ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — When police officers encounter a moving vehicle, the decision to use deadly force is among the most dangerous and scrutinized choices they can face.
As a recent shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota renews national scrutiny of police use-of-force decisions, law enforcement leaders and trainers in western North Carolina say policies governing when officers may fire at a moving vehicle are intentionally narrow, and reinforced through ongoing training designed to prevent those moments from ever occurring.
At Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College, where law enforcement officers from across the region train, Daryl Fisher, the director of law enforcement training at the college, said the profession’s foundation rests on preparation long before officers ever face a real-world crisis…