Saint Anthony Police Chief Jon Mangseth was on the stand for the defense today in the manslaughter trial of one his department’s officers, Jeronimo Yanez. Mangseth answered questions from the defense about officer training on reaction time, de-escalation and level of force, which he explained by saying, if someone pulls a gun on you, you don’t pull a knife. Mangseth said in a deadly force situation, sometimes an officer cannot wait. The state asked Mangseth if police using firearms as a last resort was a Saint Anthony Police policy. Mangseth replied, “Yes.”