Use Of Force Scenarios

Use of force is the effort used by a police officer to force compliance of a suspect who is not willing to submit. The basic presumption is that police officers should not use force that is more than necessary to make an arrest or protect themselves and the public from danger. There a several factor to take into consideration in determining if the use of force is necessary. Some of these factors are the location of the encounter and the mental capabilities of the subject. Although there is an established guidelines for officers to determine whether it is necessary to use force and the amount that is appropriate, there are situations

On April 7,2018, I was assigned the duties as Field Training Deputy. At approximately 0420, Arrestee Hedman, Roy (#1749220) was refusing to follow any orders given to him by Deputies when he entered the Intake Area. While in Holding Cell B116, Arrestee Hedman attempted to kick Deputy Holliday twice. I took control of Arrestee Hedman's legs to prevent him from kicking any staff members. While attempting to remove Arrestee Hedman's pants, Inmate Hedman attempted to stand up twice on the bench. Inmate Hedman refused to comply with any commands being given to him. I then took control of Arrestee Hedman's right leg and assisted him to the floor. I then took control again of both of Arrestee Hedman's legs. I removed Arrestee Hedman's pants, underwear,

What is non-lethal force? Many scholars have defined it in various ways. For the purposes of this essay, use of force is defined as “acts that threaten or inflict physical harm on citizens, which includes forms of both verbal and physical force” (Terrill, 2005). There has been much debate as to whether or verbal commands should be deemed as force or not. Klinger (2005) found that verbal commands is the force that is most employed by police officers. These varying interpretations of what force is has an impact on the measurements that are used when researchers try to figure out how often non-lethal force is used when encountering a suspect. (Terrill, 2014).

Even if the case involves people getting seriously injured and even killed by the officer. An officer had a man and a woman come out into a hallway to search for someone pointing a rifle out a window “Brailsford later told investigators that Shaver became uncooperative, made a "furtive movement" toward the waistband of his shorts, and that he feared Shaver was attempting to retrieve a gun. Brailsford shot Shaver five times” (Washington Post). The cop told the investigators his explanation of the events. “But Shaver was unarmed when shot, and the woman told a story that was different from the officer's. She said that seconds before being shot, Shaver was crawling toward officers, crying and saying, "Please don't shoot me.” Prosecutors said video from Shaver's body camera supported the woman's version of events. "Shaver was audibly sobbing as he crawled" toward officers, a police report said, adding that Shaver said, "No, please don't shoot me” (Washington Post). The woman had told a different story than what the officer had told and there was evidence to show whose statement was correct. The officer told a false statement and shot a unarmed

The facts in our case show that when our client exited the vehicle he was not holding the weapon in a manner that was threatening to the officer. When the officer grabbed our client’s hand he did not resist the officer or cause a struggle. Our client did not say anything that would intend danger toward the officer. Instead, he complied with the officer and released the weapon on the hood of the car as instructed. These facts show that our client was not intending to cause harm or instill fear into the officer. Our client sought to comply with the officer and his commands so that the officer would feel

The use of force continuum is basically a stair step of levels of force an officer can use to defend themselves and/or effect an arrest. The use of force continuum starts with the level of force known as officer presence. An example of this is when an officer arrives on scene, and his or her mere presence causes the subject or subjects to comply. If an officer arrives at a bar fight and the subjects are actively fighting until they observe the officer then the use of force level was successful. The next level in the use of force continuum is verbal commands. Police officers will generally combine

The use of force is inevitable in police work. In many situations the lives of o cers or civilians can be taken by not using force when necessary or using it improperly. Many factors come into play when an o cer decides to use force. ese include: is the use of force justi ed, has the o cer been properly trained to use force, and will the department be held liable if the force is used improperly?

In terms of police work, the use of force is an inevitable measure. According to the National Institute of Justice, “Law enforcement officers should use only the amount of force necessary to mitigate an incident, make an arrest, or protect themselves or others from harm.” There are also many factors that need to be taken into consideration, these include: whether or not the amount of force is justified, whether or not this officer has been properly trained, whether or not the department will be held criminally liable for the use of force, and so on.

