AreteCourage
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Redress there is no answer to the question where is the line drawn...the answer is the line is drawn at the time the incident is in progress and the cop makes the decision on the fly what his course of action is....
All depts are different...so im on the spot here...I can only speak from my experience based on my depts sop...I cant speak for other depts that have differing SOPs that the operate under...thats where alot of confusion comes in with caine and I when in these kinds of threads...
There is no cookie cutter answers most of the time...your dealing with SITUATIONAL decision making...not cut and dried rules and regulations...each decision is based on a set of rules with the final decsion being made by the actions of the moment....I hope that made sense
LP...I do want to thank you for actually inputting your opinions as you were a cop. I think it shows that a lot of people disagree with certain issues, but I certainly can respect someone expressing their side of the story. This explanation actually does make sense to me.
My preferred line is violence, but that can be skewed as well in certain situation where you are trying to define what is the amount of violence to use force. Is it slight resistance continually, or full on thrusting resistance? What is the crime or violation committed? Does it warrant force?
Different situations have different answers and I certainly can agree to that.