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Lancaster Chief of Police Jarrad Berkihiser said that the officer was called to the school because the boy was in some manner of crisis, and that the handcuffs were needed to protect the student from harming himself or others.
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I don't know why, but every generation of young officers thinks, "I am now a copper! I have the legal authority and power to carry a weapon off-duty, so here I go!" Wait a minute here; do you have a plan?
Read More →A man doused himself with what appeared to be lighter fluid and then set himself ablaze while handcuffed and interacting with police officers in Denver’s Civic Center park on Thursday afternoon, authorities and witnesses said.
Read More →You've made a traffic stop and the suspect does not respond to your verbal commands. He moves his index finger from his ear to his mouth. Then he begins to reach for the glove compartment. Many veteran patrol officers say they've had to forcefully arrest or almost tire their weapon under similar circumstances-only to discover the subject they thought was being aggressive or uncooperative was deaf or hearing impaired.
Read More →While Marquette Fisher was handcuffed in the backseat of a squad car, he managed to get his hands in front of him, jumped into the front seat and drove off.
Read More →Croswell allegedly asked the officer for help with her shoes, then tackled, punched, and bit the officer while slipping out of her handcuffs.
Read More →It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, and that’s clearly true for cops. Sent out on the streets with often outdated or unproven equipment, cops, like soldiers, have been forced to improvise, tweak, jury-rig, or just plain create what they need.
Read More →NOPD's new EPIC program is creating a new culture that promotes ethical policing at a grassroots level.
Read More →In the Southwestern U.S., a patrolman with about a year on the job was shot twice in the back of the head while transporting two robbery suspects in the back seat of his patrol car. The officer had failed to find a .380 caliber handgun concealed on one of the robbers. The officer died of the wounds he received in the 3:30 a.m. incident.
Read More →“They want to say they’re a kinder, gentler police force by coming up with a new policy on front-cuffing. But it invites danger,” the source said.
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