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Task: Deadly Force

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Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985).

All uses of Deadly Force must be objectively reasonable based upon
the totality of circumstances surrounding its use.
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Objective Reasonableness is satisfied where:

•Suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death to officer

or some other person who is present. OR;
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•Officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a violent
felony involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious bodily harm or

• By his or her escape poses an imminent danger of serious bodily harm or
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death to others. (It is noted that this last provision has been generally added by

law enforcement agencies-though the Supreme Court assumed danger to the

community at large based on prior Act).

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•Warning should be given where possible.

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