Less Lethal
The Less Lethal topic section covers the complex topic of nonlethal force using TASERs and other weapons by police officers, with the latest news, training and expert columns.
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A review of use of force issues, including the carotid restraint and other force options that have been constrained or discontinued, plus innovations and options for the future
Here’s how to improve officer and suspect safety simultaneously
Use-of-force models based on continuum / scale / ladder / escalator designs often fail to take into account the “totality of the circumstances” perceived by the officer
Video honors those across law enforcement who rise to the challenges of the job and become heroes in critical moments
The suspect charged at police and had no reaction to the officers’ TASER
Education commissioner should ban use of TASERs, pepper spray and other weapons in schools, according to a request from the ACLU and six other groups
BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey said the officer had exercised restraint and faced a potential threat
Albuquerque police have released body camera footage capturing a tense traffic stop on Jan. 12
When and how to use your ECD is determined by factual context — but heart effects might be fiction
School board of Glynn County has given green light to police chief to establish policy on use of devices for school officers
An internal review into an incident concluded that the officers were justified in using some level of force to stop a boy on a stolen bike but not Tasers
Prosecutors and police attorneys may find a new study useful in countering the assertion that a TASER “ride” messes with the mind to a unique and significant degree
On Monday, the Durham City Council is expected to go behind closed doors in a specially called meeting
Andrew Frey, 37, told police he didn’t recall the bizarre series of events because he’d used meth the day before
27-year-old Erasmo Garcia-Serna faces a felony charge of injuring a police animal and three misdemeanors
The ACLU and six other civil rights groups asked the state’s police commission to ban Tasers and pepper spray in Texas schools
The small department shares one police vehicle, the chief hopes this fundraiser will help to purchase two more
A woman used a stun gun on another after an all-out brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia
The chief is holding the event to raise money to purchase a new cruiser
The crazed man stood atop a car with gardening shears threatening the officers and K-9
The man took knives from a display rack and refused to drop them, despite police trying to talk him down
The suspect crashed his vehicle, fled, and threatened witnesses if they notified police
