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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law regulating a police hold that was used on Elijah McClain

Agencies will be required to adopt policies on prone restraint

Elijah McClain’s mother, Sheneen McClain, speaks in court during the sentencing of former paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who injected her son with ketamine before his death, on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Brighton. Cooper was convicted last year of criminally negligent homicide in the Black man's death, which helped fuel the 2020 social justice protests. (ABC News One/Pool via AP)
Elijah McClain’s mother, Sheneen McClain, speaks in court during the sentencing of former paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who injected her son with ketamine before his death, on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Brighton. Cooper was convicted last year of criminally negligent homicide in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 social justice protests. (ABC News One/Pool via AP)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
By | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed off on stronger regulations for law enforcement officers' use of prone restraint, the controversial but common police hold used on Elijah McClain.
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