6/002.01 USE OF FORCE PROCEDURE

Question 1

Levels of resistance are general categories of behavior or actions exhibited by a subject at the time of a police encounter:

Answer 1

• compliant
• obstructive
• assaultive
• life threatening

Question 2

_________ – a person contacted by an officer who acknowledges direction or lawful orders given and offers no resistance

Answer 2

Compliant

Question 3

1. Obstructive – the subject is uncooperative, not complying with an officer’s commands, or their physical actions are intended to prevent an officer from placing the subject in custody or under control; the subject’s actions are not directed at harming the officer or others.

Examples include:

1. Standing stationary and not moving upon lawful direction
2. Becoming “dead weight”
3. 4. 5.

Answer 3

c Holding onto a fixed object (e.g., utility pole or steering wheel) or locking arms with another during a protest

d. Walking or running away
e. Breaking the officer’s grip

Question 4

————- SUBJECT’S INTENT TO HARM ————–

1. Assaultive – the subject demonstrates the intent to harm the officer, others or themselves.

Examples include:

1. 2. 3.

Answer 4

1. A subject taking a fighting stance, punching, kicking, striking, or attacking with weapons
2. Other actions which present an imminent threat of physical harm
3. A subject fleeing while in control of weapon (e.g., firearm in a waistband)

Question 5

1. Life-Threatening – the subject’s actions are likely to result in death or substantial bodily injury to the officer or others.

Examples include:

1. 2.

Answer 5

1. The imminent use of a firearm, blunt, or bladed weapon
2. Extreme physical force

Question 6

Levels of control are broad categories of influence and force in escalating stages of intensity.they are:

Answer 6

• low level force
• intermediate force
• Deadly force

Question 7

1. Low Level Force – a level of control that balances against a subject who is ________ or __________, and is neither likely nor intended to cause injury. Examples are handcuffing a compliant arrestee or proning a subject out on a high-risk vehicle stop.

Answer 7

compliant

obstructive

Question 8

Low level control includes:

1. Officer presence
2. Verbal communication
3. Empty hand tactics (physical constraint, hand control [escorts], takedowns not likely to cause injury)
4. Handcuffs/Hobbles/DSD specialty restraints
5. )
6. 7. Stationary vehicle immobilization technique (pinching)

Answer 8

• Baton (as escort tool)
• Canine (on leash)

Question 9

1. Intermediate Force – a level of control that balances against a subject who is _________ and has the potential to cause injury or substantial pain.

Answer 9

assaultive

Question 10

Intermediate force

level of control includes:

1. Empty hand tactics (strikes, kicks)
2. DSD specialty restraint devices (restraint chair/bed)
3. Baton/Impact tools (jabs, strikes)
4. Oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray
5. Electronic control device (ECD)
6. 7. 8. 9.

Answer 10

• Low lethality shotgun (fired at a distance of seven [7] yards or greater)
• 40mm specialty impact weapon (fired at a distance of five [5] yards or greater)
• Canine (with bites)
• PIT (speeds 40 mph or below)

Question 11

1. Deadly Force – a degree of force which balances against a subject whose actions are __________ and likely to result in death or substantial bodily injury.

Answer 11

life-threatening

Question 12

deadly level of force includes:

1. Baton (striking head, neck, chest, spine, groin, or kidneys)
2. Low lethality shotgun (fired at a distance less than seven [7] yards)
3. 40mm specialty impact weapon (fired at a distance less than five [5] yards)
4. )

An officer will not use deadly force against a person based on the threat that the person poses solely to themselves.

Answer 12

• PIT (speeds more than 40 mph)
• Ramming
• Firearm use

Question 13

The four elements of deadly force are:

Answer 13

1. ability
2. opportunity
3. imminent jeoperdy
4. preclusion

Question 14

1. Ability – exists when a person has the ______ or capability to cause substantial bodily injury or death to an officer or others. Ability may include the subject’s size, age, strength, combative skill, level of aggression, and any weapons in their immediate control.

Answer 14

means

Question 15

1. Opportunity – exists when a person is in a _______ to effectively resist an officer’s control or to use force or violence upon the officer or others. Examples which may affect opportunity include:
   
   1. Relative distance to the officer or others.
   2. Physical barriers between the subject and the officer.

Answer 15

position

Question 16

1. Imminent Jeopardy – based upon the known facts and circumstances, the officer reasonably believes the subject poses an ________ threat to the life of an officer or others, and the officer must act immediately to prevent death or substantial bodily injury

Answer 16

imminent

Question 17

Preclusion – lesser alternatives have been reasonably considered and exhausted before the use of deadly force, to include __________.

Answer 17

disengagement