Policy Text
DEFINITIONS:
[4.1.2]
ACTIVE RESISTANCE - Is a subject's use of physically evasive movements directed
toward an officer such as bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the officer from
establishing control over the subject. Examples include but are not limited to the
subject physically anchoring themselves to a person or object to prevent being
removed, the subject bracing or pulling away from the officer when the officer grips the
subject's arm, and the subject attempts to run when the officer touches or attempts to
grab the subject.
[4.1.2]
AGGRESSIVE RESISTANCE - Is a subject's attacking movements toward an officer
that may cause injury but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer
or others. Examples include but are not limited to the subject balling up his/her fist and
approaching the officer or the subject grabbing any part of the officer’s body.
[4.1.2]
ARREST - An arrest is using legal authority to deprive a person of their freedom of
movement. An arrest may be made without a warrant if probable cause and exigent
circumstances are presented at the time of the arrest. Officers will advise an individual
that they are being placed under arrest unless circumstances exist to make the officer
believe such notice will create active resistance to the arrest or if the individual has
demonstrated an intention to flee.
BLUE TEAM RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE REPORT (RTR) - A tracking software
system used for reporting officer response to resistance. In the Blue Team database,
the term Blue Team Control of Persons Report form will be synonymous with the term
Response to Resistance Reports.
[4.1.2]
BOLA WRAP - The Bola Wrap (BW) 100 is a remote restraint device used for
immobilizing, restraining and controlling resistive/non-compliant persons and persons
with known or suspected mental health issues. The purpose of this device is to facilitate
a safe and effective response in order to minimize injury to suspects, subjects and
officers.
CHAIN OF COMMAND - Formal lines of communication going downward or upward
within the organizational hierarchy through each successive level of command.
[4.1.2]
COMPLIANCE - Is the verbal and/or physical yielding to an officer’s authority without
apparent threat of resistance or violence.
[4.1.2]
COMPRESSION ASPHYXIA - A form of suffocation where respiration is prevented by
external pressure on the body.
[4.1.2]
DEADLY FORCE - Is a subject's hostile, attacking movements with or without a weapon
that create a reasonable perception by the officer that the subject intends to cause and
has the capability of causing death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.·
Examples include but are not limited to the subject refusing to drop a knife when
ordered to by the officer and moving toward the officer, the subject shooting or pointing
a gun at an officer or other person and/or the subject trying to use a vehicle to run down
an officer.
[4.1.2]
4/29/21; 1/4/22; 1/19/22; 11/26/24
DE-ESCALATION - Decreasing the use of force or resistance and that, through the
application of verbal and non-verbal techniques or strategies, may reduce the intensity
of an interaction(s) and potential for physical altercation. Once the officer gets control
or compliance, they must de-escalate the use of force.
[4.1.2]
DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES - Taking action or communicating verbally or
nonverbally during a potential response to resistance encounter in an attempt to
stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options
and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation without a response to
resistance or with a reduction in the response to resistance reasonably necessary to
resolve the incident. De-escalation techniques will be applied, when reasonable and
safe to do so, in an effort to reduce the need for a response to resistance.
[4.1.1; 4.1.2]
DISENGAGEMENT - Is discontinuing a command or physical response to resistance.
Officers are legally permitted to escalate their response to resistance as the subject
escalates their level of resistance. The officer's choices are determined by the subject's
actions and the risk of physical harm posed to the officer or others.