In this still image from video obtained by The Associated Press, Heather Sterling is hit in the head by one of her instructors, who is acting as a violent assailant, during a four-on-one training ...

Associated Press (AP) — When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police ...

Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors acting as violent assailants. The four-on-one drill is a rite of passage for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Police academy drills are linked to at least a dozen deaths and hundreds of injuries nationwide since 2005, with ...