Published by the Department of Homeland Security on February 6, 2022.
The main revisions concern chokeholds and no-knock warrants. (Link at dhs.gov)
2023 Update to the Department Policy on Use of Force
6 Government Reports tagged “Use of Force”
Information from the U.S. or other governments
Fiscal Year 2021 Office of Professional Responsibility CBP-Related Deaths Report
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on February 6, 2023.
“Includes statistical data on a total of 151 deaths, which occurred during FY 2021, including 55 in-custody deaths, 53 reportable CBP-involved deaths, and 43 additional deaths that Appropriations staff requested OPR to review.” (Original link)
Egbert v. Boule decision
Published by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8, 2022.
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8 that a U.S. citizen could not sue a Border Patrol agent who assaulted him. (Link at supremecourt.gov)
CBP Use of Force Policy
Published by Customs and Border Protection in January, 2021.
The agency makes public its current guidelines for using lethal and less-than-lethal force. (Link at cbp.gov)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Compliance with Use of Force Policy for Incidents on November 25, 2018 and January 1, 2019
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector-General on August 24, 2020.
Examines two incidents of cross-border use of tear gas and other crowd control measures during the arrival of a “migrant caravan” in Tijuana, and finds only minor wrongdoing. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Report No. 198/20. Petition P-524-16. Admissibility. Anastasio Hernández Rojas and family.
Published by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on July 23, 2020.
The Commission finds admissible the case of Anastasio Hernandez, a Mexican citizen who was violently beaten and tasered to death by CBP agents on May 31, 2010.