3.110.2 Use of Force Tools and Techniques Flashcards
All tools will be in working order and properly maintained. Supervisors have an ongoing obligation to inspect officer equipment and review with officers department _________________________ materials on the use of force.
Directives and training
If feasible, before the use of any approved weapon, the officer will communicate with other officers in the area and issue a warning to the subject. Officers will give the subject a ___________________________. This is particularly important in preventing sympathetic fire when utilizing projectile weapons or the ECD.
Reasonable opportunity to comply
Officers will not use a baton, ECD, or projectile weapon on a woman who is ________________________ unless the subject displays____________________.
ISI my known or Believed to be pregnant
life-threatening resistance
______________ are not permitted. Officers will not use an arm bar across the throat or any technique that encircles the neck, including the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint®(LVNR®). Any action that is likely to restrict the flow of air into a person’s lungs or blood into a person’s brain is prohibited (see NRS 289.810 and 193 Sections 4 and 5).
Chokeholds
Officers will not use an ECD or projectile weapon when the subject is in an ______________ where a fall is likely to result in substantial bodily injury or death unless the subject displays _____________________. This is particularly important when utilizing the ECD.
elevated position
Life threatening resistance
Officers will not use physical force solely to stop a person from __________________ that is in their mouth or to retrieve evidence from a person’s mouth.
Swallowing a substance
When a vicious dog (or other aggressive, unsecured animal) is encountered and the safety of officers or others is compromised, an officer _________use a _________ or may use ______________or ______ to stop or ward off an attack as options other than deadly force (see LVMPD 3.330, Domestic Dog Encounters).
Should
Catchpole(preferred tool) or
may use OC spray or
ECD
Officers are to exercise care and caution in handling department-approved weapons. Officers will refrain from the unnecessary _____, ________, or _______ of a weapon while in public; the purpose of drawing and manipulating a department-approved tool is to address a potential conflict or tactical situation at hand.
Drawing, handling, or exhibiting
To effectively de-escalate situations, officers will use _________, __________, and ___________. The utilization of communication skills, such as speaking calmly and showing empathy, may diffuse conflict and reduce the need to use force. When possible, officers should attempt to develop a rapport and convey concern; however, there are times where an officer will need to announce __________, ________, and ______________ to control the situation (see LVMPD 8.149, Interaction with the Public).
Advisements, warnings, and verbal persuasion
clear, assertive, and professional commands
Approved use for handcuffs - during investigative detentions (“Terry Stops,” see LVMPD 5.100, Search and Seizure) where one or more of the following factors are present and only for as long as the circumstances exist, not to exceed 60 minutes (per NRS 171.123):
1) Articulable facts that the subject is physically uncooperative
2) Articulable facts that a subject’s actions may present physical danger to themselves or others if not restrained
3) Reasonable possibility of flight based on the actions of the subject
4) Information that the subject is currently armed
5) The stop closely follows a violent crime, and the subject matches specific parts of a description
6) Articulable facts that a crime of violence is about to occur
b. Suicidal persons
c. During a search warrant service, as is reasonably necessary, to safely execute the warrant
d. Persons being transported to detoxification facilities
e. By officers moving in-custody subjects (see LVMPD 4.108, Transporting Prisoners)
If medical circumstances make it unreasonable to handcuff an arrestee, officers will _________________. (Arrestees will be handcuffed behind the back, unless impractical or impossible due to prisoner obesity, handicap, or other reason. Special restraints will not be used unless approved by a ____________.)
Refrain from handcuffing
supervisor
Proned handcuffed subjects will be immediately placed in a ___________ or ____________ position once safe to do so. Continued pressure applied by an officer’s body weight will not be used on a proned handcuffed subject’s _______, ________, or _________.
Recovery or seated
back, neck, or head
When responding to a security office where a subject has been placed in handcuffs prior to the officer’s arrival, the officer will not place LVMPD handcuffs on the subject until the officer has ___________________________________.
Reasonable suspicion or probable cause based on their independent investigation
The use of instruments as a tool for the purpose of striking or jabbing (e.g., flashlights or radio) other than a department-authorized baton, is __________________.
