Tag: use of force

As law enforcement professionals stand firmly in the gap as the “thin blue line” between lawlessness and the quality of life, there will be several times when potential life-changing decisions ...

A Baltimore school police officer caught on tape slapping a student pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon.

As a police officer, every call is an opportunity to have your training and your tactics challenged.

The new policy also allows for shooting at a moving vehicle when a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or others with a weapon or using the vehicle ...

A Rolesville (NC) police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video was posted Tuesday on Twitter showing him slamming a female student to the floor.

The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved significant changes in the way the LAPD handles shootings by officers, directing the department to release information to the public more ...

The department also would ban officers from triggering more than three shocks from their Tasers before trying something else.

By now everyone in the world is aware of the officer in Tulsa whom used force to end an encounter with a subject who was not following directions.

Law enforcement understands that "suicide by cop" is homicide in less than a second. It is a nightmare of a call but one where the safety of law enforcement must ...