USE OF FORCE Flashcards
Primary Police Objective ( To Estab… Con… )
To Establish control
Police use of force ( Defe…. in na…. )
Is defensive in nature
Reasonable and necessary force ( Mi…. amou…. of law…. aggres…. fo….ness….to ac…. a legini….. law enfor……. obje….)
Min amount of lawful aggressive force necessary to achieve a legitimate law enforcement objective.
Seizure ( A govenr…… termi….. of a perso…. free…. of move….. thro… means of inten…… ap…. )
A govermental termination of a persons freedom of movement through means intentionally applied.
Threat of force justification
When the use of force is justified
What percentage of officers duties involve verbal skills?
97%
Define serious bodily injury
Force that is defines as force that is intended or known by the actor that is intended or known by the actor to cause or in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death.
Avaibility of alternatives
Factor courts use to determine if unreasonable force was used in a case.
The communication process include
Words, Touch and body language
What percentage of police officer contact involve physical force
%3
In a physical arrest, what is the role of the peace officer.
( Defensive ) Control,Volentary and complience
The supreme court said force must be viewed by the 4th amendment objective resonablesess standard
In fact they said all claims that enforcement used excessive force,deadly enforcement in the course of an arrest investigatory stop or other seizure of a free citizen should be analyzed under the 4th amendment
What are two major court cases of the 4th Amendment?
Graham VS Conor Established objective reasonableness standard. Tennesse VS Garner Feeing felon rule.
Five questions about Graham VS Conor
1 Suspect poses on immediate threat to the officers or others #2 Was suspect actively resisting ? #3 Was the situation tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving? #4 Severity of the crime #5 Attempting to evade seizure by flight
What did the court state about reasonableness of a particular use of force?
A use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene rather than using 20/20 hindsight.