(Video) Improving Use-of-Force Investigations for Police Officers

Veteran law enforcement officer and author Kevin Davis discusses how to improve use-of-force investigations, and shares some of the mistakes agencies tend to make.

July 18, 2019

Kevin Davis—an officer with more than 30 years on the job and author of the book Use of Force Investigations: A Manual for Law Enforcement—discusses with POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie how to improve use-of-force investigations. He shares some of the ways in which agencies make mistakes in those investigations, leading to significant problems for officers involved in such incidents.

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