Police use of force research has concentrated heavily on officer behavior. Much of what is known from the attitudinal side has tended to focus on officers' views of excessive force. We currently lack a clear understanding of officers' beliefs regarding the everyday application of less lethal ...
A federal jury has acquitted a former Muncie police officer accused of trying to cover up another officer's use of excessive force, bringing an end to his third trial in the case. The jury issued the verdict in Corey Posey's case on Wednesday,the Indianapolis Star reported.Prosecutors had a...
4 Miami Beach Officers Relieved of Duty in Use of Force Case More MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four police officers have been relieved of duty following the arrest of a man who said he was filming the arrest of another man inside the lobby of a Miami Beach hotel. Khalid Vaughn...
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Officials in Ferguson, Mo., Agree to Train Officers on Avoiding Use of Force (Posted 2016-01-27 23:45:34) ; the Proposed Consent Decree Would Require Anti-Bias Training and Educate Officers to De-Escalate ConfrontationsHorwitz, Sari
It also adds that because the responding officer had no way of knowing the request for assistance alert, which is considered the most urgent call for backup, was issued accidentally and the single knee strike he delivered to the driver was reasonable and not excessive....
screaming “He raped me!” repeatedly to other officers present, she was accused of assaulting an officer and jailed for four days, her lawyer said. The district attorney, citing a lack of evidence, declined to prosecute Cates. Only after a federal investigation was he tried and convicted. ...
As a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter charges, law enforcement experts note how rare it is that police officers involved in high-profile, and sometimes deadly, on-duty incidents ever face criminal charges or are convicted. Expe...
[30]. With these gains, a police officer’s level of fatigue during typical tasks could be reduced, which would decrease the likelihood of using excessive force in interventions, posing less disability risk to the officer and its organization and, most importantly, prevent heart diseases and ...
The police in the United States have come under fire over the past few years for accusations of use of unnecessary force and for the number of people who are shot to death by police in the U.S. Police officers in the United States are regularly armed, and in comparison, 19 countries, ...