UoF Procedure (3.110.1)

Question 1

UoF situations are dynamic and require an officer to continually assess the subject’s actions to determine, based on policy, training, and experience, which force option will de-escalate the situation and bring it under control in a safe manner. officers ___ their level of control in relation ___

Answer 1

Will modify

to the amount of resistance offered by the subject

Question 2

UoF chart

Answer 2

Question 3

A subject may be non compliant due to medical condition, mental, physical, or hearing impairment, language barrier, drug interaction, emotional crisis, and have no criminal intent. These circumstances may not make the subject any less dangerous but ___ to effectively ___the situation while maintaining officer safety.

Answer 3

May require a change in tactics

Address or de-escalate

Question 4

Levels of resistance

Answer 4

Compliant
Obstructive
Assaultive
Life threatening

Question 5

Complaint

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Obstructive

Answer 6

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 intended at harming the officer or others.

Question 7

Assaultive

Answer 7

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

Eg: A subject fleeing while in control of a weapon EG firearm in a waistband.

Question 8

Life-threatening

Answer 8

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

Eg: The eminent use of a firearm, Blunt, or bladed weapon.

Extreme physical force

Question 9

Levels of control

Answer 9

Low level force
Intermediate force
Deadly force

Question 10

Levels of resistance ___

Answer 10

Are general categories of behavior or actions exhibited by a subject at the time of a police encounter

Question 11

Levels of control ___

Answer 11

Are broad categories of influence and force in escalation stages of intensity.

Question 12

Low level force___

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Intermediate force ___

Answer 13

A level of control that balances against a subject who is assaultive and has the POTENTIAL to cause INJURY or SUBSTANTIAL PAIN.

Question 14

Deadly force ___

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Elements of deadly force (4)

Answer 15

Ability
Opportunity
Imminent jeopardy
Preclusion

Question 16

Ability

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Opportunity

Answer 17

Exist 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 examples:

a. relative distance to the officer or others.

b. physical barriers between the subject and the officer.

Question 18

Imminent Jeopardy

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Preclusion

Answer 19

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