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At the Columbia Police Department, calls for service were down, but use of force was up, in 2015 compared to 2014. A newly-released internal affairs report shows increased “response to resistance,” the term CPD now uses for force. That includes an officer drawing a gun 197 times, compared to 150 times in 2014. A taser …

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CPD internal report shows fewer arrests, more “response to resistance”

At the Columbia Police Department, calls for service were down, but use of force was up, in 2015 compared to 2014. A newly-released internal affairs report shows increased “response to resistance,” the term CPD now uses for force. That includes an officer drawing a gun 197 times, compared to 150 times in 2014. A taser …

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