Documenting Police Use of Force investigates deaths that occurred after police used tactics like 'prone restraint' (which is a method of restraining a person by placing them face down on the ground which can pose serious risks including difficulty breathing and psychological trauma), forced-sedation, and the use of weapons such as tasers, batons, and other physical violence such as punching, kicking, and pressure-holds. The film also investigates other so-called "less-lethal force" methods used on citizens during police encounters and arrests. The documentary and accompanying reporting draw on police records, autopsy reports and police body-camera footage, offering the most expansive tally of deaths in the United States.

Five women come together for the first time on camera to reveal their experiences of being deceived into decades-long intimate relationships with undercover police officers as part of the Spycops scandal in the United Kingdom. The series examines the secret unit of UK undercover police who undertook these extensive spying operations on the public for over 40 years, including deceiving over 60 women into intimate relationships. Undercover police used false personas, including the identities of dead children to the relationships with members of targeted groups, and in some cases proposed marriage or got protesters pregnant, conceiving children with them.