Lethal force and the "objectively reasonable" officer
Subtitle: law, liability, policy, tactics and survival
By: John Michael Callahan
Publisher: Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc.; Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Flushing, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781608851324
Subjects: Police shootings; Police; Reasonable care (Law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Deadly force and constitutional law; title: Impact of Graham and Garner decisions on the Federal circuit courts; title: The qualified immunity defense; title: Graham v. Connor : criminal prosecution for using deadly force; title: The "objectively reasonable" officer defined; title: Firearms and deadly force training; title: Action versus reaction : the deadly reactionary gap; title: Wound ballistics; title: Tennessee v. Garner : deadly force and the fleeing felon; title: Dangerous vehicle pursuits : Scott v. Harris; title: Deadly force : the body's physiological response; title: Politics and the patrol rifle; title: "The objectively reasonable law enforcement officer" summation.