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New Brighton Department of Public Safety <br />Law Enforcement Policy Manual <br />Use of Force <br />300.3.2 FACTORS USED TO DETERMINE THE REASONABLENESS OF FORCE <br />When determining whether to apply force and evaluating whether an officer has used reasonable <br />force, a number of factors should be taken into consideration, as time and circumstances permit. <br />These factors include, but are not limited to: <br />(a) Immediacy and severity of the threat to officers or others. <br />(b) The conduct of the individual being confronted, as reasonably perceived by the officer <br />at the time. <br />(c) Officer/subject factors (age, size, relative strength, skill level, injuries sustained, level <br />of exhaustion or fatigue, the number of officers available vs. subjects). <br />(d) The effects of drugs or alcohol. <br />(e) Subject's mental state or capacity. <br />(f) Proximity of weapons or dangerous improvised devices. <br />(g) The degree to which the subject has been effectively restrained and his/her ability to <br />resist despite being restrained. <br />(h) The availability of other options and their possible effectiveness. <br />(i) Seriousness of the suspected offense or reason for contact with the individual. <br />(j) Training and experience of the officer. <br />(k) Potential for injury to officers, suspects and others. <br />(I) Whether the person appears to be resisting, attempting to evade arrest by flight or is <br />attacking the officer. <br />(m) The risk and reasonably foreseeable consequences of escape. <br />(n) The apparent need for immediate control of the subject or a prompt resolution of the <br />situation. <br />(o) Whether the conduct of the individual being confronted no longer reasonably appears <br />to pose an imminent threat to the officer or others. <br />(p) Prior contacts with the subject or awareness of any propensity for violence. <br />(q) Any other exigent circumstances. <br />300.3.3 PAIN COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUES <br />Pain compliance techniques may be effective in controlling a physically or actively resisting <br />individual. Officers may only apply those pain compliance techniques for which they have <br />successfully completed department -approved training. Officers utilizing any pain compliance <br />technique should consider: <br />(a) The degree to which the application of the technique may be controlled given the level <br />of resistance. <br />Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2020/04/12, All Rights Reserved. Use of Force - 31 <br />Published with permission by New Brighton Department of <br />Public Safety <br />