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Question involving use of deadly force
I would like to know what a police officer could/should do if they are knocked to the ground by an attacker, and the attacker was able to gain a superior position and continue hitting?
Is there a minimum amount of injury you must sustain before you are allowed to draw your weapon and fire? Is the amount of injury inflicted different for civilians? Thank you
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Here a great place for you to start your training in lethal use of force.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_v._Garner |
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The standard is the same. Did the individual perceive that they were in danger of serious bodily injury or death? If so, then lethal force would be justified. This justification must be based on the totality of the circumstances.
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In the academy they always put it as "sufficiency of fear" and "reasonable officer" principle.
Essentially meaning if a similarly trained officer in the same situation could articulate sufficiency of fear, the fear of death or GBH to ones self or another, then yes, it is likely that the officer would be justified in using lethal force. It's important to note that many things go into articulating reasonable use of force, lethal or otherwise. |
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As has already been stated, no and no. But its all going to come down to being in fear of GBI/death in your basic scenario and exactly how that plays out is going to be very situation specific. |
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Thank you all very much for your insightful comments. I think that I have a better understanding now.
Bert
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