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USE OF FORCE: LEVEL 2 Flashcards

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What does each side of the Totality Triangle represent? Top, Left and Right?

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TOP: Perceived Circumstances
LEFT: Perceived Subject Actions
RIGHT: Reasonable Officer Response

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Use of force decision must by “_________________________”

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Necessary and proportionate

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What are the 3 safety Priorities

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  1. Innocent People (Victims, community)
  2. Public Safety Officials (Police, Fire, EMT)
  3. Subject/Suspect Themselves
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What are the six components of proper handcuffing?

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  1. IMMOBILIZED
  2. CONTROL
  3. HANDCUFF
  4. SEARCH
  5. MONITOR
  6. TRANSPORT
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What are the 9 pieces to identify a handcuff?

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  1. Single Strand
  2. Double Strand
  3. Rivot
  4. Lock Housing
  5. Swivel
  6. Chain
  7. Key Hole
  8. Double Lock
  9. Single Teeth Strand
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Based on the control superiority principle, a recognized _______ over a recognized ______.

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A recognized officer advantage, over a recognized subject disadvantage

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After ________tactics have been attempted and failed.

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De-escalation

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… Are not feasible based on the _________ of the ___________.

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Totality of the circumstances

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And Use of force decisions must by “__________ _________”

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Necessary and Proportionate

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When are the 4 times a police officer can use force?

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  1. Lawful arrest or detention
  2. Prevent Escape
  3. Prevent Imminent harm and force must be proportionate
  4. Defend against an individual who initiates force or attack against an officer
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(Revised 09/27/2022) In no event may a law enforcement officer intentionally ___, _____or stand on an individual _-or___.

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Sit, kneel, or stand on an individual neck or head

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Based on Graham V. Connor, A free citizen should be analyzed under the fourth amendment and its _________ standard.

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Reasonableness

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Identify the following case: Comm v. Adams

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Duty to intervene case

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Identify the following case: Tennessee v. Garner

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The fleeing felon case

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Identify the following case: Graham v. Connor

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The use of force case

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What are the main factors to Graham v. Connor?

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  1. Severity of the crime at issue
  2. Immediate threat
  3. Resisting arrest
  4. Flight (attempt to evade)
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True/False: An officer can chokehold a suspect in the circumstance that the officer life is being threatened

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False

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True/False: Officers surrounded a suspect vehicle and the suspect stepped on the gas driving forward towards the officers. Will use of force be justified if used?

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False

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An Officer’s actions must be ______ ______ in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them, without regard to their underlying intent or motivation

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Objectively reasonable

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Regarding Tennessee v Garner, officers must also remember that any use of force must be reasonable _____ force is applied.

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AT THE TIME

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Corey Hill v Christopher Miracle: Use of force case pertains to medical emergency and the hill test

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  1. Was the person experiencing a medical emergency
  2. Was some degree of force reasonably necessary to ameliorate the immediate threat
  3. Was the force used more than reasonably necessary (Excessive)

Another word for Ameliorate: Mitigate, amend, reform, relieve, ease.

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Regarding the use of force under Hill V Miracles, Such medical response is to be provided when it is _______ and _______ feasible.

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Safe and Tactically

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It is a simple yet complex summation of how the human brain processes information and how humans react in turn: Also refer as _ _ _ _ _____?

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OODA Loop

Observe
Orient
Decide
Act

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De-escalation is both a _____ and an _______.

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Tactic and an outcome

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A person in handcuffs on their stomach should be in a _______ or _______ position as practical as possible. OPEN RESPONSE!
Recovery or seated position
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If any officers are not lawfully situated, then ANY amount of force applied may be OPEN RESPONSE!
Deemed Unreasonable
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“The “reasonableness” of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable__________, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight” OPEN RESPONSE!
Officer on the scene
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True/False: Officers are dealing with a suspect who is currently using passive resistance. Can officers be justified if they use force on suspects to prevent the resistance?
True. You can use reasonable force
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Overall objective of any tactical encounter is to gain ___ and _____ resolve… OPEN RESPONSE!
Control and safely
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True/False: Can officers use force against an individual destroying property?
False
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“The calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgements- in circumstances that are _____, ______ and ______- about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation” OPEN RESPONSE!
Tense, Uncertain and Rapidly evolving
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An individual’s actions can be divided into different categories:
1. Compliant 2. Passive Resistance 3. Active Resistance 4. Aggressive/Combative
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Chokehold: The use of a lateral vascular neck restraint, carotid restraint or other action that involves the placement of any part of a law enforcement officer’s body on or around a person’s neck in a manner that limits the person’s breathing or blood flow with the _____ of or with the _____ of causing bodily injury. OPEN RESPONSE!
**Intent** of or with the **Result**
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True/False: De-escalation tactics are **proactive** actions and approaches used by an officer so that more time resources are available to gain voluntary compliance.
True
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No arrest, conviction, or piece of evidence can outweigh _________? POTENTIAL OPEN RESPONSE!
The value of human life
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What is the target for OC Spray?
Face
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The OC spray affects 3 body parts, what are them?
1. Eyes 2. Skin 3. Respiratory Tract
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When using OC spray, a short burst will dispense, within how many feet should an officer stand from the suspect while using OC?
6-10 feet away
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**The amount of physical effort, however slight, required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling individual.** This statement is known as… OPEN RESPONSE! OR MULTIPLE CHOICE!
Force
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When can an officer not use tear gas or OC sprays?
A group of 10 or more people
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True/False: A Law enforcement officer may never use force unless de-escalation tactic has been attempted.
False
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True/False: Law enforcement may use **any amount** of force to stop a person who is actively resisting.
False
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Distraction techniques do not equate to a strike _______ and _______? OPEN RESPONSE!
Intent and Intensity
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True/False: Physically escorting or handcuffing an individual with minimal or no resistance does not constitute use of force?
True
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Tennesse V Garner: Police cannot shoot a fleeing felon in the back UNLESS: POTENTIAL OPEN RESPONSE!
1. Threating officers or public with weapons 2. missing info 3. Missing info
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A law enforcement witnessing another officer misusing their power such as beating a handcuff suspect who pose no threat. What should the officer do in this case? and report it when?
Officer witnessing incident SHALL intervene and file report before the end of tour of duty
47
Under Baton Strike location, what color is the groin?
Red
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Under Baton Strike location, what color is the thigh?
Green
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Under Baton Strike Location, what color is the Solar Plexus?
Red
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Under Baton Strike Location, what color is the Rib cage?
Yellow
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Why do we use force?
To effectively stop unlawful resistance as quick as possible
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If a suspect asks for an ambulance and you know that they are full of crap, will you provide an ambulance to them knowing they are lying regardless of the circumstances?
Yes
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What would a taser be categorized as, in terms of reasonable officer response?
Impact techniques
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True/False: according to rule 304B: Deployment of CED. An officer turning on the CED, by itself, is not considered a use of force?
True
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True/False: An officer pointing a CED (taser) at a subject is considered to be use of force?
True
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What would the perceived subject actions be categorized as?
Aggressive/Combative

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