ASP Trainer James Schramm offers insights for law enforcement agencies when it comes to use of force management and less-lethal training. With staffing shortages and budget shortfalls affecting law ...

In escalating situations that involve a police response, less lethal uses of force are typically administered in hopes of deescalating the incident. That's what happened Thursday night in Sioux Falls ...

Dayton Police Department said its officers used force fewer times last year for the second year in a row, which some community members said is a good result that is in line with the goals of police ...

Most every law enforcement agency understands the inherent value of making less-lethal force options available to their first responders. Less-Lethal force options are no longer found only in ...

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Leigh Kunkel never saw the federal agent pointing a pepper ball gun at her face from about twenty feet away. Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in ...

(NNPA Newswire) – African American police officers made more than 15 fewer stops, about two fewer arrests on average than their White counterparts, ScienceNews.org found in a new study. Sign up for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officers in Baltimore have become significantly less likely to use force against members of the public, according to testimony ...

Federal agencies deployed law enforcement and other personnel during protests following George Floyd’s death. Many used less-lethal force—tactics and weapons that are not intended to cause death or ...

Portland police have responded to fewer calls and made fewer arrests in the past five years but have used force in a higher percentage of the arrests, new data shows. The more frequent use of force ...

Richard Egal updates Council members on the APD training academy Credit: Screengrab Courtesy of City of Austin Austin police want you to know that reform is underway at APD. The department’s leaders ...