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.
Court refused to dismiss county liability allegation that sheriff tacitly authorized pattern of unlawful bean bag deployment
Continuum does not accurately describe police response options to resistance
This report is a hard read, but necessary for police leaders around the country
Allentown police arrested a woman who zapped a man in a pedestrian hit-and-run
Decision was rooted in a 1989 US Supreme Court case ruling that a police officer’s use of force is permissible if it is “objectively reasonable”
Because it’s impossible for any continuum model to provide for an entire set of circumstances in each very unique situation, a “force options” model is the optimal policy alternative
High Court turned away a case involving TASER use on a pregnant woman
Customers scramble after protest turns violent
During the NATO Summit, Chicago law enforcers are facing the cutting edge of what the Occupy Wall Street Movement call ‘a revolution’
The new online resource is a rich source of ideas for training scenarios, roll call refreshers, and classroom discussions
After the incident, town declared a state of emergency
Beaumont police Officer Enoch Clark told investigators that he was retreating three feet away from an argumentative woman who may have been driving drunk
Imagine patrolling a city where the ‘residents’ change on a daily and weekly basis
Officers arrived at the scene after the dog bit a family member, who required medical treatment
Unlike officers who face the volatile realities of life, the ACLU-s safely-ensconced lawyers would rather evaluate TASER use by a less-encumbered and more academic criteria
The UN Convention Against Torture has stated that the TASER “could result in severe pain amounting to torture and in certain cases could even be lethal.”
A San Diego County coroner’s autopsy found that the suspect died of a heart attack
A less-lethal device did not subdue the suspect
Prosecutors say Beaumont officer permanently blinded a woman with pepper spray during a DUI investigation
The officer first used an ECD to no effect
He was handcuffed to a gurney for transportation in an ambulance
Lacks a plain recommendation to educate students about the difference between free speech and civil disobedience
Officers involved in the operation said they needed to use pepper spray to break through a crowd
Officer used pepper spray in a hallway to get students to move inside their classrooms
Officers used beanbag rounds to subdue the driver
According to TASER training experts, specific factors would need to be in place in order for the device to cause a fire
Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed
Judge ruled names of most officers in UC Davis incident must be removed
What has spurred some controversy with the public is the way in which the subject is brought to a holding area
Pepper spray forced an evacuation at Niwot High School
Man, 26, killed as he reportedly attempted to strike an officer with a baton