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.
Sir Robert Peel knew that police officers needed to explain use of force to the general public
Dealing with people in crisis is difficult. The only things a police officer can control are the decisions they make and the tactics they use
Instructors can create a safe, engaging and effectual scenario-based force-on-force training environment by following some basic safety protocols
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
Victoria police arrested a man in 2010 who said he thought officers were trying to help him tend to an injury
A group of officers hold down a woman while one strikes her several times
The Mexican Foreign Ministry said late Sunday that a citizen had been killed by a gunshot fired by a US agent at the Los Tomates-Veterans international bridge
Officers had stopped to question two people, one of whom was carrying an illegal assault rifle
A law enforcement source said ‘commanding officers will get yelled at’ at an upcoming CompStat meeting
Lawsuit claims wrongful death, alleges that the city previously ignored citizens’ complaints
An MTA officer fatally shot a man before he could strike again
Police Chief Charlie Beck says more officers are firing their weapons because more are being attacked
8 White Plains officers allegedly used excessive force
Police say suspect tried to ram police cruisers during a pursuit and spit in an officer’s face
Deputies arrived a home Saturday and were met with an angry man holding a shotgun
Officer Nelson Vergara served two tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine and became a one-man army when he was attacked in the Bronx
Sheriff says it “was like Vietnam” as the gunman fired rapidly and repeatedly at authorities
Baton strikes and TASER were ineffective in the violent encounter with a schizophrenic individual
A Metro transit police detective shot and killed a man Wednesday in Prince George’s County
A man with an outstanding arrest warrant pulled a gun and shot the driver of the car in which he was a passenger
Photojournalist covering a brush fire was cited for obstructing public officers
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