Use of Force

Question 1

Weapons meeting department specifications for which officers receive proficiency and safety training.

Answer 1

Approved Weapons

Question 2

An Officer’s actions to slow down, stabilize, and resolve an incident as safely as possible by reducing danger through the use of verbal persuasion, tactics, resources, and transitioning through force options.

Answer 2

De-Escalation

Question 3

The movement, progression, or reduction from the application of one force type to another.

Answer 3

Force Transitions

Question 4

An impending violent act, harm, or resistance that will likely occur if not instantly confronted or addressed.

Answer 4

Imminent Threat

Question 5

Broad categories of force options in escalating stages of intensity that are identified as low-level force, intermediate forces and deadly force.

Answer 5

Levels of Control

Question 6

An objective standard of force viewed from perspective of a reasonable Officer, without the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, and based on the totality of circumstances presented at the moment the force is used.

Answer 6

Objectively Reasonable

Question 7

The placement of a subject’s body in a manner that does not restrict breathing or obstruct the airway, i.e., on their side or upright.

Answer 7

Recovery Position

Question 8

An injury that creates a substantial risk of death, causes serious permanent disfigurement, or results in a prolonged loss or impairment of the functioning of any body part.

Answer 8

Substantial Bodily Injury

Question 9

It is the policy of this department that Officers hold the highest regard for the _____ and _____ of all persons and place _____ reliance upon the use of force.

Answer 9

Dignity - Liberty
Minimal

Question 10

Officers may use force to protect themselves or others, _____ _____, to effect a _____ detention, a _____ arrest, or to conduct a _____ _____.

Answer 10

Overcome Resistance - Lawful - Lawful - Lawful Search

Question 11

Officers are legally authorized to use deadly force to effect an arrest when in compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) and the legal standards under Tennessee v. Garner (1985) to:

Answer 11

1. Protect themselves or others from what is reasonably believed to be an imminent threat of death or substantial bodily injury.
2. Prevent the escape of a fleeing felon who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed a violent felony crime and is an imminent threat to human life if escape should occur.

Question 12

Objective factors that affect the reasonableness of the force include (Graham v. Connor 1989):

Answer 12

1. The severity of the crime
2. Whether the subject poses an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others
3. Whether the subject is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight
4. The influence of drugs/alcohol or the mental capacity of the subject
5. The time available to an officer to make a decision
6. The availability of officers or resources (including the number of officers present at the time) to de-escalate the situation
7. The proximity or access of weapons to the subject
8. The environmental factors and/or other exigent circumstances

Question 13

Any officer present, regardless of rank , and observing another officers using force that is clearly beyond what is justified or objectively reasonable under the circumstances will, when in a safe position to do so, intercede to prevent the use of unreasonable force.

Answer 13

Duty to Intervene

Question 14

Duty to Intervene - Reporting

Answer 14

Reporting officer will document in writing no later than 10 days after the occurrence:

1. Date, time, and location of the incident
2. Identity, if known, and description of the participants
3. Description of the actions taken as a result of the observation

Question 15

Use of Force - Medical Attention

Answer 15

Whenever an officer applies a use of force option upon a subject that results in either observable signs or complaints of injury or difficulty in breathing, the officer will continuously monitor the subject and immediately summon medical attention.

Question 16

Use of Force - Subject’s Actions (Level of Resistance)

Answer 16

Complaint - Obstructive - Assaultive - Life Threatening

Question 17

Use of Force - Officer’s Response (Level of Control)

Answer 17

Low Level - Intermediate - Deadly Force

Question 18

A person contacted by an officer who acknowledges direction or lawful orders given and offers no resistance

Answer 18

Complaint

Question 19

The subject is uncooperative, not complying with an officer’s commands, or their physical actions are intended to prevent an officer from placing the subject in custody or under control; the subject’s actions are not directed at harming officers or others

Answer 19

Obstructive

Question 20

The subject demonstrates the intent to harm the officer, others or themselves

Answer 20

Assaultive

Question 21

The subject’s actions are likely to result in death or substantial bodily injury to the officer or others

