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deployment parameters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When it is necessary to gain control of an arrestee or inmate/prisone | voluntary compliance by the arrestee or inmate/prisoner is the optimal desired outcome |
| When feasible, officers deploying a CEW against a subject should have backup officers | attempt to restrain the subject while they are under power on the initial deployment |
| If the subject of a CEW application continues fighting, actively resisting | threatening or continues to actively resist officers' actions, the officers may reapply (discharge) the CEW |
| If an officer is alone and submission/compliance cannot be achieved through a minimal number of activation cycles | the officer shall attempt to secure the non-compliant person using an escalation of force that is consistent with federal and/or state laws, JSO policy |
| Officers will use a CEW the least number of application cycles | and for the shortest duration of time necessary to end the resistance and gain compliance from a person |
| Once the subject of the CEW application is restrained | and/or controlled, the CEW is to be turned off |
| Repeated, prolonged, and/or continuous exposure(s) to the CEW energy discharge may cause strong muscle contractions | which may impair breathing and respiration, particularly when the probes are placed across the chest or diaphragm |
| Touch-Stun Mode - The use of a CEW in "touch-stun" mode | will not reliably or foreseeably incapacitate the subject |
| Therefore, when a CEW is used in touch-stun mode | it will only cause discomfort |
| Officers will not use CEW's in touch-stun mode if the officer reasonably believes that discomfort | will not cause the subject to be compliant with the officer. (e.g., on a drug induced highly pain resistant subject |
| The CEW shall not be used in the Touch-Stun Mode | Punitively |
| As a prod | or escort device |
| To force a passive resistant inmate | into the Pro-Straint chair |
| To rouse unconscious, impaired, | or intoxicated individuals |
| In any | unprofessional manner |
| To experiment on a person or allow a person to experience the | CEW, even if the person requests it, when use of the CEW would not otherwise be allowed by this policy |
| Not apply to voluntary CEW training exposures or CEW | demonstrations as authorized by the Agency |
| For illegal | purposes of coercion |