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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Qualified immunity is not dependent on the officer using the best tactic and when applied, does not mean the officer is immune from criticism
“I could see the grip of a pistol in his waistband and saw he was reaching for it with his right hand while backing away from us.”
The trio of Reno officers said Arthur Richardson Jr. pointed his gun at them while he suggested he wanted them to kill him
Lawyers said retired Detective Keith Sandy rejected the offer to plead guilty because the deadly shooting was justified and he did not commit a crime
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The suspect was pulled over for having a visible handicap placard and tried to flee, crashing into surrounding cars
The demonstrations stretched into a third straight night Thursday and came to a head in Portland
Jurors resumed deliberations Thursday in the murder trial of a white former officer who said he feared for his life before fatally shooting an unarmed black man
Rialto police and the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health helped de-escalate a situation where a man was threatening harm to himself with a knife
36-year-old Daniel Erickson shot at police after more than 6 hours of negotiations
Michael Slager faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of murder in the April 2015 shooting death of Walter Scott
Ray Tensing was fired by the University of Cincinnati after the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose near the campus
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The more we explain to people why we do what we do, the better chance we have of turning around false narratives surrounding our profession
Police ultimately took the step of asking Facebook and Instagram to deactivate the armed woman’s accounts, believing they were distracting her from negotiations
As far as investigators can tell, neither of the two deputies had withdrawn his gun
Michael Slager is on trial facing a murder charge in the shooting death of Walter Scott, who was fatally shot after he fled from a traffic stop
A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina
The murder trial of an officer who shot an unarmed motorist eight times as he ran away from a traffic stop opened on Thursday
Police received nearly $600,000 last year from the U.S. Department of Justice to begin buying equipment
Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigators say five troopers who fired their weapons were placed on routine administrative leave
Cleveland police won’t be fully trained on new policies by year’s end as planned, according to a new schedule filed in connection with the city’s agreement with the DOJ
Protesters are calling for the department to release the name of an officer who shot a man “acting erratically” outside of a police station
EMTs initially responded to the 911 call after a woman reported her paranoid-schizophrenic son was acting irrational
Michael Slager’s attorney contends there was more to the incident than what appeared on the widely seen video clip showing Walter Scott’s shooting
James Ashby was the first Colorado police officer to face charges for an on-duty shooting in more than 20 years
The DOJ launched a comprehensive review of the Memphis Police Department after citizens criticized the use of deadly force and the treatment of the black community
Hartford police released documents in an investigation into whether officers used excessive force during the June arrests of Ricardo Perez and Emilio Diaz
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Chief Janee Harteau said an internal investigation found the officers were warranted in using deadly force on Jamar Clark last November
Officials say the 66-year-old woman attempted to strike a sergeant with a baseball bat in her apartment and was fatally shot
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