“Police force must be exercised proportionately” (Kleinig, p.91). The Use of Force continuum has been a part of the law enforcement career for many years. This was implemented to allow officers to escalate and de-escalate situations depending on force necessary for case-by-case situations. Officers are allowed to use discretion, partake in different trainings and exercises, as well as go through an extensive, intense classroom and physical academy before deploying any type of force. The more educated the officer in the module of the continuum, the better he/she will be able to make use and adequately apply appropriate level of force with either a compliant or an uncooperative individual.
Although, there are some jurisdictions and agencies, which expect ways of force to be expelled in certain way, they all go through similar alternatives when employing what type of force to use first. The use of force continuum allows officers to make the right decision. However, there …show more content…
Let’s take a look at the real-life traffic stop shooting of an officer who routinely pulled over an individual on the side of the highway, “Sentence In Taped Cop Shooting.” Officer noticed bulging item from suspect during pat down, but before he could even think of drawing his gun, he was already being shot at. Excessive force was used, but not by officer, instead it was by assailant. In this recording officer could have used more than excessive force is possible, individual had gun, was a threat, became aggressive and uncooperative and shot officer within less than 3 feet away. No remorse was shown from defendant during or after shooting. (My opinion) This is when I think the suspect should spend a life sentence in jail. Not only did he shoot an officer, he broke all the rules. The officer was lucky to have survived shooting and live to tell the
Although, there are some jurisdictions and agencies, which expect ways of force to be expelled in certain way, they all go through similar alternatives when employing what type of force to use first. The use of force continuum allows officers to make the right decision. However, there …show more content…
Let’s take a look at the real-life traffic stop shooting of an officer who routinely pulled over an individual on the side of the highway, “Sentence In Taped Cop Shooting.” Officer noticed bulging item from suspect during pat down, but before he could even think of drawing his gun, he was already being shot at. Excessive force was used, but not by officer, instead it was by assailant. In this recording officer could have used more than excessive force is possible, individual had gun, was a threat, became aggressive and uncooperative and shot officer within less than 3 feet away. No remorse was shown from defendant during or after shooting. (My opinion) This is when I think the suspect should spend a life sentence in jail. Not only did he shoot an officer, he broke all the rules. The officer was lucky to have survived shooting and live to tell the