The officer also writes a detailed account of the incident. One copy of the report stays in the chief's office. One copy goes to the internal-affairs unit, to be kept permanently in files under each officer's name. One copy goes to the training unit, where it is read but not kept. A fourth copy goes into an officer's personnel file in his or her unit.
Soft control is essentially a firm grasp.
So, unlike Louisville, Columbus defines knocking someone to the ground a use of force that must be reported. N.Y. Rochester's policy is praised by some experts as a model. Herb Brown of the department's professional standards section. The mere placing of handcuffs on a prisoner does not require a report. Rochester is a city of about 231,000 people and has 680 officers, about 20 fewer than Louisville.