Use of force MPTC (2025)
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Any action, with or without a
Define Force weapon, used by offenders to resist
and police to stop.
Any force neither intended nor likely
Define non-
to cause serious bodily injury or
deadly force
death
Physical force that can be
Define deadly
reasonably expected to cause death
force
or serious bodily injury
1. The arrest is for a felony
2. The officer believes deadly force,
if used, will not create substantial
risk of injury to innocent persons;
When can an
and
officer use
3. Crime conduct involved includes
deadly force in
use or threatened use of deadly
Massachusetts?
force, or there is substantial risk hat
the person being arrested will cause
death or serious bodily injury if
apprehension is delayed
, injury does not pose or create a
substantial risk of death, permanent
Bodily Harm
disfigurement or significant loss or
impairment
Permanent disfigurement
Serious bodily Long-term loss of bodily function,
injury limb or organ
Causes a substantial risk of death.
Judged from the perspective of a
Graham vs reasonable officer on the scene
Connor rather than the 20/20 vision of
hindsight.. *Reasonable standard
Courts will judge the perspective of
a reasonable officer on scene:
1. type and severity of the crime
totality of involving the arrest/stop
circumstances 2. Suspect pose an immediate
threat?
3. Was the suspect actively resisting
or attempting to escape by flight?
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Any action, with or without a
Define Force weapon, used by offenders to resist
and police to stop.
Any force neither intended nor likely
Define non-
to cause serious bodily injury or
deadly force
death
Physical force that can be
Define deadly
reasonably expected to cause death
force
or serious bodily injury
1. The arrest is for a felony
2. The officer believes deadly force,
if used, will not create substantial
risk of injury to innocent persons;
When can an
and
officer use
3. Crime conduct involved includes
deadly force in
use or threatened use of deadly
Massachusetts?
force, or there is substantial risk hat
the person being arrested will cause
death or serious bodily injury if
apprehension is delayed
, injury does not pose or create a
substantial risk of death, permanent
Bodily Harm
disfigurement or significant loss or
impairment
Permanent disfigurement
Serious bodily Long-term loss of bodily function,
injury limb or organ
Causes a substantial risk of death.
Judged from the perspective of a
Graham vs reasonable officer on the scene
Connor rather than the 20/20 vision of
hindsight.. *Reasonable standard
Courts will judge the perspective of
a reasonable officer on scene:
1. type and severity of the crime
totality of involving the arrest/stop
circumstances 2. Suspect pose an immediate
threat?
3. Was the suspect actively resisting
or attempting to escape by flight?
