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This book is a description of all forms of police use of force in the United States. It is written under a veteran police officer's perspective on how our officers use force.
The power to enforce criminal laws and promote public safety is delegated to the police. We grant officers the authority to use force and even violence - that is, force applied to the body - to achieve those objectives as part of the delegation. We are all familiar with this activity, but it is in direct conflict with our limited government structure, which values personal autonomy and liberty. Only the careful implementation of rules and regulations that limit the use of force, as well as the instilling of modesty and concern in the police themselves, will keep the tension at bay.
Regrettably, current safeguards against unnecessary police use of force are woefully inadequate. Almost all large (and most smaller) police forces have use-of-force policies that specify a range of force that can be used against offenders in various situations. However, in reality, these strategies can be unsuccessful. Other attempts to minimize police use of force, such as encouraging ethnic diversity in recruiting and instituting new academy training, initially seemed positive, but they also failed to solve the police violence issue.