On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:03 PM, John<[email protected]> wrote: > The officers actions can not be defended. It was mild brutality, but > brutality just the same. An officer should never use force unless > threatened. As a matter of fact we have even reduced our force response to a > "force level continuum". The underlying theory is that an officer will > always respond with force that is one level greater than that which is being > used against the officer. Offender uses aggressive language, the officer > uses presence and voice commands. The offender puts or attempts to lay hands > on the officer, the officer can use pepper spray, a night stick, grappling, > judo, pressure points, holds, etc. and so it goes all the way up to lethal > action. > -----------------------
I just saw Public Enemies yesterday and thought how we as a country has come full circle to the law and use of force. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
