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    allowed to carry any lethal weapons. There are various options in preventing these murdering without jeopardizing the safety of police officers. Police officers should only be allowed to carry non lethal weapons in order to optimize the safety of the people. Police officers have been a major problem with contributing to the increasing number of murders in the United States. By eliminating the catalyst to all these murders: lethal weapons or guns, not only will there be less deaths but the people

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    respects human life. Officers have the authority to use force only to protect the public. Use of deadly force is only authorized in life and death situations. 1. Definitions: 1. Deadly force: force that is intended to cause bodily harm or death. 2. Less lethal force: Any force not considered deadly force. 2. Reporting uses of Force: 1. “Use of Force” box must be checked on the incident report.

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    and the alternatives to deadly force. Necessity of deadly force will include laws that have been passed by the United States Supreme Court, training methods and policies of Federal, State and Local agencies Alternatives to deadly force are less-lethal weapons that are used by law enforcement today, TASERS, pepper spray, bean bag guns and batons. Does deadly force need to be used against violent suspects? Federal Law Under federal law if a suspect poses a threat to a law enforcement officer or

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    Muhamad Indrawan Yudha Prawira 669710252 Police Robots with Lethal Weapons, between Ethic and Dilemma Protecting people's safety in the United States is the main duty of Police Department. They use many ways to deal with it. One of the controversial issue in the police department is equipping the robot with lethal weapons. Many people contrast with the idea since they think it will remove the human element from policing. However, there are a lot of people also support the idea. Police Department

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    die deliberately places an officer in a life-threatening situation, causing the officer to use deadly force against that person” (6-3c). This term demonstrates where an individual may exhibit threatening behavior to force officers to respond with lethal force. Suicide by cop situations pose significant challenges for law enforcement officers who must make split-second decisions in high-pressure situations while protecting themselves and those around them. As for how to avoid situations like this

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    necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The question at hand is the proper definition of a “well-regulated militia” and should there be restrictions on the obtainment of lethal weapons. Ever since the year of 1960, gun violence has increased, costing an average of 30,000 deaths in the United States (Gun Violence is a Serious Problem). This astronomical amount of unnecessary deaths will continue to rise if nothing is done to

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    close quarters battlefield abroad. It also teaches police officers how to decide if lethal force is justified and how to prevent situations from escalating from a peaceful altercation to a deadly fight. The Tueller Drill is taught to upcoming police officers and can be more effectively taught to prevent both officer and subject injury. The Tueller Drill was designed by Dennis Tueller to help govern the use of lethal force and prevent unnecessary injury to police officers. It has been given the title

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    officer has many weapons and tools they can use to get a situation under control. The most common weapons a officer could use include their gun, taser, baton, and mace. Out of these weapons, one of the most controversial weapons is the taser. The taser has become one of the most beneficial items law enforcement has to offer due to many reasons. However, there are still few questions that need to be answered to some who are skeptical of the taser. The taser is a less than leathal weapon where it will

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    They must take the continuum one step at a time. One officer, in the appropriate situation, may jump steps and end up on the bottom of the continuum. The steps start out as officer presence, verbalization, and empty-hand control. Then the less-lethal methods and lethal force. Officer presence is the ideal force to use in a situation to get it resolved. This step in the continuum uses no force at all. The existence of the police officer being there usually works to prevent crime from happening or continuing

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    presence, and continues all the way to the extreme which is lethal force (The Use of Force Continuum). The lowest

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