KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A process meant to improve the Knoxville Police Department and its relationship with the community took its next step on Tuesday when 21CP Solutions released its final report from a ...

Tulsa police officers are taught a national model for dealing with the public that helps guide their decisions on using deadly force, police said. The model, called a use of force continuum, describes ...

Police shootings in the U.S. The number of U.S. citizens killed annually by law enforcement officers has risen steadily over the past decade, from just over 500 in 2014 to 800 in 2020, according to ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — “I want your viewers to know we don’t shoot to kill. The Fort Wayne Police Department has never shot to kill; it’s to stop a threat.” Capt. Juan Barrientes, director of ...

Two officers roughly 400 miles apart claimed self-defense after they were indicted this summer in the murders of two Black women, killings that sparked a national outcry over police brutality and law ...

This policy provides guidelines on the reasonable use of force. While there is no way to specify the exact amount or type of reasonable force to be applied in any situation, every member of this ...

Palmetto Police reported using force 28 times in 2023, not including an incident last Nov. 1 that preceded the death of a 36-year-old man. Twelve cases involved the firing of a Taser to deliver an ...

Police use-of-force incidents across New York leaped nearly 30% from 2017 to 2022, according to Mapping Police Violence data. And injuries tied to police use of force in New York City alone spiked ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A police use-of-force expert returned to the witness stand on Tuesday, where defense attorneys pressed him on his assessment of Tacoma officers' use of force as "excessive," and his ...

Broadview, Illinois — Border Patrol Chief of Patrol Gregory Bovino, the architect of the Department of Homeland Security's "Operation Midway Blitz," defended the sweeping campaign to arrest ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two encounters between federal agents and Vancouver men, one involving a K-9 and another in which a man said his leg was run over, are fueling growing concerns about how federal ...