WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – This week, lawmakers are making a last-minute effort to revive a bill to make changes to how teens can be restrained. Senate Bill 504 in Kansas would stop the use of the “prone” ...

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instructor Dave Rose, right, watches as fellow instructor Enrico Solomon, top, demonstrates the basics of ground control on a ...

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for ...

In this image from Hampton Police Department body-camera video, officers restrain Fernando Rodriguez in the middle of a street in Hampton, Ga., on Sept. 20, 2019. A county coroner ruled his death a ...

For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for ...

A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include "prone" restraint in the state's legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to ...

COLORADO — A bill that could limit when police and detention officers can use an arrest technique called “prone restraint” was advanced during a committee hearing on Tuesday. The bill passed on a ...

Sgt. Marcus Van Ooyen and Officer Justin Keown demonstrate prone restraint last month at the Colorado Springs Police Department training center. “Stop resisting,” Colorado Springs police Sgt. Marcus ...

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Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s ...