Uso de fuerza física por parte de civiles y policías en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Si un oficial de policía te pide ayuda para arrestar a alguien, puedes usar fuerza si crees que es necesario. Pero solo puedes usar fuerza mortal si estás en peligro o si el oficial te lo dice y no sabes que no puede usarla.

Es como cuando ves a un amigo en una pelea y decides intervenir; puedes empujar a la otra persona para ayudar, pero no puedes golpear con fuerza a menos que realmente creas que tu amigo está en peligro de ser lastimado gravemente.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en un parque y ve a un policía persiguiendo a un ladrón. El oficial le pide a Juan que lo ayude a detener al ladrón. Juan puede usar fuerza razonable para ayudar, pero si el ladrón saca un cuchillo, Juan solo podrá usar fuerza mortal si siente que su vida o la del policía está en peligro.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

inadequate and the peace officer has objectively reasonable grounds to believe, and does believe, that he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving serious bodily injury. (5) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a person who has been directed by a peace officer to assist him to effect an arrest or to prevent an escape from custody is justified in using reasonable and appropriate physical force when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that force to be necessary to carry out the peace officer’s direction, unless he knows that the arrest or prospective arrest is not authorized. (6) A person who has been directed to assist a peace officer under circumstances specified in subsection (5) of this section may use deadly physical force to effect an arrest or to prevent an escape only when: (a) He reasonably believes that force to be necessary to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force; or (b) He is directed or authorized by the peace officer to use deadly physical force and does not know, if that happens to be the case, that the peace officer himself is not authorized to use deadly physical force under the circumstances. (7) A private person acting on his own account is justified in using reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to effect an arrest, or to prevent th