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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“Shots Fired” takes readers inside the minds of LEOs during officer-involved shootings
Law enforcement officers do not use deadly force to kill, they use deadly force to stop or apprehend
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
Police confronted a suspected shoplifter in the parking lot who refused to comply
Man called police and told dispatchers he was armed, then took aim at officers when they arrived
Officers acted reasonably under the totality of circumstances, Assistant City Attorney Stephanie Griffin said in court documents, and should be granted qualified immunity
The shooting has sparked anti-NYPD protests
A police report shows that officers were responding to a tip about a car loading drugs when they tried to stop a pair near the US-Mexico border
Canadian officer Kent Rice is a 12-year police veteran
Police said the officer stopped two teens and one took off running
Decision was rooted in a 1989 US Supreme Court case ruling that a police officer’s use of force is permissible if it is “objectively reasonable”
Acting police chief Dan Hughes calls the allegations ‘fabricated lies’
Caller reported a man behaving erratically outside a city pool
The deputy did not help the suspect after he was no longer a threat, lawyer asserts
Two officers kicked the door in and saw a man in a corner wielding a knife
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