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.
There is a dire need for peer-reviewed research in law enforcement that speaks to policy, practice, training and tactics around de-escalation
The Heritage Foundation’s report shows encouraging evidence that law enforcement leaders are acknowledging the challenges of policing today
With increasing public expectation that police officers will render care on scene, what is the interface of law enforcement and prehospital care?
Officers confronted the suspect outside the Empire State Building as he attempted to slip away in a throng of pedestrians
As officers approached the car, one called out that the driver had a gun and pointed it at them
Suspect opens the driver’s side door and fires at two officers from inside his Lincoln Town car
When officers approached the inmate, he fired multiple shots, but missed
The suspect admitted to calling 911 because he wanted to hurt the police officers who came to help
Two Buena Vista Township officers confronted a man after locating his abandoned vehicle
An officer shot and killed a man who slashed another officer in the face
Investigators reviewed video from the lapel cameras of officers involved in a May 31 drug bust
Police say suspect grabbed an officer’s rifle and fought with him over it
Police say the suspect grabbed the officer’s baton from his belt and tried to grab his TASER
Kim Dotcom was arrested in the raid for massive-scale Internet piracy
Officers say they stopped a man because he appeared to be lurking near a neighbor’s home and had a bulge in his coat pocket
Currently, the civilian board can only be convened if the police chief calls for it
A video report with illegally recorded interviews has led to three felony wiretapping counts against Adam Mueller
DA says the police did not create the situation — the suspect did
Days before it faced a federal civil-rights lawsuit, the city has reached a tentative agreement with the Department of Justice
A second burglar fled from the house, but was apprehended later Monday after driving off in the officer’s car
A San Francisco police officer fatally shot a man blocks from the chocolate factory where he reportedly slashed a coworker using a box cutter
Police plan to use arrest footage to train officers, but an ACLU attorney claims officers made things worse
Police lieutenant: ‘The bottom line is, you point a gun at a deputy...you’re going to get shot’
Report: An off-duty police officer and a retired police lieutenant were justified when they used deadly force
Animals’ physical strength and unpredictability leave few options for someone encountering one that’s agitated
Kelly Thomas died five days after a struggle with officers who were responding to a report of a man breaking into cars
Private security drew weapons, ordered man who was on property’s trespass list out of car; say they shot him when he tried to run them down
Landscaper David Plunkett, 36, said he watched a male chimpanzee jumping on top of a police car with its lights on shortly before officers shot the animal
