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Use of Force Options
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Legal Authority for Use of Force | Penal Code Chapter 9, and CCP Chapter 2 |
| Level of Force must be | Reasonable and Necessary |
| Constructive Custody | Maintaining control of a person through means other than physical force, ie coercion, threats, etc |
| Deadly force | Force that causes, or is able to cause serious bodily injury/death |
| Force defined | Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action. Strength directed to an end |
| Justification of use of force does not prevent . . . | civil lawsuits |
| A person in protection of self, personal property has. . . | no duty to retreat |
| In order to use deadly force it must be | Immediately necessary Desirability of avoiding harm outweighs the harm There is no law excluding the justification |
| Force can be used in protection of . . . | Self and own property Others and (if requested) their property |
| You can not use force to defend yourself if . . . | You provoked the force and didn't withdraw from the conflict |
| Devices used to protect property can not . . . | Cause SBI or Death, must be non-lethal, dogs are OK |
| Custody is when | person is under arrest by a peace officer |
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