28 BPOC Force Options 2024
Exam Study Set
____ ___ is defined as force that is intended or known by the actor to cause death or SBI -
Answer Deadly Force
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY (NOUN)
o Strength or energy brought to bear, cause of motion or change, active power; moral or
mental strength; capacity to persuade or convince.
o Violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon person or thing.
The quality of conveying impressions intensely in writing or speech - Answer Force
(NOUN)
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY (VERB)
o To do violence to.
o To compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means.
o To make or cause through natural or logical necessity.
o To achieve or win by strength in struggle or violence.
o An aggressive act committed by any person which does not amount to assault and is
necessary to accomplish an objective.
Synonyms - compel, coerce, constrain, oblige - Answer Force (VERB)
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY
The amount of lawful physical coercion sufficient to achieve a legitimate law
enforcement objective and is REASONABLE under the facts, circumstances confronting
an officer. - Answer Reasonable or Necessary Force
PC 9.03 Confinement as justifiable Force
Confinement is justified when force is justified by this chapter if the actor takes
_________ measures to terminate the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can,
unless the person confined has been arrested for an offense. - Answer Reasonable
PC 9.04 Threats as Justifiable force
The threat of force is justified when the use of _____ is justified - Answer Force
PC 9.05 Reckless Injury of Innocent Third Person
, True/False: If an innocent 3rd person is *RECKLESSLY* injured or killed, a person can
be held responsible even if they were justified in threatening or using deadly force -
Answer True
PC 9.06 Civil Remedies Unaffected
True/False: The fact that conduct is justified under this chapter does *NOT* abolish or
impair any remedy for the conduct that is available in a civil suit. - Answer True
PC 9.51 Arrest and Search
True/False: A peace officer, or a person acting in a peace officers presence and at his
direction, *IS JUSTIFIED* in using force against another when the actor *REASONABLY*
believes the force is immediately necessary to make or assist in making an arrest or
search. Or to prevent or assist in preventing escape after arrest - Answer True
PC 9.21 Public Duty
Conduct *IS JUSTIFIED* as long as the actor ______ believes the conduct is required or
authorized by law - Answer Reasonably
PC 9.22 Necessity
Conduct is justified if: - Answer 1.actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately
necessary to avoid imminent harm;
2. The desire and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh the harm sought to be
prevented by the law proscribing the conduct;
3. A legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the conduct does not
otherwise plainly appear
In physical arrest, the police role is essentially _______ - Answer Defensive
The word ________ is defined as "serving to protect," "devoted to resisting or preventing
aggression or attack - Answer Defensive
True/False: It *IS* aggression when an officer takes the initiative to confront a law
violator - Answer False; Is NOT aggression
True/False: The officer's act is *NOT* one of hostility; it is one designed to defend and
protect the community from criminality - Answer True
True/False: An officer's problems may grow out of the use of force employed against a
combative - Answer True
An officer needs a range of decision-making tools that permits use of exactly that
degree of control that constitutes _____ _____ - Answer Reasonable Force
_______ is that degree of influence the officer must exert over the violator to take him or
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