Tag: Gaining Compliance: Page 2

Training

Handling Passive Resisters

In an age of Occupiers, officers must gain control of passive resisters who refuse to leave a location, yet won't actively fight. Gain compliance with these five strategies that will help you gain wrist and arm control, place a subject in the arresting position, and use a control hold. For the full story, read "Passive Resister Response." Photos courtesy of Michael Schlosser.

August 27, 2013

Patrol

Texas Man Head-Butts Deputy

El Paso County (Texas) Sheriff's deputies arrested a 40-year-old man Sunday after he allegedly head butted a deputy responding to an assault report.

August 26, 2013

Patrol

Video: Ore. Lt. Backs Officers In Rough Arrest

In the letter to Jason Cox, Lt. Chris Davis said Portland Police Bureau officers were within policy when they used a TASER and punches to subdue him in June of 2011.

April 10, 2013

Patrol

Video: Rough Arrest Outside Fla. Nightclub

West Palm Beach (Fla.) Police officers can be seen kicking and punching a man outside a nightclub in a cellphone video posted to YouTube.

January 2, 2013

Special Units

Cobra Cuffs Restraints

Milspec Plastics

Cobra Cuffs from Milspec Plastics are NTOA recommended patented, disposable restraints that allow officers to quickly subdue suspects. The Cobra Cuffs are compact, foldable, and easy to store on a MOLLE system or tactical vest.

December 13, 2012

Patrol

Video: Man Slaps Philly Cop at Oktoberfest

Video of a Philadelphia Police officer's rough arrest of a man who slapped him has gone viral, after other patrons of an Oktoberfest street party posted it to YouTube.

October 15, 2012

Training

Okla. Recruit Dies After Training Accident

An Oklahoma City Police recruit who was critically injured during arrest and control training died as a result of that injury, the agency has announced.

October 15, 2012

Patrol

Man Swings Machete In Police HQ

Fort Myers (Fla.) Police officers subdued a man who began swinging a machete in the lobby of the station on Wednesday morning. Read the full story here.

October 2, 2012

Patrol

Video: Texas Grandma Arrested After Refusing To Show ID

Keene (Texas) Police Chief Rocky Alberti has cleared one of his sergeants in the arrest of a 77-year-old grandmother who was pulled out of her SUV after she refused to show her driver's license.

September 12, 2012

Patrol

Skateboarder Claims Excessive Force By LAPD

A 20-year-old Venice skateboarder and his family are accusing Los Angeles police of using unnecessary force after a video shows him pinned to the ground and an officer punching him in the face.

August 20, 2012

Editor's Notes

Synthetic Drugs: In-Custody Deaths May Spike

A face-chewing attack in Miami and several other bizarre assaults have opened law enforcement's eyes to a new wave of designer synthetic drugs that turn its users into monsters.

July 26, 2012

Editor's Notes

Video: The Hazards of 'Bath Salts'

Officers who may confront a subject under the influence of bath salts must approach with caution. However, several doctors interviewed by POLICE Magazine offered suggestions for dealing with this emerging threat.

June 4, 2012