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Less Lethal

Less Lethal — The Less Lethal topic section covers the complex topic of nonlethal force using Tasers and other weapons by police officers, with the latest news, training and expert columns. This topic is aimed at arming officers with the information they need to properly deploy nonlethal weapons.

FULL LIST OF Less Lethal Topics

CEWs and non-violent resisters: A court weighs “excessive force” - Attorney Laura Scarry says that law enforcement trainers to develop effective tactics that do not involve pain compliance for controlling subjects who are resistant, mentally ill, but not violent toward others
Why the less-lethal 'Alternative' is bad idea - The Alternative less lethal device — as it’s being envisioned to be deployed — is likely to do no good and might do considerable harm.
Fla. cop choked unconscious in brutal attack - The incident began after the officer witnessed 37-year-old Livingston Manners run a stop sign June 27.
Armed suspect shot by Pa. chief - Police chief shot a suspect armed with a knife in a confrontation Tuesday
4 NY cops hurt after man throws bike from balcony - Four NYPD officers were injured after a man hurled a child’s bicycle from a fifth-floor balcony during the arrest of a suspect Sunday
Va. man TASERed after stripping naked, fleeing police in wrong-way pursuit - The man stripped off his clothes during a crowded bar crawl, then hopped in a vehicle and hit several other cars
Cops TASER knife-wielding man seeking ‘suicide by cop’ - Surveillance video captured a tense standoff between a man armed with two knives and officers in an Ariz. jail.
Video: Cops TASER knife-wielding man seeking ‘suicide by cop’ - Surveillance video captured a tense standoff between a knife-wielding man and officers in a jail
Shotgun Breaching - CSI Training Institute - The features, advantages, and benefits of the CSI Foam Baton are described.
CSI Foam Baton - The features, advantages, and benefits of the CTS Foam Baton are described.
VENOM® Loading - Demonstration of VENOM® being loaded and checking the status of Joystick fire control.
VENOM® Compilation - VENOM® deploying Multi Smoke and Multi Flash-Bang Munitions
NJ cops' first use of TASER subdues schizophrenic woman - Police in Camden used a TASER for the first time to take down a mentally ill woman threatening officers with a foot-long knife.
Video: NJ cops' first use of TASER subdues schizophrenic woman - Police in Camden used a TASER for the first time to take down a mentally ill woman threatening officers with a foot-long knife
Police: Man steals NH squad after ripping out TASER prong - Officer Adam Pearson pulled over unruly Robert Zygarowski, 52, when the fracas began
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