a recovery position (e.g., on their side or seated) as soon as resistance ceases, avoiding pressure on the chest or neck, and monitoring breathing — consistent with AB 1196 (2020) prohibiting carotid-restraint and chokehold methods

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Maintaining a prone-on-stomach hold for as long as control is needed, since keeping the subject face down is the position from which they are least able to injure anyone else

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Using a knee or body weight on the upper back until police arrive, because sustained downward pressure is what stops a restrained person from getting back up and continuing to fight

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Treating positional-asphyxia warnings as outdated, on the view that they were written for very different restraint methods and no longer describe how guards actually hold a subject today

Restraint techniques that compress the chest, neck, or place a subject prone with weight on their back for extended periods can cause positional asphyxia. Best practice and recent California training emphasize:

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