Accessible summary What is known about the subject? People experiencing mental distress
have a high rate of contact with police in community crisis events. Police use a continuum of …

Less-than-lethal weapons, such as conductive energy devices (CEDs) and chemical sprays,
have proliferated across law enforcement agencies over the past 30 years. This study …

Objectives: Using temporal sequencing of unedited police body-worn camera (BWC)
footage of use of force incidents, we test four hypotheses to understand how incident …

Citizens' beliefs that officers are employing unnecessary or excessive levels of force can
quickly erode police legitimacy and can lead to severe consequences including loss of life …

We used a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of mass deployment of TASERs on
policing. The findings show that the presence of a TASER is causally linked to statistically …

" Recommendation 4.5: The Federal Bureau of Investigation should be directed to collect,
compile and make available publicly statistics and information regarding assaults on and …

This article presents evidence that exposure to officer-involved deaths of low-threat Black
victims increases political interest and voter turnout among Black respondents under age 40 …

Today, the TASER is a ubiquitous less-than-lethal force technology lauded for its ability to
curb police officers' use of excessive and lethal force. Although less injurious than other …

This chapter discusses how the technology can be used to help fulfill recommendations of
the United States President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. It looks at how emerging …

Outcomes associated with police body-worn cameras (BWCs) and their influence on use of
force is chiefly known from large-scale implementation studies and randomised controlled …