Restraint, Risk and Responsibility: Advancing Safety in Policing
John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D. ©2025. A.R.R. How can law enforcement agencies implement a culture of safety to prevent restraint-related deaths and ensure timely intervention when a detainee shows signs of distress? Following a controlled drug transaction with an undercover officer, a surveillance team moved in to make an arrest. Upon noticing marked police vehicles approaching, the suspect exited his vehicle and ran across a rain slicked grassy strip situated between a sidewalk and a chain-link fence. Officers pursued him…
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