Deadly Encounters: The Police Use of Lethal Force

Cards (2)

  • When are officers permitted to use guns?
    Officers are permitted to use guns only to protect themselves or others from serious injury or to stop a fleeing felon whose scape is likely to result in serious injury or death.
  • Most police shootings that result in fatalities are due to?
    Most police shootings that result in fatalities, the deceased had just committed a serious criminal offence. In some cases the deceased was wanted by police for a serious criminal offence: murder, attempted murder, robbery, aggravated assault, or drug trafficking.