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As a general rule, modern policing doctrine and federal guidance advise officers not to stand in front of or shoot into moving vehicles and to move out of the vehicle’s path when feasible; shooting at...
State and local police departments largely prohibit firing at moving vehicles except when a driver presents an imminent threat beyond the vehicle itself, language mirrored in Department of Justice gui...
New York City’s 1972 move to bar officers from firing at or from moving vehicles is widely credited with reducing bystanders struck by police gunfire and lowering deaths in police shootings, and it sp...
Federal shape by imposing legal and agency standards—deadly force is permitted only when an agent reasonably believes there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, and force must be pro...
Major police organizations and federal law‑enforcement groups have offered a mixture of criticism, caution and implicit support toward ICE in recent months: national policing forums have flagged immig...
Nationwide surveys show a sharp uptick in police resignations beginning in 2020: the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) found resignations rose roughly 18–20% in 2020–21 compared with the prior ye...
Federal and most major police policies say an officer may not shoot at a moving vehicle merely to stop or disable it and may use deadly force only when no reasonable alternative exists — explicitly in...
Cities reporting notable drops in homicides credit a mix of community violence intervention (CVI) programs, focused deterrence/“precision” policing, enhanced data sharing and increased arrests in hots...