The City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department announced that police officers will now need to fill out a form each time they point their gun at someone.
Gallego said the city thinks the changes are “an important step for accountability and transparency,” she added.
Phoenix, Arizona’s capital city, in 2018 led the nation with 44 police shootings, according to The Post. The city's annual average from 2009-2017 was 21 incidents.
Chicago, Dallas, Baltimore, Cleveland, and New Orleans also require officers to report each time they point a gun at someone.
Phoenix mayor apologizes after police pull gun on parents of alleged child shoplifter
Cellphone video shows a Phoenix officer drawing his weapon and shouting profanities after a father, mother, and two young daughters left a Family Dollar store on May 27. The parents were unaware one of their daughters took a doll without paying for it, according to the family. Police said they were made aware of the theft by store employees.The footage, video-recorded by a bystander, shows 24-year-old Lesha Harper getting out of a car with her two daughters, London Drake, 1, and Island Drake, 4, holding one of the girls in her arms. One officer is shouting at Lesha, while another officer puts her 22-year-old fiance, Dravon Ames, in handcuffs.
Mayor Kate Gallego wrote on Twitter late Saturday that the incident, which sparked anger on social media, made her feel “sick.” She apologized to the family and noted that the city would speed up the rollout of body-worn cameras so that every police precinct is using them by August.
Thomas Horne, a lawyer representing the couple, said the family was willing to settle the case for $10 million.
Police have launched an internal investigation. They said the officers involved had been assigned to desk duty.