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.
Perhaps the most imperative and revered training tool for police departments in the contemporary era of criminal justice revision is the body-worn camera
Meggitt’s FATS 300LE 300-degree immersive technology places officers in the middle of dozens of stressful situations
With good citizens carrying guns and willing to intervene on scenes, the decision of police to use deadly force has an added potential for tragedy
The unidentified man stripped naked and shoved a man to the ground after stumbling onto a playground
Every use-of-force incident must be examined as a unique event — no two are alike — but we may be able to apply a few general concepts in our ‘after-action’ analysis
A growing body of research suggests that intractable circumstances of economics, culture and geography have more to do with shootings by police than the race of the officers
Baby was born healthy two months after the incident
Investigation will look at department practices over the past few years, including patterns of stops, arrests and use of force, as well as the training officers receive
Rochester officer was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire during a pursuit, the first member of the city’s police force to be killed in the line of duty since 1959
There are three generally held misconceptions about deadly force that continually arise and need to be addressed
23-year-old Evan Casey Bennett murdered 2 security guards before killing his stepfather and shooting an officer 3 times outside a police headquarters
Lawyer has said his client did nothing wrong and responded to an escalating situation the officers created
18-year-old fatally shot by an officer didn’t face any juvenile charges at the time of his death and never was charged with a serious felony such as murder, robbery or burglary
Six officers opened fire on 30-year-old Jose Walter Garza after arriving on-scene
The incident occurred after an officer responding to a domestic disturbance call was bitten by the dog
Lamont Jones and Keith Stephens stood 60 feet from each other, separated by four lanes of pavement and a thousand miles of perception
The ensuing standoff with the wounded suspect led to a long Labor Day closure of the freeway
Some 200 people held signs and chanted Saturday outside a Wal-Mart where a young man with an air rifle was fatally shot by police
“The Department has an opportunity to be a leader for the state by creating strong, privacy-protecting policies for body cameras”
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday the department is “actively looking” at equipping officers with body-worn cameras
St. Paul police responded Thursday to criticism over officers’ interaction with a man, including police use of a TASER, saying a video doesn’t tell the whole story
Officers assert that high-level city, police and union officials privately agree that the court-ordered use-of-force changes put them and public in danger
Officer fatally shot an 18-year-old man who had just killed another man early Wednesday
Federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that police used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid attempts to quell widespread unrest after a fatal police shooting
Left out of all of the so-called analysis in the mainstream media in the aftermath of the Ferguson OIS is any real examination of the science of human performance during rapidly-unfolding, high-stress events
St. Louis County so far has spent about $1 million in police overtime responding to Ferguson
Man stabbed an officer in the back with a 14-inch long butcher knife before another cop shot the suspect
Video shows the officer pulling a gun on the occupants of a vehicle during a traffic stop
Fugitive armed with two handguns and wearing body armor fired several rounds at officers, who fired back
Officer remains hospitalized in a medically induced coma and is responding well to treatment
Officers thought the robbery suspect’s Airsoft handgun was real
Police have said the shooting was justified because the suspect was waving an air rifle at customers and refused their commands to drop it