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.
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In the aftermath of the police shooting in Ferguson, some departments are renewing efforts to reach out to black communities to build trust
Protests over a fatal police shooting migrated to the city Tuesday as demonstrators pressed for broad reforms to law enforcement
A well-written force response report may take a little longer to write on the front end, but will certainly save you much more time (and trouble) later
How do we protect the many officers who have been falsely accused of excessive force and then libeled and slandered in the media?
Police chief is praising his agency’s investment in body cameras after a video captured an incident that may have been misconstrued as excessive force
Departments cannot use a shield of immunity to protect them from millions of dollars in civil rights claims arising from a 2008 tactical-team raid that killed a man and injured a homeowner
Deputies were called to the store Saturday in reference to a man acting strangely and disturbing shoppers
Eleven officers and sergeants remain under internal investigation in the 2013 case
The examination comes in the aftermath of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri
Police reported no arrests after the afternoon rally and march that drew well over 2,500 people to the streets where Eric Garner was taken to the ground on July 17 by an NYPD officer
His proposed budget calls for purchasing 500 of the mini cameras, enough to outfit about half of Miami-Dade’s patrol force
According to Bureau of Justice Statistics data from 2008, there roughly 765,000 sworn officers in the United States — and an absurdly small number ever fire their weapons outside of training
Officer, who had been attending a family event, was “in the right place at the right time” and shot a man who wounded a woman
31-year-old officer was rushed to the hospital early Friday with at least two gunshot wounds to the upper torso
The streets of Ferguson were peaceful for another night, as protests and tensions subsided in the St. Louis suburb
Since the guard’s arrival Monday, flare-ups in the small section of town that had been the center of unrest have begun to subside
Bloomberg TV interview covered the rise in the body camera product segment and asks whether the technology would have helped in Ferguson
Although the majority of those arrested are Missourians, just seven live in the St. Louis suburb where the shooting occurred
Suspect at the center of a deadly confrontation in downtown Orlando on Tuesday was armed with a stolen but unloaded handgun
Authorities have not determined whether police killed the man, who was armed with a handgun, or he committed suicide
Police say suspect twice ignored commands to put down an air rifle he was holding
Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to pay $5M to the family of an unarmed, disabled man who was killed by police in a shooting captured on TV
Kajieme Powell tried to attack two officers with a steak knife and approached police while shouting, “Shoot me! Kill me now!”
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said there were six arrests, compared to 47 the previous night
Officer David Johnston faces charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle and discharging a firearm in public in the Feb. 24 shooting
Made up mostly of black volunteers, various organizations have taken it upon themselves to help ease tensions in Ferguson