when is a law enforcement officer justified to use deadly force?
Self-defense.
In defense of another person
To prevent the commission of dangerous felony: murder, kidnapping, etc.
To halt a fleeing felon who is an immediate significant threat of death or serious physical injury to others....
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when is a law enforcement officer justified to use deadly force? -
answer Self-defense.
In defense of another person
To prevent the commission of dangerous felony: murder,
kidnapping, etc.
To halt a fleeing felon who is an immediate significant threat of
death or serious physical injury to others.
What are the three elements that must be present for deadly force
to be employed? - answer Ability is having enough power or skill to
do something.
Opportunity is a combination of circumstances favorable for the
purpose of time or a good chance or occasion to use one's ability.
Probable cause must still exist.
Jeopardy is great danger, peril, or to have one's life in danger.
Sight Alignment- - answer How you look through sights so front
sight is aligned with rear sight. (1) You must find the front sight by
looking through the rear sight, not over the rear sight. (2) Top of the
front sight should be level with top of the rear sight. (3) Focus
should be on the front sight. (4) There should be equal spacing on
both sides of the front sight as it sits within the rear sight. (5) In the
,case of a dot system, the dots should be lined up, so they are level.
Dot systems should primarily be used for night firing.
what are ways to properly load and unload the assigned duty
weapon. - answer Administrative Load or Fully Loading a. Securely
insert a full magazine into the weapon. b. Cycle the slide,
chambering a round. c. Make the weapon safe and holster the
weapon the way you carry on the street. d. While the weapon is in
the holster, reach around and take the magazine out. e. Top off the
magazine and place it back in the weapon; tug on it, making sure it
is in securely.
2. Fully Unload a. Take the magazine out. b. Cycle the slide several
times-let round clear weapon and fall to the ground c. Manually lock
the slide to the rear.
How do you properly perform a combat and tactical reload? - answer
Combat Load a. When weapon is empty, the slide will automatically
lock to rear. Press the magazine release button and let empty
magazine drop to the ground. (Emphasize not to catch the empty
magazine.) b. At the same time, reach for a loaded magazine in the
pouch with the weak hand and insert securely into the empty
weapon. c. Release the slide by either pulling back on the slide and
letting go or by using the weak hand thumb to press down on the
slide release lever. Either way, the slide will pick up a new round
from the magazine as it goes forward, and the weapon will be ready
to fire.
Tactical reload- ensure that you have a loaded magazine in pouch
before you remove magazine from your weapon, simply switch out
the magazine using only the weak hand, secure old magazine in
place other than the magazine pouch.
What are the four major types of malfunctions with issued
semiautomatic pistol and how do you clear them? - answer Failure
to Feed (pull trigger nothing happens) a. Tap the magazine. (seat) b.
Rack the slide. (cycle) c. Attempt to fire if still necessary.
, 2. Failure to Fire (bullet doesn't feed from the magazine) a. Tap the
magazine. (seat) b. Rack slide. (cycle) c. Attempt to fire if still
necessary.
3. Failure to Eject (shell casing gets caught in ejection port
commonly called Stove Pipe) a. Cant weapon onto its side. b. Tap
the magazine. (seat) c. Rack the slide. (cycle) d. Attempt to fire if
necessary.
4. Failure to Extract (most serious) a. All weapons except Glock
must have the slide manually locked to the rear. b. Remove the
magazine (might need to forcibly strip out). c. Cycle slide back and
forth until the brass is extracted and ejected. d. Insert the same or
new magazine and seat, cycle, and attempt to fire if still necessary.
Demonstrate proper weapon maintenance to include disassemble
and reassemble of weapon? - answer make sure to have the proper
cleaning equipment, remove the magazine from the weapon, check
the chamber to make sure it is empty by pulling back on the slide
and looking, field strip each weapon according to the manufactures
recommendation's, clean the barrel, clean the slide, clean the
frame, oil the weapon.
What is the proper shooting technique from the bladed ready
position? - answer BLADED READY (SEE APPENDIX A)
1. Weapon is out of the holster and brought to just below eye level
(two to eight inches). Body is slightly bladed (45 degree) by
dropping the strong leg back.
2. You do want sights in line of vision.
3. Do not drop weapon to waist or depressed position. Takes too
long to react and too long to get sight picture.
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