Circular Force Continuum
The Circular Force Continuum.
From an article printed in the SLC Tribune.
The CFC maintains that a cop can use whatever force he deems reasonable to ensure his safety, including deadly force.‘Officers may use any force available’
The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) division of the Utah Department of Safety oversees, directly or indirectly, the basic training of all police recruits in Utah. At its four-month academy, cadets are introduced to the use-of-force continuum, a diagram showing officer force options — simply showing up at the scene; verbal commands, touching or holding a subject, pepper spray, police dogs, baton, Taser, or deadly force — arrayed in a circle for the officer’s selection.
"Officers may use any force available provided they can justify the reasonableness of force used," the manual states.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/1842489-1...outpacing-gang
What that means in the real world is a cop can blow you away for twitching funny, making "furtive movements" or "menacing staring".
And the "reasonableness" of his action will be determined by...fellow cops.
This is the driving force behind so many of these police killings we are seeing now.
Years ago, the force continuum was "vertical", meaning that a cop could only one level of force above what was being against him.
The CFC has been adopted by many police forces across the country, and the pressure to do so comes from two directions:
One is the feds, who have been pushing this, post 9/11 through the training guidelines passed down through the local "fusion centers"
The second is the lawyers for both police and the towns that employ them. It is cheaper to blow you away than risk having to pay multiple injury and insurance claims and lawsuits if a cop gets hurt taking you down physically.
Put very simply: it costs more to pay for a cop's broken back than your corpse.
This, more than anything else, is why you need to avoid cops at all costs.
Never call a cop for "help" - that is not their job. Their job is to $#@! people up and put them in jail.
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Originally Posted by erowe1
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