Calibre Press has uploaded two short videos of officers discharging their firearms in the direction of human beings. The circumstances were very different in so many ways, but each involved making the decision to use deadly force and then actually doing so. This is the most serious ...
An Oklahoma City police sergeant has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and a lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter for shooting a man in the back three times. A man who seconds before attempted to kill another sergeant, charging him with a knife in hand.
The ...
The concept of having social workers respond to emergency calls involving mentally ill subjects is—excuse the understatement—complex.
These are highly unpredictable contacts often characterized by rapidly changing levels of confrontational behavior and overall threat to the ...
Calibre Tip of the Week
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Don’t Be a “Target of Opportunity”
It’s important to use extra caution when patrolling territory contested by rival ...
Proximity to or partial cause of societal challenges is not new for American policing. In fact, this aspect of law enforcement is a foundational reason citizens formed such forces.
Early law enforcement in Colonial America was based on the concept of “kin” policing where people ...
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