NC BLET Subject Control Arrest Techniques
SCAT
4th Amendment - Correct Answer Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
which includes use of force
Types of force used by an officer - Correct Answer non-deadly and deadly
Important factors in determining what amount of force is reasonable - Correct Answer
presence or absence of a weapon, the number of subjects, number of officers present
and environmental conditions
How much force can an officer use - Correct Answer Reasonably necessary
Use of force may be unlawful - Correct Answer Unlawful arrest or seizure
Not likely to cause death or serious injury - Correct Answer Non-deadly force
Justified to use non-deadly force - Correct Answer to prevent escape, lawful arrest,
defend himself or herself or a third party.
Best judgment - Correct Answer What officers should use when determining use of
force
Circumstances in which force rises - Correct Answer The citizen is intoxicated,
noncompliant, and being arrested
Lethal force - Correct Answer Less like with noncompliant individual
Graham v. Connor - Correct Answer determined that the reasonableness of a particular
use of force must be judged from the perspective of how a reasonable officer on the
scene would respond, rather than from the 20/20 perspective of hindsight.
Factors that help determine an officer's actions were "objectively Reasonable" - Correct
Answer Severity of the crime
Subject poses immediate threat to LEO
Subject is actively resisting
Subject is attempting to evade arrest
Most important factor - Correct Answer Immediacy of the threat
Elements of "objective reasonableness" - Correct Answer Ability/capability
Opportunity
Intent
, Ability/capability - Correct Answer Can the threat or action be carried out. Logical
perception
Opportunity - Correct Answer Indicates that the action or threat perceived by the officer
is imminent
Intent - Correct Answer Indicates the mental state initiating an overt act (words or
deeds)
Deadly force - Correct Answer to cause death to subject
Justified to use deadly force - Correct Answer To defend himself/herself or a third party
from reasonably imminent use of deadly force, to prevent escape of which deadly force
is being used or subject poses imminent threat to public unless apprehended. Felony
convicted escape from custody
CEW - Correct Answer Conducted energy weapon
Armstrong v Village of Pinehurst - Correct Answer Placed parameters on use of CEWs
Parameters for use of CEWs - Correct Answer Actively resisting subject who poses a
risk of immediate danger to an officer or another subject
Force Option Model - Correct Answer Should be used as a guide for officers in their use
of force decision
Level of force - Correct Answer Determined by the level of force displayed by the
subject
Not a specific path - Correct Answer The decision to use force
Court evaluation tool - Correct Answer Did the officer act as other reasonable officers
would have acted in a similar situation?
Force Factors - Correct Answer Subject Behavior
Environmental conditions
Reaction time/ distance of subject
Multiple subjects/officers
Size and gender of officer/subject
Skill level of officer
Purpose for documenting use of force - Correct Answer Statistical reporting to FBI/SBI
Designing or revising training
Explanation of decisions
Management review
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