Tag: Use-of-Force Policies: Page 10

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Video: N.J. Cop Interrupts 'Excessive Force'

A Bogota (N.J.) Police officer is now under disciplinary review for interfering with two Richfield Park officers attempting to detain the emotionally disturbed son of a city councilwoman.

April 29, 2012

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N.J. Cop Interrupts 'Excessive Force'

A Bogota (N.J.) Police officer is facing discplinary review for interrupting a Ridgefield police sergeant's attempt to detain an emotionally disturbed man. Officer Regina Tasca said she intervened to stop excessive force.

April 29, 2012

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Seattle Announces Police Reforms

Pre-empting a meeting with Department of Justice officials, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn on Thursday proposed a series of police reforms in response to a damning federal report that came after several high-profile incidents involving minorities.

March 29, 2012

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Video: R.I. Cop Gets Probation In Kicking Incident

A former Lincoln (R.I.) Police Department officer received a suspended sentence with 10 years probation for kicking a disorderly woman in the head outside a casino in 2009.

March 18, 2012

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Ohio Police Department Shuts Down

City administrators shut down the Mount Sterling (Ohio) Police Department, after an officer used a TASER on a 9-year-old boy earlier this month. The incident apparently began when the boy refused to go to school.

March 11, 2012

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Video: Nev. Chief Retires After Settlement With Diabetic Man

Henderson (Nev.) Police Chief Jutta Chambers announced her decision to retire March 1—two weeks after the City Council approved a $257,000 settlement for the family of a diabetic man for a rough arrest.

February 20, 2012

Technology

Axon Camera Captures Station Stand-off

The TASER Axon head-mounted camera system captured a tense standoff between Burnsville (Minn.) Police Officer David Luchsinger and a suicidal man in the station's lobby.

February 19, 2012

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Video: L.A. Deputy Punches Woman on Bus

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy was captured on video punching a woman who had unleashed an expletive-laced tirade on a Metro bus in Bellflower.

January 10, 2012

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Calif. Gov. Brown 'Seriously Concerned' About Force on Campus

California's Gov. Jerry Brown has requested a formal review of the state's police use-of-force training, following widely publicized confrontations at two university campuses.

November 28, 2011

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UC Davis Officers Pepper-Spray Protesters

UC Davis officers in riot gear pepper-sprayed seated protesters at close range during a Friday protest, after they refused to remove their encampment.

November 20, 2011

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Video: Plainclothes Cop Scuffles with Iowa Woman

Sioux City (Iowa) Police Chief Dan Young's comments came in response to dashboard video footage showing plainclothes officer Joshua Tyler struggling with Dacosta Daniels. An internal investigation cleared the officers.

October 31, 2011

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Plainclothes Cop Scuffles with Iowa Woman

Raw video recorded on a Sioux City (Iowa) PD dash cam on Aug. 8 shows two officers forcefully arresting Dacosta Daniels.

October 31, 2011