U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

The LAPD ordered officers this week to stop using one type of less lethal weapon during protests, after a federal judge found ...

Harrison police are responding to more mental health crises than ever before. Since 2012, the number of calls dealing with noncompliant people has increased more than 500%, Chief Brian Turack said.

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“Less-lethal equipment is used by police departments as a de-escalation tactic in high-stakes situations to reduce the need for higher levels of force,” Scott Scheffler, UCPD’s captain of the ...

Law enforcement agencies are defending their use of non-lethal pepper ball rounds during an hours-long anti-ICE protest in ...

Establishing non-lethal response aimed as an early intervention capability through training, policy, and repetition to help ...

This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. The ...

A serious interaction with law enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police used what they called "less lethal force" to arrest a man accused of stealing a gun from a vehicle downtown Wednesday night. The theft was reported at around 11:20 p.m.