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Defensive tactics
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A system of controlled defensive and offensive body movement used by criminal justice officers to respond to a subject and a question or resistance. These techniques are based on a combination of martial art, Westling, and boxing.
Fitness, strength, agility, balance, and flexibility of vital to the development of these skills. The role of defensive tactics in law enforcement in corrections is to assist the officer in restraint or arresting a subject. |
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Preparation for defensive tactics training
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perform Stretching exercises, cardiovascular conditioning, rest, and practice good nutrition.
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use of force guidelines 776, F.S.
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officers use of force is generally authorized in two areas:
1. to apprehend a subject and male an arrest. 2. to defend one self or others. |
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use of force to make arrest (776.05 )
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A law enforcement officer or any person the officer summoned or otherwise directed to assist him or her, need not retreat or desist from efforts to make an arrest because of resistance or threatened resistance to the arrest. Officer is justified in the use of any force:
1. to defend oneself 2. to retake escaped felons 3. to capture felons fleeing justice 3a. this statue does not protect against wrongful death. 3b. unless fleeing felon posers that of death or serious physical harm to officer or others |
