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The Supreme Court is making it clear that the Fourth amendment allows the use of deadly force to stop drivers in those exceptional cases when their actions pose a very serious threat to public safety

When and how to interview an officer and conduct a walk-through of the incident are sources of controversy among OIS investigators

Besides dispelling some persistent myths about the risk of prone positioning, Dr. Christine Hall feels that one study confirms the rarity of sudden in-custody death

A live suspect lying prone with one or both hands hidden under his body poses a potential threat because of his possible access to a concealed weapon

Of the nearly 50,000 annual crisis-related calls for service, the San Francisco Police Department used force only 51 times

When suspects refuse to follow orders, stop moving or show their hands, officers must know and balance the risk of waiting to see a gun

Not mentioned by the court, but the officer’s immediate shooting response justified because he was facing the “deadly reactionary gap”