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.
Police are seeing benefits after adopting this modern technology
The way many departments rank force options has changed – but a new less-lethal tool is available to fill the void
Officers can use a new, sticky spray to subdue suspects safely in more situations, without affecting themselves or bystanders
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
Retrial ordered for man convicted of two home invasions, one including a shooting
Officer Charles Panek died in a boating accident after the lawsuit was filed
Police used a TASER to subdue a 9-year-old boy who neighbors had issues with before
The Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento by 17 students and two graduates who took part in the demonstration
A driver who blocked traffic, threatened to kill a police officer and refused to leave his car for about 45 minutes was arrested Wednesday
SWAT team used bean-bag rounds after man could not be persuaded to come down
Coroner: The October death of Darnell Hutchinson was the result of acute methamphetamine intoxication, consistent with a person who abused drugs
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