Identify the Variable that affect the Use of Force - ✔️✔️Type of crime,
Officer/subject size and gender,
Exigent conditions,
Reaction time, and
Access to weapons
Reactionary Gap - ✔️✔️The minimum safe zone that an officer should maintain.
Average distance of the Reactionary Gap is approximately 6 feet.
Can be affected by the amount of the officer's training. Average reaction time can be as
low as .5 seconds and as high as 2.0 seconds with non-stress reactions
Tactical Acceptability - ✔️✔️Tactical Acceptability
•Develop system based on the most common types of resistance encountered
•Develop techniques based on gross motor skills (Inverted-U Law)
•Minimize response options (Hick's Law)
Legal Acceptability - ✔️✔️Examine existing case law
•Develop a use of force continuum to case law
Medical Acceptability - ✔️✔️Extensive medical research supporting techniques
Identify the two Philosophies for Force/Control Continuums - ✔️✔️Total Control Theory
and One Plus One Theory
Identify the three Components of Acceptability - ✔️✔️Tactical, Legal, and Medical
Acceptability
Total Control Theory - ✔️✔️Associated with a training system centered upon the use of
an intermediate weapon for all levels of resistance
Principles of Escalation and De-escalation - ✔️✔️Reasonable amount of force to
control the subject
Four Most Common Types of Resistance - ✔️✔️Resistance during the handcuffing
procedure,
Passive actions,
Escort position resistance, and
Active Aggression