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Why Law Enforcement Personnel Shoot to Kill

There are about 1,000 fatal shootings by police officers each year in the United States, according to a Bowling Green State University report from April. Is lethal force always necessary? How do situations escalate so quickly? Why do officers shoot to kill? And how else can police defuse a potentially dangerous situation? Officers are instructed

Integrating De-Escalation Techniques into Policing

When many police officers hear the term โ€œde-escalation techniquesโ€ they often initially react with skepticism or even aversion. In recent years, policing has been inundated with public criticism, political posturing, and โ€œexpertโ€ dissection of police tactics. While some of the commentary has been less than useful, there have been certain aspects of the systemic critiquing

Law Enforcement Reassessing Risk for Taser โ€œLess-Lethalโ€ Weapon Systems

Officer Richard Haas says he never meant for Everette Howard to die. He just wanted to stop him. A top high-school grad staying on the University of Cincinnati campus for a college prep program, Howard, 18, had broken no laws that hot August night in 2011. It was about 3 a.m., and he was agitated