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Question | Answer |
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Non-deadly Force | Force which is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm |
Deadly Force | Force which is intended to, or likely to, cause death or great bodily harm |
Probable Cause Exists where the facts and circumstances within the officers' knowledge are sufficient to warrant a reasonable officer to believe | that an offense has been or is being committed by a particular individual or individuals |
Reasonable Belief: Exists where the facts or circumstances the officer knows or believes | to exist are such as to cause an ordinary and prudent person to act or think in a similar way under similar circumstances |
Great Bodily Harm: Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death; causes serious, permanent disfigurement; or results in the long-term loss | or impairment of the functioning of any bodily member or organ |
Passive Resistance | A subject refuses to comply or respond |
He does not make an attempt physically to defeat the actions of the officer | but forces the officer to employ physical maneuvers to establish control |
A subject may be involved | in a demonstration |
The subject ignores an officer's requests to move | , and the officer must use physical strength to move the subject |
Active Physical Resistance | A subject makes physically evasive movements to defeat an officer's attempt at control |
Active physical resistance (taken in the totality of the situation) may be demonstrated by one or more of the following acts by the person subject to being taken into custody | Circling the officer |
1 | Forming a fist |
2 | Verbalization of aggressive intent |
Becoming increasingly more animated/exaggerated in his movement and/or | increasing his muscular tension (e.g., jaw clenches, neck muscles tighten, etc |
"Blading" the body and/or moving their feet | into a balanced or fighting stance |
Failure to obey verbal commands | is not considered active physical resistance |
There are six classifications of physical control | Restraint Devices - Mechanical tools used to restrict a subject's movement and facilitate searching, such as handcuffs, flex cuffs, leg irons |
Transporters | Techniques used to control and/or move a subject from one location to another |
. Pain Compliance | Hand-held aerosol chemical munitions (Defense Technology MK-3) or techniques that force a subject to comply with an officer as a result of the officer deploying the chemical munitions or inflicting controlled pain upon specific points on the subject's bod |
Conducted Electrical Weapon | CEW |
(TASERĀ®) | Weapons designed to disrupt a subject's motor and sensory nervous systems |
Takedowns - Techniques that redirect a subject to the ground in a controlled manner | in order to limit his physical resistance and to facilitate the application of a restraint device |
. Counter Moves - Techniques that impede a subject's movement toward an officer | or other individual, such as blocking, striking, distracting, kicking, dodging, weaving, redirecting |
Intermediate Weapons: Weapons that are primarily used to | control a subject, such as a baton or specialty impact weapons |
There are six classifications | Restraints devices |
Transporter | Pain compliance |
Conducted electrical weapon | Takedown |
Counter moves | Intermediate weapons |