Use of Force

Certainly, domestic violence calls are considered one of the most, if not the most, dangerous calls for responding officers. Today, we will be discussing another dangerous call – the late-night call that two intoxicated females are refusing to leave the bar. Those of you working the late-night shifts know that members of the weekend party crowd are often difficult to deal with, fail to

Over the last several NTOA publications the Legal Counsel section has fielded several articles dealing with mental health issues and the legal use of force when dealing with non- criminal subjects suffering some type of mental health episode. The purpose of today’s article is to review the current status of case law across the country dealing with this issue and ask the question –

Uses of Force cases have been a compelling issue for police officers. In our age of social media and a wide array of opinions on how police officers should operate it has become more difficult to do our jobs. What can make this topic an even more complicated one is that police officers are already under the gun, so to speak, so when an

Police use of force often results in negative media attention, civil suits, ridicule, and an emotionally charged community. These encounters are often captured on video and quickly go viral on the internet. As with police encounters involving citizens, attention to dog shooting incidents has increased creating more animosity toward law enforcement from the public. Headlines have show significant payouts for lawsuits resulting from shooting