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definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |