DIRECTIVE 10.2 Flashcards
- What is primary duty of all police officers
- What amount of force should always be used by a police officer
- What kind of force will not be tolerated.
- Officers should execercise what.
- To preserve human life
- Only the amount of force necessary to protect life or to effect an arrest should be used.
- Excessive force
- All safe and reasonable means of control and containment , using only the minimal amount of force necessary to overcome resistance.
USE OF MODERATE LIMITED FORCE
10.2.
- What department issued equipment are officers prohibited from carrying off duty, as an alternate weapon. 2
- The electronic capication device.
2. OC spray.
- What alone does not justify the use of deadly force. 2
2. When deciding if an officers deadly force was justified, what term does the US Supreme Court use
- Resisting arrest or flight alone.
2. Objectively Reasonable.
- What does Objectively Reasonable mean.
- It is a fourth amendment standard whereby an officers belief that they must protect themselves or others from death or serious bodily injury is compared and weighed against what a reasonable or rational officer would have believed under similar circumstances.
This determination is made by reviewing all relevant facts and circumstances to each particular case.
- What are the three relevant factors the US Supreme Court uses when evaluating objectively reasonable ground for an officers use of deadly force.
- The severity of the crime at issue
- Whether the suspects poses an immediate threat to safety of the officers or others.
- Whether the suspect is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.
- Since the three factors listed by the us Supreme Court are not all inclusive, what else is critical in deciding.
- The TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES that led an officer to believe force was needed.
- What are some other factors when deciding on an officers decision to use deadly force.
- If the individual is violent
- The possibility that the individual is armed,
- The number of persons with whom an officer must contend at the time.
- What is NOT a factor when deciding the totality of the circumstances.
- INDIVIDUAL FACTORS alone
- What is resistance.
2. What are the two types of resistance.
- An act by an individual that opposes an officers lawful commands.
- Active resistance and passive resistance.
- What is active resistance
- The use of physical force to defy an officers lawful arrest or attempt to gain control of the situation that requires police action.
- What is passive resistance
- Defying an officers lawful order without the use of physical force. Behavior may include not moving, going limp, locking arms or tightening of the body.
- What is serious bodily injury
- Bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death, causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ
- What is the GOAL of the use of force
2. What happens in the event that force becomes unavoidable.
- To always attempt to de escalate and use sound tactics in any situation where force may become necessary.
- Use only the minimal amount of force necessary to overcome an immediate threat or to effectuate an arrest.
- What does the amount of force, the continued use of any force, and the type of police equipment utilized all depend on.
- The situation being faced by the officer
- Once the threat has been overcome or the subject is secured in custody, what is the officers responsibility
- To de escalate and immediately address any injuries that a suspect may have sustained.
- What is the primary factor in choosing a force option
- The suspects behavior
- What are the four stages of the escalation of the force continuum
- No force
- Moderate / limited force
- Less lethal force
- Deadly force.
When STAGE 1 no force is being used:
1. The officers options are : 2. The offender threat is:
- Verbal commands, officer presence
2. Obedient, compliant, non aggressive
When STAGE 2moderate / limited force is being used.
1. Officer options: 2. Offender threat:
- Physical control holds, OC spray
2. Resisting arrest and non compliant.
When STAGE 3 less lethal force is being used.
1. Officer options: 2. Offender threat.
- Electronic control weapon, asp, baton.
2. Physically aggressive or assaultive behavior with immediate likelihood of injury to self or others.
When STAGE 4 deadly force is being used.
1. Officer options: 2. Offender threat behavior:
- FIREARM
2. Objectively reasonable belief that there is an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury.
- what is the use of force DE EScalation levels
- Deadly force
- Less lethal force
- Moderately / limited force
- No force.
- In the following example what force should be used.The offender is compliant non aggressive and responds to verbal commands. Officers may need to handcuff such offenders.
- NO FORCE.