Sound silly? Not really when you consider this is exactly what many agencies have done with use of force. Several years ago we attempted to simplify use of force by developing charts that appealed ...

In law enforcement, "use of force" describes a continuum of responses and options that are available to resolve a vast spectrum of situations. The use-of-force continuum begins with officer ...

News 2’s Nikki McGee spoke with a law enforcement instructor ... then the use of force continuum dictates that he is now a threat. And when deadly force is present, deadly force is authorized.” ...

Santora and other members of law enforcement in Sagadahoc County ... training typically instructs officers to use a continuum of force, increasing it as the level of threat rises.” ...

The public’s misunderstanding of law enforcement’s use-of-force continuum (persuasion to deadly force, as required) is best illustrated in a December letter to the editor that stated “one ...

The model, called a use of force continuum, describes steps of escalating force that law enforcement officers can use to gain compliance. The model can vary between agencies but variants are ...

For the Civil Disturbance Unit of the D.C. police, the use-of-force continuum begins with the simple presence of uniformed police and ends with deadly force. Between these are less-lethal weapons.

The rules of escalation are built into police training as the Use-of-Force Continuum ... was mandated by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to collect data on the use ...