The Phoenix Police Department has revised its use of force policy to emphasize that officers should only use force that is "objectively reasonable, necessary and proportional" to the situation.

“We have built on our previous use of force policy by making sure the criteria for using force in any encounter is more clearly defined,” Sullivan said in a press release. The change was a ...

“We have built on our previous use of force policy by making sure the criteria for using force in any encounter is more clearly defined,” Sullivan said. To do so, he said, policy drafters ...

“We have built on our previous use of force policy by making sure the criteria for using force in any encounter is more clearly defined,” Sullivan said. Policy writers accomplished this by ...