Law Enforcement Policies
This Policies section highlights how law enforcement policy plays out in the real world, while also connecting you with best practices for drafting, updating and ensuring accountability with policies.
Front-line supervisors play a key role in managing use-of-force incidents by shaping training and upholding standards in police agencies
Discretion requires officers to think ahead to possible, unintended consequences. Are we adequately training officers in the valor of its use?
The FirstNet Health and Wellness Coalition leads efforts to enhance first responder mental wellness through comprehensive strategies and policy changes
After the first six defendants to go on trial were found not guilty, charges were dropped against more than 150 others
The sheriff said certain honors were not given to Deputy Omar Calderon, who died by suicide, due to the nature of the LEO’s death
Court orders prohibiting police in L.A. and elsewhere in California from enforcing gang injunctions are prompting LE leaders to rethink how they employ the tool
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Are freeway pursuits inherently safer or more dangerous than those on city streets?
FOP president Rick Snyder said that the number of officers leaving versus being recruited is coming at a time when the city is experiencing record violence
A vote by San Francisco supervisors this week to abruptly cut funding for police TASERs has stirred doubt about whether officers will ever get them
“They’re telling me produce, or be shamed,” said an anonymous officer
A police union called what’s happening in the Seattle Police Department a “mass exodus”
The consent decree came following the fatal 2014 OIS of Michael Brown
The legislation would allow police to use deadly force only where it is necessary to prevent imminent and serious injury or death to the LEO or another person
Officers are now instructed to first attempt to de-escalate and mediate disturbances between property owners and accused offenders
Current policy prohibits officers from shooting at people in moving vehicles unless they pose an “immediate threat” with a weapon like a gun
Los Angeles police’s rank-and-file officers’ union said it was baffled by the ruling
While police leaders should be encouraged to widen the scope of voices they hear, inviting hostile and unqualified persons to implement policy is another matter
The goal is to get more patrol cars out in the community to help deter crime, the department said
The family of a Texas officer who was severely injured on duty said the LEO has been unable to receive proper medical care
Police in D.C., New York City, Chicago and Las Vegas are loosening policies to allow officers to fire at moving vehicles to stop vehicular attacks
A state legislator plans to introduce a bill to change the legal standard for LE in California from using “objectively reasonable force” to “necessary force”
We need to consider policies that address prevention of mass murder as a possible reason an officer might open fire on a moving vehicle
Officers were shot at during two separate incidents and supervisors would not allow officers to give chase
Change is necessary to grow and remain relevant, but how do you get risk-averse decision-makers to buy in to your ideas?
The new policy requires officers to verbalize their reason for turning off the microphone
In addition to the creation of a model policy, 14 recommendations address topics such as licensure, training, protocols and data/records management
The LAPD’s years-long practice of keeping video from body cameras and patrol cars under wraps will soon end
The commission voted to adopt a policy regulating how officers can use TASERs, bringing a months-long debate to an end
The road to justice is difficult, so recognizing our inconsistent beliefs and justifications is paramount to acting appropriately
Mayor Mark Farrell and Chief Bill Scott are at odds over a controversial ballot measure to arm San Francisco officers with TASERs
Since being named commissioner last month, Darryl De Sousa has announced several strategies to root out corrupt cops
Current law provides officers with extensive due process rights that critics say sometimes shield them from internal discipline
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