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deployment situational
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The CEW deployment/use must be consistent with applicable | federal and/or state laws and agency orders dealing with response to resistance |
| Agency members shall not use CEW's when such use would violate applicable | federal and/or state laws or JSO policies and is not consistent with an officer's training |
| Officers may utilize a CEW in the following ways | CEW Displayed - The CEW is withdrawn from the holster and visible to the suspect/inmate |
| The suspect/inmate complies | without further use of the CEW |
| No RTR Report is required | but should be articulated in the narrative and appropriately checked on COPS-MORE reports |
| CEW Laser painted (red dot compliance | The CEW is armed, and the laser is activated and pointed in the direction of the suspect |
| In response to the laser painting | the suspect complies without further use of the CEW |
| No RTR Report is required, but should be articulated | in narrative and appropriately checked on COPS-MORE reports |
| CEW Deployed: - The CEW probes contact the suspect's/inmate's body or clothing and/or a touch stun is used to attempt to gain compliance | and/or control of the suspect/inmate that is resisting |
| The two deployment modes are | Probe Deployment or Probe Mode; or Touch Stun or Drive Stun Mode |
| The CEW, in probe deployment mode, provides a response to resistance option | which aids officers in maintaining distance from perceived threats and provides a means for responding to resistance from individuals being taken into custody |
| The use of CEW's in either mode may also prevent officers and subject injuries | caused by subject resistance or non-compliance |
| Using CEW may reduce the need for other types | of physical force by the agency members which could foreseeably result in potentially more serious or deadly injuries to the subject, agency members, and/or others |
| Other factors to consider when deploying the CEW (Probe Deployment) include | Potential for Injury |
| Subject Warning | of CEW Application |
| Notification | of CEW Imminent Use |
| CEW | Target |
| CEW | Distance |
| Other factors to consider when deploying the CEW (Probe Deployment) include | Potential for Injury - CEW's are non-deadly capture devices. However, CEW s, just like any response to resistance tool or technique, can foreseeably create physical and/or muscle stress |
| Subject Warning of CEW Application - Where the totality of reasonably perceived (to the officers) circumstances permits officers to give a warning of the imminent application | of CEW's in an attempt to cause the subject to comply with officers' lawful orders |
| Notification of CEW Imminent Use - Notifying Other On-Scene Officers | The CEW deploying officers may reasonably notify any on-scene, assisting officers that they intend to deploy a CEW. Prior to deploying CEW's the deploying officers should consider announcing, if reasonably safe and feasible, "TASER! TASER! TASER!" |
| CEW Target - Because of the larger muscle groups, the preferred target zone | is on the back beginning just below the neck and extending all the way down the legs When targeting the front, aim for the lower torso; this increases the dart to heart safety margin |
| CEW Distance - The CEW in probe deployment mode has a normal effective range of 19 feet with a 21 | foot cartridge and 21 feet with a 25 foot cartridge, however optimal range is seven-ten feet from the tip of the CEW cartridge |
| The application of a CEW causes physical exertion, and each successive CEW applications/discharges | will likely continue to cause physical exertion |
| If officers discharge a CEW several times, the officers need to be aware of | , and monitor, the subject's condition for signs of severe physical distress |