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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Jim and Doug discuss how the mainstream news outlets and social media — along with the efforts of organized groups — create such an uproar after an OIS
One possible approach to public statements after a controversial event is to state what the mission was, and why the police were called to respond to it
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
Jerad and Amanda Miller wore adult diapers and carried four handguns, a shotgun, water and food
Police in Camden used a TASER for the first time to take down a mentally ill woman threatening officers with a foot-long knife
Man died Feb. 15 after the altercation with three Moore police officers and off-duty Oklahoma game wardens
Protesters advocating for drastic changes within a police agency criticized by the U.S. Justice Department over its use of force put the embattled police chief “on trial” during a rally Saturday
November 2012 pursuit ended with officers firing 137 rounds and killing two unarmed people
Officer shot and killed a man who was wanted for allegedly firing at officers Monday night
The officers, who are representing themselves in the case, brought the suit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and others
Man in his teens or early 20s was shot as authorities say he tried to run from a car after a traffic stop in Boynton Beach
Suspect was found not guilty by a judge June 11
Isaac Vigil, 32, opened fire as he was exiting the back seat of a patrol car
Court has ruled in favor of Duke and two of its officers in the 2010 shooting death of a man outside the school’s hospital