The Riverside County Sheriff's Department suspended the use of the Carotid Restraint Control Hold, also known as a chokehold, from training and as a force option effective immediately and until ...

Yakima police have used neck restraints 80 times since 2016, representing fewer than 4% of the total use-of-force incidents logged each year. That number likely will decline as the police department ...

Simi Valley Police Department will stop using a controversial neck restraint called a carotid hold joining a growing list of agencies to do so over the past week. The restraint restricts blood flow to ...