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.
Neuroscientist explains how brain anatomy and physiology influence decision-making in the stressful situations police officers regularly face
Answering key questions from attendees during this Police1 learning event
I became inspired to teach the concept of de-escalation thanks partially to the bad example of a “pompous cop” and the good advice of an ancient general
A man with a gun came out of the home holding a woman hostage and at least one deputy fired
Three officers returned fire, then formed a perimeter and waited for SWAT to arrive
No one was hit in the exchange
The detective was fired after he was seen on video cuffing a nurse because she refused to allow him to draw blood from an unconscious patient
The suspect was shot after a foot pursuit
Law enforcement officers do not use deadly force to kill, they use deadly force to stop or apprehend
Everyone likes to practice the things we are good at, but when it comes to firearms training, we need to work to improve our weaknesses
Police Chief Kerr Putney again defended his officers Tuesday
The video shows one of the LEOs standing in front of the car and moving out of the way as the car takes off
A three-judge appellate panel addressed issues of growing concern to street officers amid the current demands for de-escalation of force in complex encounters
The officers were responding late Sunday to calls of an assault in progress and shots fired at an industrial park building
Cariann Hithon crashed into several cars Sunday evening
A sheriff’s deputy is on paid leave after a woman died while handcuffed following a disturbance
Police say the suspect caused at least one crash and knocked an officer to the ground with her car
The bill requires officers “to the extent reasonably possible” arrest specific individuals who are responding with violence, rather than issuing general orders to disperse
CMPD shot Rueben Galindo, who had called 911 and said he had an unloaded gun. Galindo declined several dispatcher requests to put the gun away before LE arrived
The DA has cleared the officer in the shooting
The agency is looking into the matter
The production company did not inform police or other business owners about the shoot
A police officer who was sent to an off-duty state parole officer’s apartment to check on her ended up in a shootout
Demonstrators have been protesting since mid-September over the acquittal of former officer Jason Stockley in a fatal shooting case
The defenses to defamation and malicious prosecution are challenging to overcome, but not impossible
One trooper was shot in his vest, taken to a hospital and released
Witnesses said the suspect grabbed the officer’s baton and began beating him with it
Police say mistakes were made in leaving a suicidal man alone in the ER, where he grabbed a CO’s ECD from an unattended bag before the OIS
Sheriff’s Director Tom Hackney said there was no projectile, just a blank. But it had gunpowder, which penetrated Chip Williams’ skin
William Gray, a semi-truck driver and reserve police officer in Idaho, died late Monday night
A gun was recovered from the scene