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.
The purpose of suicide intervention is not to solve the person’s crisis but effectively transition them from a street critical incident to treatment
The Ninth Circuit continues to expect police officers to unreasonably expose themselves to extraordinary life-threatening situations
Our use-of-force training needs to be considerate of each of these groups if we want to re-establish police and community relationships
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
43-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday morning after being confronted by an officer, following a report that the man had shoplifted a burrito
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Mexican teenager killed by a Border Patrol agent was protected by the U.S. Constitution, even though he was on Mexican soil
The facts — the officers’ interpretation of the facts at the scene — are what should be used as the guiding principles and points when reviewing an application of force
Dash cam footage has been released of a pair of Good Samaritans aiding an officer involved in a brutal scuffle with a suspect
Lawsuit filed Friday says the more than 40 officers dispatched to handle James Boyd had “no meaningful control” of the standoff
Surveillance video captured a tense standoff between a knife-wielding man and officers in a jail
An officer was shot and a suspect was killed in a shooting Friday morning
Number of Pittsburgh officer-involved shootings increased slightly in the past few years. Several of those shootings involved traffic stops
When the officer boarded the train, both suspects attacked him
Retired FBI agent and former officer believes off-duty cop did not use excessive force
Trooper was responding to a report of a violent domestic dispute when the shooting occurred Wednesday
Newly released video shows a Fox News anchor fight with police and paramedics in a holding cell at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Luke Castello launched his crime spree at a seedy Daytona Beach motel