Strongly discouraged
Officers are discouraged from using their firearm as an impact tool due to the possibility of a ___________________.
Negligent discharge
OC spray is a non-lethal agent which causes inflammation of the ____________________________.
Skin and mucus membranes
OC spray will not be used on a handcuffed subject unless the subject is displaying ________________________.
Assaultive resistance
OC spray _________________ be used on a driver of a vehicle or inside a patrol vehicle.
Should not
OC spray is not intended to ______________ from an enclosed area unless utilized in a detention facility.
Force extraction
Whenever possible, OC spray should be used upwind and relatively close to the subject in an effort to minimize exposure to non-targeted persons. Due to the volume of agent dispersed, officers will assess the effect a __________ (high-capacity OC spray) has on subjects in the vicinity.
Devastator
In a protest or demonstration situation, OC spray may only be used when authorized by an _____________ in response to imminent threat of harm (see LVMPD 3.535, Protests:
Peaceful Demonstrations, Civil Disobedience, and Riots).
Incident commander
A pain-compliance application of the ECD, with or without the use of a cartridge, by making direct contact against the subject’s body. The use of _________ application is discouraged unless used to complete neuro-muscular incapacitation by closing a circuit when probes have already been deployed.
Touch stun
A non-contact demonstration of the ECD’s ability to discharge electricity.
Spark display
The primary function of the ECD where the cartridge is deployed, firing probes at the subject. The intent is to temporarily immobilize the subject as the ECD is cycled and provide an officer with a “window of opportunity” in which to take the subject safely into custody.
Probe mode
The ECD will be handled in the same manner as a firearm and will be secured before entering any detention facility except _________.
CCDC
The intentional use of more than one ECD simultaneously on the same subject is _______________.
Prohibited
The ECD will not be used: (4 answers)
1) On a handcuffed person.
2) When the officer knows a subject has come in contact with flammable liquids or substances.
3) On a fleeing subject (without other known factors). Mere flight from an officer cannot be the sole justification for use of the ECD.
4) On persons with known heart conditions.
Officers will not draw what at the same time?
An ECD and a firearm
When deploying an ECD, reasonable effort should be made to target the lower center mass and avoid intentionally targeting the head, neck, groin, and chest. ____________ are the preferred target area.
Back shots
Use the standard ECD five second cycle, and then evaluate the need to apply another five second cycle after providing the subject with an opportunity to comply. Each subsequent five second cycle requires _____________________. Once the subject has been exposed to three cycles, the ECD will be _____________ and another use of force option will be considered unless exigent circumstances exist.
Begin restraint procedures, including cuffing under power, as soon as reasonably safe to minimize the total duration of ECD exposures.
Additional justification
Deemed ineffective
K9 with bite approved use
Assaultive or Life-Threatening – canine (with bite) is approved when there is probable cause to believe a subject has committed a violent or felony crime, or is a threat to themselves or others, and is evading efforts to be taken into custody.
During a critical incident, K9 handlers should make contact with the supervisor on scene, or the ________________ to discuss tactical deployment options.
Incident commander
Since the use of patrol dogs may inflame a volatile situation, the department places limitations on their use for crowd control, civil disorders, or riot situations. In such an occurrence, the canine teams may be dispatched in a standby status. Any subsequent use of canine is only authorized by a _________ or higher for extreme emergencies.
Lieutenant
The positioning of a police vehicle in the path of an occupied subject vehicle where contact between the vehicles is anticipated to be minimal, and the potential for injuries is low. The intent of_________ is to prevent an avenue of escape by the safe placement of a police vehicle.
Blocking
This is not a use of force
A specific manner of intentional contact using a police vehicle against a fleeing vehicle during a pursuit to cause the fleeing vehicle to come to an abrupt stop, rendering it immobile.
Precision Intervention Technique (PIT)
The utilization of a police vehicle to intentionally hit another vehicle.
Ramming
A preplanned containment tactic restricted for use only by units in the SWAT Bureau and the Major Violator Section. It employs extremely low-speed and intentional vehicle contact with a subject’s vehicle. The purpose is to prevent a vehicle pursuit and render a vehicle immobile.
Vehicle Containment Technique (VCT)
