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Videosby Staff WriterAugust 13, 2014

Police Adviser Appears on PBS to Discuss Ferguson, NYPD Incidents

Retired LAPD captain and Police Advisory Board Member Greg Meyer appeared on "PBS NewsHour" earlier this week to discuss the Ferguson, Mo., shooting and the NYPD choke hold incidents. Meyer was called to appear on the show because of his experience investigating and testifying about officer use of force.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2014

Mom Sues Police Over TASER Use on 8-Year-Old Girl

Pierre (S.D.) PD police are being sued by the mother of an 8-year-old girl, claiming police used excessive force when they used a TASER on the girl during a 2013 incident at their home.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2014

NYPD May Issue More TASERs in Use of Force Changes

A senior NYPD official said one change under discussion was the expanded use of Taser stun guns, which are available to a small number of New York officers but have been controversial there and elsewhere because of the risk they can pose to people with heart problems and other medical issues

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2014

NYPD Orders New Training in Use of Force

Every New York Police Department officer will be retrained in the use of force following the death of a Staten Island man after an officer subdued him with an apparent chokehold, Commissioner William Bratton said Tuesday.

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Videosby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Wash. Pursuit Ends in Deadly Shooting

Video has been released of a Yakima (Wash.) Police vehicle pursuit of a 24-year-old man as he violently rammed into police cars on an interstate onramp. The chase ended with the man's death. Read Story Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Video: Wash. Pursuit Ends in Deadly Shooting

Footage of a Yakima (Wash.) Police Department pursuit shows the suspect fleeing from officers and repeatedly ramming police cruisers, even after being shot.

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Articlesby James SpurgeonJune 26, 2014

Get Ready for a Fight

Your defensive tactics training should be intense, exhausting, applicable, and eye-opening. Don't come to in-service training dressed for vacation or expecting to sleepwalk through the course.

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Articlesby David GriffithJune 21, 2014

Seattle PD Lawsuit: Calling Out Goliath

Late last month 126 officers of the Seattle Police Department decided it was time to stand up and challenge Goliath, in this case the federal government. Instead of a sling and a stone, they wielded a lawsuit.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 19, 2014

Seattle Responds to Officers' Use-of-Force Policy Lawsuit

But in alerting U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman to the prior finding, the notice gave Pechman an option to keep the case, transfer it to the other judge, U.S. District Judge James Robart, or consult with him on what course to take.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2014

Video: Utah Police Chase Caught on Traffic Cameras

A police chase in West Valley City, Utah, was caught from many different angles, as a man suspected of committing a residential burglary fled from pursuing police vehicles.

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