Uso de la fuerza y restricciones en situaciones específicas

Explicación Simple

Esta ley explica cuándo las personas como maestros o policías pueden usar la fuerza para controlar a alguien. Por ejemplo, si un niño está en peligro o alguien está lastimándose a sí mismo, se puede intervenir para protegerlo.

Es como cuando un entrenador detiene un partido porque un jugador se está lastimando. El entrenador actúa para evitar que la situación empeore, asegurándose de que todos estén a salvo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en una escuela, un maestro llamado Juan ve a un estudiante que está a punto de lastimarse con un objeto. Juan puede intervenir y sujetar al estudiante para evitar que se haga daño, siempre que actúe de manera razonable y con la intención de protegerlo.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(7) when used by a teacher, school principal, school employee, school bus driver, or other agent of a district in the exercise of lawful authority, to restrain a child or pupil to prevent bodily harm or death to the child, pupil, or another; or (8) when used by a common carrier in expelling a passenger who refuses to obey a lawful requirement for the conduct of passengers and reasonable care is exercised with regard to the passenger's personal safety; or (9) when used to restrain a person with a mental illness or a person with a developmental disability from self-injury or injury to another or when used by one with authority to do so to compel compliance with reasonable requirements for the person's control, conduct, or treatment; or (10) when used by a public or private institution providing custody or treatment against one lawfully committed to it to compel compliance with reasonable requirements for the control, conduct, or treatment of the committed person. Deadly force may not be used against peace officers who have announced their presence and are performing official duties at a location where a person is committing a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult. (a) A peace officer may not use any of the following restraints unless section609.066authorizes the use of deadly force to protect the peace officer or another from death or great bodily harm: (1) a choke hold;