6/002.02 AUTHORIZED FORCE TOOLS

Question 1

__________ 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.

Answer 1

Chokeholds

Question 2

Officers will not use a baton, ECD, or projectile weapon on a visibly or known pregnant woman unless the subject displays _________ resistance.

Answer 2

life-threatening

Question 3

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 life-threatening resistance. This is particularly important when utilizing the ECD.

Answer 3

elevated position

Question 4

Officers will not use physical force solely to stop a person from ____________ a substance that is in their mouth or to retrieve evidence from a person’s mouth

Answer 4

swallowing

Question 5

Handcuffing is approved for:

1. During investigative detentions 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
2. Suicidal persons
3. 4. 5.

Answer 5

• During a search warrant service, as is reasonably necessary, to safely execute the warrant
• Persons being transported to detoxification facilities
• By officers moving in-custody subjects

Question 6

Proned handcuffed subjects will be immediately placed in a recovery or seated position once safe to do so. Continued pressure applied by an officer’s ____________will not be used on a proned handcuffed subject’s back, neck, or head.

Answer 6

body weight

Question 7

OC spray disaproved and additional considerations are:

1. OC spray will only be used as an aerosol stream.
2. OC spray will not be used on a handcuffed subject unless the subject is displaying assaultive resistance.
3. OC spray should not be used on a driver of a vehicle or inside a patrol vehicle.
4. OC spray is not intended to force extraction from an enclosed area unless utilized in a detention facility.
5. 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 devastator (high capacity OC spray) has on subjects in the vicinity.
   6.

Answer 7

• In a protest or demonstration situation, OC spray may only be used when authorized by an incident commander in response to imminent threat of harm

Question 8

the 3 ECD applications are:

1. Spark Display – a non-contact demonstration of the ECD’s ability to discharge electricity.
2. Touch Stun – 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 a Touch Stun application is discouraged unless used to complete neuro-muscular incapacitation by closing a circuit when probes have already been deployed.
   2.

Answer 8

• Probe Mode – 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.

Question 9

ECD disaproved use:

1. The ECD will be handled in the same manner as a firearm and will be secured before entering any detention facility except Clark County Detention Center (CCDC).
2. The intentional use of more than one (1) ECD simultaneously on the same subject is prohibited.
3. The ECD will not be used:
4. On a handcuffed person.
5. When the officer knows a subject has come in contact with flammable liquids or substances.
6. 4.

Answer 9

• On a fleeing subject (without other known factors). Mere flight from an officer cannot be the sole justification for use of the ECD.
• On persons with known heart conditions.

Question 10

blocking

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 blocking is to prevent an avenue of escape by the safe placement of a police vehicle. Blocking is _______________

Answer 10

not a use of force.

Question 11

Tactical Considerations:

Officers will consider the safety of the public and subjects before utilizing PIT, the stationary vehicle immobilization technique (pinching), or ramming.

1. Environmental factors:
2. Areas with pedestrians
3. Other vehicle traffic
4. Parked vehicles
5. Telephone/utility poles
6. Bridges/overpasses
7. Areas adjacent to paved roads with a significant elevation change
8. Significant curves in the roadway
9. Subject factors:
10. Severity of the crime
11. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Answer 11

1. Severity of the crime
2. Number of subjects
3. Subjects known to have access to firearms
4. Potential of the subject to use the vehicle as a weapon
5. Potential of creating a crossfire situation
6. Size/weight of the subject’s vehicle compared to the police vehicle

Question 12

1. Any contact that causes damage or a collision between a Department vehicle and another vehicle will also be reported as a traffic incident on a Vehicle Incident Report (LVMPD ____).
2. The stationary vehicle immobilization technique (pinching) and ramming require a Use of Force Report.
3. PIT (successful uses or attempts) requires a Use of Force Report and a Pursuit Report.

Answer 12

Vehicle Incident Report LVMPD42

Question 13

When time permits, _______ officers will be present for the deployment of a projectile weapon; this is the most effective and best practice in utilizing a low lethality shotgun or 40mm specialty impact weapon.

In exigent circumstances, a single officer can deploy and use a projectile weapon; however, the officer will apply sound tactics to mitigate risk and will maintain a readiness to transition to their firearm

Answer 13

two (2) officers

Question 14

Projectile weapons should only be used against persons who are

• armed,
• have access to a weapon, or
• pose an imminent threat to the safety of the officers or others.

Examples of these circumstances are

Answer 14

• an edged weapon,
• club,
• pipe,
• bottle, or
• a brick.

Question 15

1. Projectile weapons may be used against persons who are holding a firearm if it can be utilized to de-escalate and intervene with a potential deadly force situation; however, the following conditions must be met:
   * *

Answer 15

• A minimum of two (2) officers are present, one (1) officer acting as lethal coverage.
• Officers have considered the use of available cover/concealment

Question 16

1. Disapproved Use for Projectile Weapons:
2. In a civil unrest situation unless authorized by an _________________________. Each application must target a specific individual who presents an imminent threat, and it must be reasonably assured that other individuals in the crowd who pose no threat will not be struck by the munitions.
3. Will not be used as a breeching tool.

Answer 16

incident commander or above

Question 17

Approved Use for Handgun/Shotgun/Rifle:

1. Officers are authorized to fire their weapons:
   
   1. To protect themselves or others from what is reasonably believed to be an imminent threat of death or substantial bodily injury.

and

Answer 17

To prevent the escape of a fleeing felon who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed a violent felony crime and is an imminent threat to human life if escape should occur (NRS 171.1455).

Question 18

Officers will use sound tactics and will not place themselves into the path of a moving vehicle or remain standing in the path of a vehicle that is under control of a driver. An officer threatened by an oncoming vehicle will make every effort to move out of the way.

Officers will not discharge their firearm at a moving vehicle unless:

Officers will not discharge a firearm from their moving (Department) vehicle unless a person is an imminent deadly threat to officers or others (such a discharge must be limited to the most extreme circumstances).

Answer 18

1. A person in the vehicle is an imminent deadly threat to officers or others by means other than the vehicle (such as an occupant firing a handgun at an officer).
2. The driver is using the vehicle as a weapon to inflict mass causalities (such as a truck driving through a crowd).

Question 19

1. An officer may deploy a rifle based on any of the following:
2. There is a potential for deadly force or the subject is armed with a deadly weapon.
3. Distance and the use of cover are considerations due to the suspect’s location.
4. 4.

Answer 19

• The suspect is barricaded.
• The deployment has been pre-approved (e.g., Airport Bureau or officers assigned to a special event).