Use of Force

Police Superintendent David Brown contested the findings, saying the shooting did not violate department use-of-force policies

Police were in a hourslong standoff with the man before shots were fired, after his mother called 911 to report he was vandalizing a vehicle

The pursuit began when the suspect was identified by police driving a stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a local Walmart

Police offered to transport the suspect to a local hospital just before he lunged toward an officer with a knife

A drone operator located the man, clad in body armor, in the woods as he approached threatened to shoot law enforcement officers

The incident began with a 911 call from a woman saying her husband was suicidal and holding a machete

Police response to these medical emergencies should focus on intervention and treatment of the patient

The judge said prosecutors had failed to provide a grand jury panel with information on how and when officers are legally justified in firing their weapons

The importance of simulator technology for police training

Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component

She told the dispatcher her husband knew she would call police for his intoxication, so gathered ammunition to meet police with gunfire at front door

“There is nothing I can say in defense of that officer’s actions that night,” said Police Chief William McManus

The officers had been suspended after the arrest video was circulated on social media, and state and federal authorities launched investigations

Prude's death was ruled a homicide caused by “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint” with the drug PCP cited as a contributing factor

The federal government has lagged behind many local PDs whose officers have been using body cameras for years