A police car isn’t really a car — it's a tool. How police departments decide what vehicles to put in their fleets is totally different from how you go about choosing your daily driver. It’s a tactical ...

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Columbus police have a use-of-force policy as part of their division directives. The department last updated the policy in 2023. "It is well established that police officers may use force to effect an ...

KANNAPOLIS — In this week’s Citizen Police Academy with Kannapolis police, Lt. Justin Smith gave the run down on use of force by officers, including use of deadly force, and what the state allows and ...

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 ...

Public opinion on police use of force is shifting. Over the past several decades, Americans have increasingly disapproved of officers’ actions, even when those actions are lawful and follow ...

The killing of George Floyd five years ago by a Minneapolis police officer ignited what many reform advocates hoped would be a national effort to end, or at least curb, excessive use of force. But the ...

Last year, 1,173 Americans were shot to death by police. That is an average of more than three every day. Police use of lethal force was greater last year than at any point in the last decade. So far ...

Arlington police used force against 1,776 people in 2024, according to an annual report from the department. Police in Arlington used force 212 more times in 2024 than the year before, with more than ...