Growth in the police use of lethal force in the United States has been steady for many years, despite judicial efforts to ...

The "Force Response Options" document details and defines the types of force police have available and the restrictions to deadly force. The document breaks down the legal standard for use of ...

Springfield police used force 158 times in 2024 ... The report categorizes 17 different types of force. The most common were: Control holds — used against 168 people. Takedowns — used ...

police use of force against people of color, especially Black Americans, has been under intense scrutiny. Much of the attention is on firearms, but types of force considered to be less lethal ...

He has pleaded not guilty. Additional data that examined all types of use of force used by Columbus police between 2017 and 2021 shows that 51% of those who police used force against were Black.

Agency leaders should also audit supervisors’ reviews of use of force ... based police consultancy firm $1.5 million for the review. Davis said the agency already has expanded the types of ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Police are nearly seven times more likely to use force on Black suspects than they are on White and Hispanic suspects, according to data obtained by CBS 8. From 2018 ...

“We have to show people we are listening,” said Art Acevedo, police chief in Houston, where the department’s use-of-force policy was updated to explicitly ban neck restraints in June.

Trenton police officers routinely use excessive force and engaged in a pattern of ... U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke called those types of incidents “egregious, unacceptable ...