“We did find that verbal antagonism was actually associated with a lower likelihood of force occurring during a police-civilian interaction.”
While the majority of police-civilian interactions resolve peacefully, a small number of situations end with use of force as police respond to subject resistance.
In this episode of Policing Matters, host Jim Dudley speaks with Dr. Eric Piza about his analysis of body-worn video to determine the factors that contribute to whether or not force is used during a police-civilian interaction…
Eric L. Piza, Ph.D. 