Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person is shown in handcuffs during a contact with Pierce County Sheriff’s Office deputies in 2025. Compliant handcuffing is ...

Columbus police have a use-of-force policy as part of their division directives. The department last updated the policy in 2023. "It is well established that police officers may use force to effect an ...

Public conversations about policing often begin the moment force is used, but they rarely start with the question officers must answer in real time: When is force necessary? Police officers are ...

Austin police want you to know that reform is underway at APD. The department’s leaders appeared at City Hall last week to show City Council members recently released data they say demonstrates that ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - A Hamilton police sergeant’s use of force as he arrested a man on a criminal trespass charge in a city park was “reasonable,” a supervisor’s review shows. Body camera footage ...

After an ICE agent fired shots during an arrest in St. Paul, experts explain how federal and local use-of-force rules compare. Federal immigration agents are governed by many of the same ...

For the fourth year in a row, use-of-force incidents involving Chicago police officers are increasing, with advocates and officials saying the trend is helping to bring the reform process to a key ...

Black people and Native Americans had highest use-of-force rates in 2024. Use-of-force incidents rose 57% from 2021 to 2024. County cites transparency and a planned deeper analysis; leaders demand ...

Federal immigration agents are governed by many of the same constitutional limits on use of force as local police. But they operate under different policies and face different accountability systems.