Answer 21

Life-Threatening

Question 22

A level of control that balances against a subject who is compliant or obstructive and is neither likely nor intended to cause injury

Answer 22

Low Level Force

Question 23

A level of control that balances against a subject who is assaultive and has the potential to cause injury or substantial pain

Answer 23

Intermediate Force

Question 24

A degree of force which balances against a subject whose actions are life-threatening and likely to result in death of substantial bodily injury

Answer 24

Deadly Force

Question 25

Elements of Deadly Force

Answer 25

Ability - Opportunity - Imminent Jeopardy - Preclusion

Question 26

Exists when a person has the means or capability to cause substantial bodily injury or death to an officer or others. _____ may include the subject’s size, age, strength, combative skill, level of aggression, and any weapons in their immediate control

Answer 26

Ability

Question 27

Exists when a person is in a position to effectively resist an officer’s control or to use force or violence upon the officer or others

Answer 27

Opportunity

Question 28

Based upon the known facts and circumstances, the officer reasonably believes the subject poses an imminent threat to the life of an officer or others, and the officer must act immediately to prevent death or substantial bodily injury

Answer 28

Imminent Jeopardy

Question 29

Lesser alternatives have been reasonably considered and exhausted before the use of deadly force, to include disengagement

Answer 29

Preclusion

Question 30

The positioning of a police vehicle in the path of an occupied subject vehicle where contact between the vehicles is anticipated to be minimal, and the potential for injuries is low. The intent of _____ is to prevent an avenue of escape by the safe placement of a police vehicle. _____ is not a use of force.

Answer 30

Blocking - Blocking

Question 31

A specific manner of intentional contact using a police vehicle against a fleeing vehicle during a pursuit to cause the fleeing vehicle to come to an abrupt stop, rendering it immobile.

Answer 31

Precision Intervention Technique (P.I.T)

Question 32

The utilization of a police vehicle to intentionally hit another vehicle.

Answer 32

Ramming

Question 33

A preplanned containment tactic restricted for use only by units in the SWAT Bureau and the Major Violators Section. it employs extremely low-speed and intentional vehicle contact with a subject’s vehicle. The purpose is to prevent a vehicle pursuit and render a vehicle immobile.

Answer 33

Vehicle Containment Technique (V.C.T)

Question 34

Officers will not discharge their firearm at a moving vehicle unless:

Answer 34

1. A person in the vehicle is an imminent deadly threat to officers or others by means other than the vehicle (such as an occupant firing a handgun at an officer)
2. The driver is using the vehicle as a weapon to inflict mass causalities (such as a truck driving through a crowd)

Question 35

A designated officers who is not involved in the use of deadly force and whose responsibilities are to prevent discussions regarding the incident among subject officers, witness officers, witnesses, and with other individuals who arrive at the scene prior to the Force Investigation Team (FIT)

Answer 35

Monitor Officer

Question 36

An officer’s discharge of a firearm at a person, with or without physical injury

Answer 36

Officer Involved Shooting

Question 37

A series of questions to obtain information to determine if there is an immediate threat to the public safety

Answer 37

Public Safety Statement (PSS)

Question 38

Any use of force which results in injury or complaint of injury, complaint or continuing pain, or any use of force greater than low-level force

Answer 38

Reportable Force

Question 39

In the event where the supervisor is involved in an officer involved shooting and no other supervisor is immediately available to take the PSS, the _____ officer on scene will conduct the PSS.

Answer 39

Senior

Question 40

The reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from the prespective of a _____ officer on the scene, rather than with 20/20 vision of hindsight.

Answer 40

Judicious

Question 41

In dynamic and highly charge incidents, supervisors will provide clear _____ and _____ to officers regarding their positioning and roles.

Answer 41

Direction
Communication

Question 42

The effectively de-escalate situations, officers will use _____, _____, and _____ _____.

Answer 42

Advisements
Warnings
Verbal Persuasion