Use of Force
Use of Force # 2107
Learning Objectives
Learning Objective: The student will obtain a thorough understanding and knowledge of the statutory laws related to the use of force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify definitions relating to the use of force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify psychological aspects of the use of force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors to consider when determining the need to use force when effecting an arrest.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify important aspects of training as they relate to use of force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the seven most common types of incidents in which peace officers will be shot by civilians.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the seven most common types of incidents in which peace officers are most likely to shoot a civilian.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the most frequent types of resistance encountered by law enforcement officers.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors that effect an agencies justifiable homicide rate.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify moral considerations or forces affecting an officer's decision to use deadly force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the reasons for various administrative mechanisms developed to reduce avoidable shootings.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify six force options available to peace officers.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors that relate to an officers command presence.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify aspects of communication strategies used when dealing with the public.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify characteristics of verbal judo (verbal persuasion).
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify five elements used in the prior analysis of a scene.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify benefits for officers that may result from training in rhetorical strategies.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify benefits to an officer and for law enforcement administrators that may result from good training in communication strategies.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify four elements that an officer must recognize and control in every encounter.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify five helpful tools used in redirecting someone's behavior using verbal persuasion.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify types of verbal appeals.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify when words are no longer working as a force option.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify criteria relating to a professional peace officer.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify general principles relating to confrontation communication (verbal judo).
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify when it is appropriate to use weaponless control techniques.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors relating to the justification for use of electrical or chemical weapons.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify possible situations in which electrical or chemical weapons can be used.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify types of unauthorized use of the electrical or chemical weapons.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify when it is appropriate to use a baton or impact weapon.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify issues that should be addressed in an agencies deadly force policy.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the fleeing felon rule established in common law.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify key elements of the most significant court case concerning the use of deadly force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify three psychological reactions that officers often experience following a shooting incident.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the five phases of transition that persons who experience traumatic events typically go through.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify various post shooting services available to officers.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify typical procedures that are followed after an officer is involved in a shooting.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify typical procedures that are followed in an internal affairs investigation of excessive force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the possibility of criminal charges filed in civil rights cases involving excessive force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify and define tort suits, the three degrees of tort actions, and breach of duty.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify governmental liability under the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the four elements of title 42 U.S.C. section 1983, The Civil Rights Act of 1871.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify major constitutional provisions that are used as the basis for section 1983 actions involving police use of force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify certain basic principles of the nature and scope of section 1983 that have emerged from Supreme Court decisions.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify types of relief or damages that are available in a tort or section 1983 suit.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the potential for loss of large sums of money to pay for attorney fees under title 42 section 1988 U.S.C.A. even if compensatory or punitive damages are small.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify opportunities for legal representation and indemnification as provided by statute, local ordinance, or local policy in an excessive force case.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the role their agencies written directives have in the officers liability.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify officer liability in not following prudent police procedures prior to the decision to use force.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify possible personal liability for failure to stop other officers from using excessive force in his/her presence.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors that the courts use to determine if unreasonable force was used in a case.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify factors relating to police negligence in establishing or maintaining roadblocks and police emergencies.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify fourth amendment applications to excessive force cases.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the concepts of vicarious liability.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify seven most common ways for vicarious liability to be established in federal civil rights violation cases.
Learning Objective: The student will be able to identify the issue of good faith as it affects officer liability and the liability of local government.