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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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
OIS videos are shared broadly across the internet and can fuel the negative anti-police perception, even if the data isn’t there to back it up
The brutal October 5 beating left the officer with a concussion, bone chips to the shoulder and wrist and a neck injury
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The police union is asking officials to include better training, more hiring, and technology upgrades in the consent decree they are negotiating following the DOJ report
Cops have to make split-second decisions in situations that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving
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The DOJ report found the department disproportionately used force on people of color, and stopped and searched them more often than white people
Former Berrien County Sheriff Anthony Heath was sentenced to 30 months in prison for excessive force against two handcuffed suspects
The commission approved changes in the way the LAPD handles OIS, directing the department to release information to the public more quickly and expand training
The panel was deadlocked at nine jurors in favor of a not guilty verdict and three voting guilty on second-degree murder charges
A trooper searching for people trapped by flood waters in hard-hit Lumberton shot and killed an angry man who confronted officers while holding a gun
The draft policies would limit when cops can shoot fleeing suspects and restrict the number of times police can TASER suspects
After months of African-American aldermen publicly blasting the administration’s police reform efforts, many voted for the ordinance thanks to changes Rahm Emanuel made
The officers’ lawyer says Joseph Mann yelled and confronted the officers with a knife before he was fatally shot
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