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.
It is imperative police leaders use research and scientific evidence to correct erroneous media and public perceptions about officer-involved shootings
No cop ever wants to use deadly force, but all are prepared to do so when it’s the only option left to stop a threat and protect life
A research team compared how behavior and visible characteristics influence whether officers escalate or de-escalate street confrontations
Florida officer was forced to fire his weapon at a car carrying suspects in a fatal shooting outside a nightclub
The incident was the fourth police-involved shooting in the city in a week
NYPD began encouraging pharmacies to use dummy pill bottles fit with tracking devices in 2013
The family of Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello accused the department of negligence
No officers where hurt when police say 32-year-old Isaac Vigil opened fire as he was exiting the back seat of a patrol car
Police shot and injured a man wielding a gun inside a hospital emergency room Friday morning
An internal investigation is underway because of the deputy’s use of force
Officers struggled with the suspect as he attempted to escape from the back of a cruiser
Man charged Tuesday after he allegedly brandished an ice pick at an officer and threatened to stab him with it
An officer used a TASER to subdue the former University of Iowa player
Officer Richard Timmes was searching for a burglary suspect in an Eloy neighborhood when the incident occurred
Boynton Beach Police are investigating an incident where an officer is captured on camera taking a student to the ground
A gunman opened fire in a crowd at the Universal CityWalk before he was shot and killed
Man alleges near total loss of vision in his right eye after he was shot twice by deputy
A Texas police detective shot while serving a warrant Friday has died from his wounds
Officials in a small Central Texas town voted Saturday to fire a officer who shot and killed an armed 93-year-old woman
A Jackson County sheriff’s deputy was shot two times while responding to a report of a suspicious person
Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting amid new rules
A state trooper was shot and a suspect was killed after the trooper stopped to help a motorist Thursday
Video captures the fatal Nov. 4 shooting of a suspect holding a knife after officers deploy a TASER multiple times
A 93-year-old Central Texas woman was fatally shot at her home by a police officer when after she allegedly brandished a gun
A deputy who was shot in the chest while serving eviction papers was saved by his ballistic vest
Man barricaded himself inside an Albuquerque home, reportedly threatening his wife and their two children with a gun