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.
Agencies must do everything possible to enhance current subject control training programs; they owe it to their officers and their communities
In LE, we spend much more time emphasizing instruction and not nearly enough on the actual coaching of our officers to improve their decision-making skills
We can’t expect legislators to know what it’s like to make the kinds of decisions they presume to govern, but a grasp of the facts is a reasonable expectation
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
Struggle between an intoxicated suspect and an officer is under review by the Springfield Police Department
Incident drew a response from nearly 20 officers from the State Police, Los Lunas Police Department and the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office
Interactive way of illustrating the use of deadly force is part of unusual training that Houston jurors can receive before they begin hearing cases, including those involving police
Albuquerque officer shot Armand Martin after he came out of his home firing two handguns Saturday
Officer shot armed suspect Saturday after he tried to rob the officer of his cell phone
The man who stabbed 2 officers Thursday had schizophrenia and had been contacted numerous times in the past by police
A Dane County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man who had stabbed two other deputies during a disturbance Thursday
Deputy Tyler Brockman shot 19-year-old Samantha Ramsey on April 26 as she drove away from the officer
Police investigating a homicide shot and killed a man in front of reporters after he drove his car through a barricade
The chief is at the center of a State Law Enforcement Division investigation into use of force that began after a midday high-speed police chase and arrest of a suspect in a stolen car
Officials say man who was shot and killed Sunday by police pulled out a pair of scissors during a clash before leading Sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit
Police received a call Wednesday about a man reportedly on meth acting strangely in front of a 7-Eleven
A K-9 is recovering after a standoff with a burglary suspect that left the dog with multiple stab wounds
Officer Ian Cooley of the San Jose Police Department says it’s better to be a ‘problem finder’ prior to any potential incident, as opposed to a reaction-based ‘problem solver’ after something jumps off
The shooting happened when Lafayette officers responded to a series of 911 hang-up calls
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