: The Use of Force by and against police officers .My independent variable is the use of force by police officers. The dependent variables to My independent variable is the use of force by police officers. There are many dependent variables to consider from: normal force, excessive force, legal force, deadly force, training the appropriate use of force, assessing the variation in use of force polices, and evaluation of methods to evaluate the use of force outcomes. Hypothesis: Police departments and need to evaluate acts of force as either legal, normal or excessive. (I need help with the wording of these!)