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.
With an officer’s future at stake, how does a prosecutor get proficient at fairly analyzing the situation in a hurry?
Say goodbye to “positional asphyxia” and hello to genetic cardiac testing
While police leaders should be encouraged to widen the scope of voices they hear, inviting hostile and unqualified persons to implement policy is another matter
California Highway Patrol investigators have seized the medical records of a woman seen on video being repeatedly punched by one of its officers
Authorities in Jersey City, already on edge following the ambush-killing of a rookie police officer over the weekend, said an officer shot a man Tuesday morning
25-year-old defendant Siale Angilau got out of his seat, grabbed a pen and rushed a witness “in an aggressive, threatening manner” during his trial April 21
The gun in Stephen Corkery’s hand when he allegedly robbed several Spokane businesses and walked into a fatal standoff was fake. The consequences were very real
When police arrived, the suspect pointed a gun at the officer, who responded by firing his weapon six times
Officer fired his weapon once at men in a truck as they fled a pro-Israel rally after using wooden poles bearing Palestinian flags to hit protesters
Police are unsure what caused the confrontation, but the Internal Affairs lieutenant offered identification before exiting the vehicle
Suspect’s widow, Angelique Campbell, told a news station that her husband should have killed more officers if they were planning to kill him
Prisoner was awaiting surgery on the eighth floor of the hospital when he attempted to escape
Gunman shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head shortly after he and his partner arrived at a 24-hour Walgreens
Police Chief Don Weedman ordered the man to put down his gun, but instead the man fired at Weedman
Prosecutors who spent months investigating the shooting of Miriam Carey said that officers from the Secret Service and the Capitol Police did not use excessive force
Man critically injured Tuesday beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot
Fare-dodger was shot to death by an officer after pulling a gun and pointing it at the cop’s head during the July 1 incident
Police say a man armed with a bottle of flammable liquid set himself and a police officer ablaze before another officer shot him
The incident began after the officer witnessed 37-year-old Livingston Manners run a stop sign June 27
K-9 Tracker was killed while pursuing 50-year-old Billy Wayne Lomaneck
CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow vowed to complete a comprehensive investigation in weeks instead of the usual months
Police chief shot a suspect armed with a knife in a confrontation Tuesday
Officer Jonathan Key, whose body armor protected him from more serious injuries, has gone home
Officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun he mistook for an assault rifle
Four NYPD officers were injured after a man hurled a child’s bicycle from a fifth-floor balcony during the arrest of a suspect Sunday
Woman had been walking on Interstate 10 near Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her
Officers’ vests “played a key role” in saving their lives
Man shot and wounded two suburban Denver police officers Saturday night when they went to his residence to check on his welfare
Veteran Indianapolis officer died after he and another patrolman exchanged gunfire with a suspect in an alley Saturday night
An Arizona State University officer involved in the arrest of an ASU professor in a video that went viral has been placed on leave
Police fatally shot a man Tuesday night after he led state troopers on a pursuit before pulling a gun on an officer
Federal jury decided unanimously that the BART officer who shot Oscar Grant III in 2009 owed no compensation to Grant’s father
