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non deadly force
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In a corrections environment, non-deadly force may be used against a person | who is passively resisting a lawful command that may affect the safety of members and inmates and/or to maintain or restore control and order in a correctional facility |
Non-deadly force may involve physical control | intermediate weapons and/or incapacitation techniques |
In order to protect the officer | or others |
an instrument or object that is not necessarily designed for such use or one with which the officer may | not have been trained or certified to use, may be used as long as it is used in accordance with the limitation on force contained within the RTR policies |
Officers may use deadly force when the officer reasonably believes | that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to themselves or another person |