LE Use of Force

_______________ is defined as “the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject?

• resisting arrest

• physical arrest

• Use of Force

• all the above

________________________ acts as guidelines for the levels of force used by law enforcement officers?

• Excessive Force Regulations

• Optimal Force necessary

• Continuum of Force

• none of the above

______________ is the degree of influence an officer

must exert over the suspect to take him or her safely into custody.

• control

• leveerage

• strength

• all the above

Which is the first level an officer uses in the continuum of force?

• officers presence

• soft hands

• voice commands

• all the above

True of False:

Verbal commands Involves using voice commands in conjunction with a visible presence?

• true

• false

Stop, don't move, listen to me, are all examples of _______________?

• level one of the use of force

• verbal commands

• visual commands

• all the above

The empty hand technique is a level used in the ____________?

• is the 3rd level of the continuum of force

• before officers presence in the continuum of force

• the last level in the continuum of force

• none of the above

True of False:

Before an officer can move to the next level of force, it is assumed the less physical methods have already been employed.

• True

• False

Batons, pepper spray, and tasers are examples of what kind of force?

• lethal

• less lethal

• strong hand

• all the above

True or False:

Deadly force or lethal force should only be used after all other levels of force have been used?

• True

• False