Policing with Less-Lethal Options: Minimizing Civilian Injuries

Send us Fan Mail Many police officers now carry less-lethal tools, which provide police officers with the means to apprehend resistant suspects without the need for hands-on tactics or firearms. Hopefully this reduces the risk of civilian injury and death. Still, a civilian can sustain an injury from a less-lethal tool. Since most police agencies support the use of these tools, why not use the one that works but also reduces the risk of civilian injury? Dr. Keven Peter...