USE OF FORCE

The action of obeying an order

• Compliance

• Verbal

levels of force used by law enforcement officers, ranging from least to greatest force

• Continuum of Force

• Officer Presence

• Less Lethal

The using voice commands

• Verbal

• Mitigate

• Less lethal

Physically gaining control of a situation without the aid of weapons

• Soft Hand Techniques

• Empty Hand

• Hard Hand Techniques

minimal force method using bare hands to guide, hold and restrain an individual

• Soft Hand Techniques

• Empty Hand

• Verbal

use of greater force, such as kicking and punching, to gain control

• Hard Hand Techniques

• Less Lethal

• verbal

A police stick used as an impact tool

• Baton

• hand-held, single shot weapons which delivers high voltage electrical pulses

• Lethal

A non-toxic, temporary-lasting self-defense spray

• Pepper Spray

• Mitigate

• hand-held, single shot weapons which delivers high voltage electrical pulses

A hand-held, single shot weapons which delivers high voltage electrical pulses

• Taser

• Baton

• Extremist

The greatest level of force likely to cause death or serious injury

• Lethal

• Excessive Force

• Justification