Use of Force

EMTs Robert Long and JaMicheal Sandridge "failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment of Mr. Nichols," according to a fire department statement

Two more Shelby County Sheriff's deputies were relieved of duty after the release of the bodycam and surveillance videos

The videos have been made public one day after five Memphis police officers were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols

The Memphis police chief has called the actions of five officers involved in the arrest "heinous, reckless and inhumane"

Zack King and Levi White were charged with using excessive force during an August 2022 arrest

The motion was filed days after a jury awarded Lt. Caron Nazario less than $4K in a lawsuit in which he had sought more than $1 million

$85M in damages was thrown out after a judge said the jury may have been influenced by outside factors such as sympathy for Lucky Phounsy's family or anger at the sheriff's department

The officers were fired for excessive use of force, failure to intervene and failure to render aid stemming from an arrest during a traffic stop of a man who later died in a hospital

This is a complicated area of law that deserves greater treatment in training curricula

Lt. Caron Nazario sued the officers for claims of assault and battery, false imprisonment and illegal search during a 2020 traffic stop

In one of the officer-involved shootings, the chief said officers failed to call for a specially trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, all five Montgomery County Constable Offices and the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office will now be equipped with the BolaWrap 150

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

What's the long-term impact of Armstrong v. Pinehurst? A study indicates some agencies reacted by altering policy in such a way that may have led to increased officer-involved shootings

"This officer resorted to using pepper spray during a confrontation with a civilian in a manner that was unnecessary and contrary to his training," AG Matthew Platkin said