Tag: Use-of-Force Policies: Page 13

Patrol

Florida Deputy Charged with Battery of Detainee

Deputy Zachary McArthur has been charged with one count of felony battery for the Dec. 9 incident. The deputy is alleged to have battered Justin Johnson while he was being detained at the jail.

February 1, 2011

Weapons

Are You a 'Designated' Shooter?

When you initiate a designated-shooter policy, you assign the immediate responsibility to engage a potentially violent subject to a primary and secondary officer with a designated backup team of officers standing by in case the first two officers are unable to contain the situation.

January 25, 2011

Patrol

N.Y. Agency Revamps Use-of-Force Policy After DOJ Probe

The reforms include the incorporation of verbal de-escalation techniques, prohibiting the use of the carotid restraint, limiting the type of ammunition allowed, and developing a formal system for handling public complaints.

December 23, 2010

Patrol

Seattle Officer Cleared In Punching of Jaywalker

The department's Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) concluded that the officer performed his duties within the scope of department policies and procedures.

December 7, 2010

Patrol

LAPD Reviews Tactics of Wild Pursuit

When apprehending the suspect, officers created the potential for deadly crossfire. The review will also look at whether officers should have immediately swarmed the car.

August 11, 2010

Special Units

Not Going for the Kill

A SWAT team is called out to a barricade situation. A man holed up in his house claims to have a hostage, and negotiators are getting nowhere as the subject refuses to surrender. Now tactical teams can employ multiple less-lethal options to help end such a situation at different points throughout an incident without employing lethal force.

March 30, 2010

Patrol

Foot Pursuits: A Runaway Policy?

What exactly was this "new bar" for performance? How was one to be evaluated against it? And was this really a new policy to follow?

March 18, 2010

Patrol

Los Angeles County Sheriff To Deputies: Be More Cautious During Pursuits

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has told his deputies to exercise more caution when pursuing armed suspects and call for backup.

February 17, 2010

Weapons

Best Practices in TASER Targeting

To adopt the preferred targeting zone, officers will need to train themselves to avoid center mass.

January 30, 2010

Patrol

Michigan Man Kills Himself After Holding Deputy at Gunpoint

A 23-year-old man on probation for a weapons offense shot and killed himself on a Michigan roadway, after a tense stand-off with an officer who had pulled him over.

January 28, 2010

Weapons

TASER CEO Clarifies Chest Shot Guideline

TASER CEO Rick Smith says he is surprised by the uproar, which was caused by an article in the Arizona Republic, and that the targeting model was not changed because the company sees greater risk of cardiac events from chest shots.

October 26, 2009

Patrol

Four San Jose Cops on Leave After Rough Arrest

San Jose's police chief has placed on leave four officers present at the beating of an unarmed Vietnamese student, following the release of a grainy cell-phone video of the arrest, CBS news reports.

October 25, 2009