Hey, super podcast fans. It's yardly. I just wanted to pop in with a quick announcement

about Small Town Dix season 12. It drops on April 21st. April 21st, Mark, your calendars.

We will see you there.

And police stations across the country. Officers start their shifts in the briefing room.

It's a place where law enforcement can speak openly and candidly about safety, training,

policy, crime trends, and more. We think it's time to invite you in, so pull up a chair.

Welcome to the briefing room.

Hey, all you fabulous, fabulous podcast listeners out there. It's yardly Smith. How are you?

I am one of the co-hosts of the True Crime Podcast Small Town Dix, and I'm a civilian.

I am honored to be guest hosting the briefing room today because I have questions that I know

many of you do too because we get a lot of mail from you guys, which is awesome. The question

I have today is about police use of force. So there's no shortage of news and debate

out there about what police can and cannot do when arresting a subject. And I thought it

would be interesting to dig into how those rules about use of force in modern policing

came to be because it turns out much of what law enforcement is expected to observe comes

from case law and cases that have ended up in front of the Supreme Court. These rulings

have very often set the boundaries for a civilian's rights and a police officer's responsibility

for when the community and law enforcement interact. This is a great conversation. Some

of you might have heard it before, but we think this is such an important topic. We wanted

to share it again. So let's get to it.

Today on the briefing room, I have with me Detective Dan. Hello, team. Hello, you. And

I have Detective Dave. Hello, yardly. Alrighty, Dan. Classes and session. Start us off.

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