CEW Flashcards
In ________ the Ministry of the Solicitor General (the Ministry) approved the use of Conducted Energy Weapons (CEWs) for tactical units, hostage rescue teams, preliminary perimeter control containment teams and qualified front–line supervisors.
Furthermore, in _________, the Ministry announced that it would change the guidelines surrounding the use of CEWs, and in November of that year the Ministry issued the revised guidelines
Feb 2004
August 2013
The hand held CEW when applied directly, is specifically designed to gain control of a subject who is _____________ as defined by the Criminal Code (CC).
assaultive
The hand held CEW when applied directly, is specifically designed to gain control of a subject who is _____________ as defined by the Criminal Code (CC).
assaultive
The CEW is designed as a less–lethal weapon and is a __________________ within the Ontario Use of Force Model
legitimate force option
When CEW contact is made with a subject in Full Deployment, it delivers ___________________, which is designed to result in involuntary muscle spasms and loss of motor control
a metered and pulsed electrical current
Supervision
Supervisory Officer attendance mandatory when a CEW has been used in Drive Stun Mode or Full Development
Supervisory Officer notification mandatory when a CEW has been used in Demonstrated Force Presence, Drive Stun Mode or in Full Deployment
Communications Operator notification mandatory when a CEW has been used in Demonstrated Force Presence, Drive Stun Mode, or in Full Deployment
Officers who are authorized by law to use force are criminally responsible for any excess thereof according to the _____________ of the act that constitutes the excess.
nature and quality
The device, therefore, when applied directly, is used strictly to gain control of a subject who is at risk of causing harm, NOT to secure compliance of a subject who is __________
merely resistant
Full Deployment or Drive Stun Mode use should be considered an appropriate force option in relation to the Use of Force Model, beginning at subject behavior considered “__________”.
assaultive
The CEW has a built–in weapon management system to prevent _______ and protect officers from ____________ through documentation of usage.
misuse/abuse
unfounded allegations
Police officers may use a CEW as a force option
to prevent themselves from being __________ when violently attacked
to prevent a prisoner being taken from ______________
to disarm an apparently dangerous person armed with an _______________
to control a _________________ when other use of force options are not viable
for any other lawful and justifiable purpose
overpowered
police custody
offensive weapon
potentially violent situation
Police officers shall NOT use a CEW in Drive Stun Mode or Full Deployment on a subject who is
operating a motor vehicle, bicycle or other conveyance, except as a last measure to protect life
subdued and under control
known to have been in contact with flammable liquids, or in a flammable atmosphere (e.g. natural gas leak, drug lab), except as a last measure to protect life, or
in a precarious position or location where a fall will likely cause serious injury or death, except as a last measure to protect life in handcuffs
Note
Use of Force report and TPS 584 shall be completed prior to the TOP for:
- Any type of deployment of the CEW
- Accidental and negligent discharges
EXCEPT WHEN ENGAGED IN APPROVED TRAINING
PRS Shall be notified and commence an immediate investigation of any incident involving the use of a CEW on a person who was handcuffed.
When personally issued with a CEW shall store the CEW with the safety switch on ‘_____, with the cartridges _______, in the assigned firearm storage locker along with all of the cartridges
safe
removed
