Washington state law enforcement officers cannot use neck restraints after a new law became effective July 25, and they are worried about the ramifications. The state Legislature passed House Bill ...
Yakima police have used neck restraints 80 times since 2016, representing fewer than 4% of the total use-of-force incidents logged each year. That number likely will decline as the police department ...
Colorado legislators advanced a bill Tuesday to limit the use of physical restraints on inmates in acute mental health crises, sidestepping a disputed price tag and avoiding what one lawmaker ...
Police departments around the world are moving to ban neck restraints in the aftermath of George Floyd's death and the widespread protests that followed. Police departments around the world are moving ...
BOSTON - Some police departments in the United States continue to teach officers that neck restraints are a safe method for controlling agitated or aggressive people, but that's a dangerous myth, ...
When Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee allegedly broke a high-ranking officer’s neck in October while demonstrating a hold, a tort claim filed against Lee mentioned a controversial use-of-force technique ...
At the end of a year marked by outrage after George Floyd died at the hands of a police officer, some medical experts say it's time to ban the use of neck restraints. Authors of a "Viewpoint" article ...