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Bookmark or Share- Police Use of Force - National Institute of JusticeOn this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to police use of force. Broadly speaking, the use of force by law enforcement officers becomes necessary and is permitted under specific circumstances, such as in self-defense or in defense of another individual or group.
- Addressing Police Misconduct Laws Enforced By The Department Of JusticeThe types of law enforcement misconduct covered by these laws include excessive force, sexual assault, intentional false arrests, theft, or the intentional fabrication of evidence resulting in a loss of liberty to another.
- Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) - Justia US Supreme Court CenterA claim of excessive force by law enforcement during an arrest, stop, or other seizure of an individual is subject to the objective reasonableness standard of the Fourth Amendment, rather than a substantive due process standard under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Civil Rights Division | Law Enforcement MisconductThe Department's investigations most often involve alleged uses of excessive force, but also include sexual misconduct, theft, false arrest, and deliberate indifference to serious medical needs or a substantial risk of harm to a person in custody.
- Overview of Police Use of Force - National Institute of JusticeExcessive force. The frequency of police use-of-force events that may be defined as justified or excessive is difficult to estimate [2] . There has been no national database of officer-involved shootings or incidents in which police use excessive force.
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