A police firearm is shown. When it comes to being a law enforcement officer in Kansas, you better have done some reading before you ever pull your weapon. The Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center — ...

A new state database tracking police use-of-force data across Washington is now live. State officials say they're hopeful having a centralized database will lead to more data-driven policies and ...

KANNAPOLIS — In this week’s Citizen Police Academy with Kannapolis police, Lt. Justin Smith gave the run down on use of force by officers, including use of deadly force, and what the state allows and ...

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Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino will be required to appear before a federal judge daily, supply her with use of force reports and ensure that every Border Patrol agent in Chicago is wearing a body ...

In what appears to be a longer-term legal strategy, the plaintiffs in an injunction case limiting the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz on Tuesday abruptly moved to ...

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Four years ago, all eight elected Harris County constables gathered before residents and TV cameras to announce that they had all agreed to implement a single, unified use-of-force policy. The ...

Springfield police used force 158 times in 2024 — a slight increase from the previous year and enough to mean officers used force in nearly 1 out of every 25 arrests, according to a new report ...

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