A man died from blunt force trauma to the chest after being struck by less-lethal rounds fired by Phoenix Police during a Jan. 10 standoff. Though a county attorney's office found the officers' ...

A woman who was shot in the face with a less-than-lethal round by a police officer while attending a protest in downtown Los Angeles plans to file an excessive force lawsuit. On Jan. 30, Jasmin Lomas, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In the moments after East Lansing police officer shot Isaiah Kirby to the ground, an officer shouted a command: “Go less lethal.” There is now a growing controversy over ...

A serious interaction with law enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd ...

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In the dark, early-morning hours outside a McDonald's in Orange County, a police officer fired a shotgun loaded with so-called less-lethal munitions at a man swinging a belt, cursing at officers and ...

Opinion: UCPD is using less-than-lethal munitions to ‘frighten students into conformity’ An officer carrying a less-than-lethal weapon on campus is pictured. Columnist Michael Gallagher writes that ...

NORTH CHARLESTON – Officers have access to an additional tool that is expected to help de-escalate situations before it becomes necessary to use deadly force. The North Charleston Police Department ...

A 61-year-old Blackwood man was arrested and charged with firing weapons in Gloucester Township, authorities announced ...

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on an Orange County accountant who was shot in the side of the head with a less-than-lethal launcher while walking away from law enforcement ...