Use of Force
The Use of Force topic provides news, information and training on one of the most commonly discussed areas in police training programs. Learn how to educate your community about use of force, the risks unarmed individuals pose and more.
Six weeks on the force, I had to do what only a small percentage of officers ever do. I had no idea how much the incident would affect me
Classroom lectures simply can’t replicate the real-world conditions in which officers must make split-second decisions
The courts have been issuing important rulings that influence the way these tools are used by police
Question of whether or not suspect was shot in the back is at the center of two conflicting autopsy reports
Inquiry underway into whether officers’ use of force was justified in the pursuit of a suspect who is accused of crashing into a cop and badly injuring him
Three officers fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican man in Washington state, and five or six of the bullets hit him
Grand jury concluded Wednesday that the suspect was armed with a handgun that police missed while patting him down
Officers attending training were reportedly told to ‘close their eyes’ and do breathing exercises during tense situations
Police have opened a criminal investigation into an officer who was videotaped pushing and slapping a homeless man at a bus terminal
Deputy commissioner called the actions of the suspect “very unusual” and “very menacing and threatening”
The shooting followed a nearly hour-long nighttime pursuit for alleged reckless driving that ended when the Corvette hit a car in an intersection
Officers mistook cop for a suspect after he joined in the pursuit in plainclothes
Said claim was premature and the case needs more investigation into the police department’s dealing with people who are mentally ill or don’t speak English
Former officer who had lost his job because of allegations of domestic violence shot his ex-wife to death and wounded a sheriff and deputy Sunday
Demonstrators blocked traffic along the cable bridge as they slowly marched from Pasco toward Kennewick
Opponents of the new regulations argue the law will do little to prevent mistaken shootings and could actually make things more confusing for officers
Investigators asked the public Thursday to provide more social media images and eyewitness accounts of shooting that has sparked a series of protests
A young man went online to find ways to kill silently with a knife just before stabbing his first three victims — one of them 94 times
Gunman opened fire on two officers Halloween night in 2009
Preparation for legal action comes as Eric Holder nears an announcement of the DoJ’s findings on police force
“Nothing on that video suggests that we were violating anyone’s rights. That’s what makes it even more perplexing to me”
Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein was killed in firefight with police Sunday after a shooting spree that may have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris
37-year old Steven Andrew Smith was stopped January 30 by Dover Police Chief Jonathan Eason on suspicion of drunk driving
Security planning began long before the grand jury announcement
57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was hurt in a confrontation with Madison police while visiting relatives
Police chiefs in Chicago; Boston; Nashville, Tennessee, and elsewhere have taken a largely hands-off approach to demonstrations
Called for additional training and safety instructions for crew members of the TV show in response to the shooting death of an audio technician
Chairman Felix Vargas says he supports LE in general, but he believes there’s a conflict of interest in the investigation by a local law enforcement team
Newly released dash cam captured the deadly 2013 shooting of a suspect who pulled a handgun on an officer after being stopped
A camera may have perfect visual acuity, but it has no perception whatsoever — only the human brain can perceive and process the significance of the incoming data
Lt. Paul Marik of the Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) PD painstakingly reviewed a dash-cam recording frame by frame, breaking it down into fractions of a second, allowing him to “see the action as someone would feel it”
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