Deadly Force
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According the U.S. Justice Department’s “Principles for Promoting Police Integrity: Examples of Promising Police Practices and Policies:”
Law enforcement officers are authorized to use deadly force only when it is reasonable and necessary to protect the officer or others from imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or another person. If nondeadly force reasonably appears to be sufficient to accomplish an arrest or otherwise accomplish the law enforcement purpose, deadly force is not necessary.
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Publications
William A. Geller and Michael S. Scott, “Deadly Force: What We Know” Police Executive Research Forum, 1992.www.policeforum.orgOffice of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, Review of Shooting Incidents in the Justice Department, September 2004.http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/plus/e0410/index.htmPARC, The Portland Police Bureau: Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths, August 2003. Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 PARC, “First Follow-Up Report, The Portland Police Bureau: Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths (August 2005)AppendixU.S. Department of Justice, “Principles for Promoting Police Integrity: Examples of Promising Police Practices and Policies,” January 2001. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojp/186189.pdf
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