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Concerns over the use of force by new recruits and the impact of compressed training on operational safety.
The reporting shows a sharp increase in hiring and credible evidence that training requirements were shortened for at least some new recruits, and that procedural errors sent some personnel into field...
overhauled its Department‑wide Use of Force policy in 2023, building on work begun in 2021, to emphasize preservation of life, clearer prohibitions on deadly force (including limits against firing at ...
ICE’s Directive 19010.3 and accompanying privacy impact guidance require law enforcement officers to activate body‑worn cameras (BWCs) at the start of enforcement activities—or as soon as safely possi...
Since 2024 DHS dramatically expanded ICE hiring—claiming roughly 12,000 new officers in under a year and a workforce above 22,000—which was paired with aggressive incentives and a compressed training ...
drastically expanded hiring in 2025–2026, more than doubling its force by adding roughly 12,000 officers and agents and announcing a 120% manpower increase after a nationwide recruitment campaign . Th...
George Floyd’s killing triggered a swift patchwork of policing reforms—state bans on neck restraints and chokeholds, new duty-to-intervene rules, tightened use-of-force standards, reporting mandates a...
Minnesota officials and multiple independent video clips have challenged the Department of Homeland Security’s narrative of the Jan. 14 incidents by showing moments that appear inconsistent with DHS c...
Multiple independent bystander videos and local reporting show that a man identifying himself as a doctor attempted to render aid to the woman shot by an ICE agent and was told to stay back by federal...
ICE requires staff to document and report all use-of-force incidents, follows internal handbooks and detention standards that set timelines and review steps, and refers serious cases to the Office of ...