Use Force Flashcards
Six Components of Handcuffing
-Immobilize
-Control
-Handcuff
-Search
-Monitor
Transport
Canton v. Harris—“failure to train”
officers failed to request EMS for a mentally ill woman
Graham v. Connor—”the reasonable man doctrine”
the reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of reasonable officer on scene—NOT 20/20 hindsight, but based on facts in that exact moment
-its calculus must embody an allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split second decisions about the amount of force necessary in a particular situation that is tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving
Tennessee v. Garner—“fleeing felon case”
the use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable—better to escape than be dead
Force:
The amount of physical effort, however slight, required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling individual.
Non-Deadly Force:
Any use of force other than that which is considered deadly force that involves physical effort to control, restrain, or overcome the resistance of another.
Deadly Force:
Physical force that can reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical injury.
Cooperative Controls:
verbal communication and officer presence.
Contact Controls:
touch techniques (carrying and guiding), initial light physical tactics not designed to produce compliance.
Compliance Techniques:
pepper spray, control and restraint techniques (arm/joint locks, pressure points, distracter techniques, etc.).
Defensive Tactics:
physical techniques (use of body weapons i.e., fists, elbows, knees), baton strikes, less- lethal weaponry •
Lethal Force:
firearm or ANY ‘tool of immediate means’ necessary to save life.
Compliant:
fully cooperative.
Passive Resistant:
no strength or muscle resist.
Active Resistance:
uses strength or muscle to resist control.
Assaultive Bodily Harm:
attempting to harm the officer or another.
Assaultive Serious Bodily Harm/Deadly force:
attempting to kill or do serious bodily harm to the officer or another.
Strategic:
aware of surroundings; baseline safety precautions.
Tactical:
heightened sense of facts; some enforcement interaction is occurring or about to start.
Volatile:
the seriousness of the situation is increasing and so is the potential for the situation to develop into possible harm to the officer or others; reasonable control needs to be gained.
Harmful:
physical harm to the officer or others can, will, or is occur/occurring.
Lethal:
death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another will or is occur/occurring.