This use of force matrix utilizes a graded approach whereas an officer will use only the force necessary to exercise and arrest. Law enforcement officers may use that amount of force necessary to effect the lawful purpose intended, provided that no reasonably effective alternative to the use of force appears to exist at the time the force is used. The privilege to use force is not limited to the amount of force necessary to protect themselves or others, but extends to that amount reasonably necessary to enable officers to effect the arrest or otherwise neutralize the resistance of a subject. If a suspect refuses to be arrested the officer will have to utilize a higher level of force dependent upon the suspects actions. For example, if a suspect is resisting arrest, the officer may use a taser or other force methods to arrest the individual. An officer cannot simple resort to higher levels of force without proper justification. Officers must utilize only the force which is necessary and justified. There are times when an armed suspect may prompt an officer to use the highest level of force, deadly force, if he feels him or another person’s life is in jeopardy. The result of not going utilizing his weapon on this use of force scenario could mean death to the officer or the public.

at 25). Under a minute after the first Taser use, the Taser was used again while Mr. Paul was “noncompliant” with his arrest, allowing Officer Dennehey to struggle with him to get his wrist in the handcuffs (R. at 16 and 24). Officer Dennehey warned Mr. Paul, repeatedly telling him before handcuffing him, “Don’t move!” (R. 16). Mr. Paul says he “blurted out… ‘I can’t do this!’” and was heard shouting “to the two passengers still in the vehicle, ‘…Someone get her away from me!’” (R. at 16). The driver claimed he yelled at Office Dennehey, “Watch his shoulder,” but, at the time, he admits his sisters were “still crying and yelling” along with shrieking. (R. at 11). There were as many as four people at the scene yelling at Officer Dennehey all at once, including Mr. Paul himself, as she tried to arrest him. (R. at 11 and 16). Despite this, Mr. Paul admitted that, at that moment, nobody had expressed to the officer any excuse or reason as to why he was not complying with Officer Dennehey during handcuffing. (R. at 5 and

A short time later Officer Parker #52 and Officer Stirrat #50 arrived at my location. After both officers arrived I took the handcuffs off of Duffy. I informed Duffy that I was investigating a person shooting a firearm. Duffy then made the

In order to find relevant information on the subject, parameters were set up to help identify the most pertinent and useful information. The articles used in this review needed to be current (published within the last 20 years). The articles moreover needed to include a suitable designed study and/or a suitable designed literature review in relevance to excessive force and the abuse of police authority. The reviewed literature included a thorough evaluation from an analysis of secondary data consisting of information gathered from criminal justice peer reviewed journal articles of when excessive force occurs the most and how force can be determined by organizational, individual and situational factors. Past law enforcement studies have

The current use of force continuum that many deploy can actually confuse some officers; this use of force continuum adheres to the one plus one theory. This states that officers may use force equal to the level of resistance being met or they may go up one level if they can articulate that they either tried the equal level, which failed, or we know the equal level would be ineffective. Below is the current model that many departments follow:

“The Use of Force” is one of William Carlos William’s short stories. There’s a common thing in his short stories – describes the story’s setting and events by using what people are familiar in the ordinary life. For example, “The Use of Force” is mainly about the power of “mandatory” that the doctor uses during the process when he is trying to examine the sick girl for her health condition. After the doctor and both her parents’ persuasion fail, under the power of “mandatory”, the doctor eventually understands the condition of the little girl. In order to protect Mathilda herself and other children, the doctor had to make sure whether she had diphtheria or not, so that he could treat her in time, since two children already die in her school.

Every day we hear about police brutality but are they really using excessive force? The use of force is generally separated into the two categories, deadly force and non-deadly force, though many departmental policies restrict the use of deadly force. Generally there are things that an officer needs to consider in using force while making an arrest though it would hard to think about those things in some situations. The use of force continuum is still taught at police academies so police and security officers can use it based on their particular situations (McGoey). The force continuum is usually either split up into five levels.