Guidelines for police use of lethal and less lethal force?

You may want to contact your local law enforcement agency and request a copy of their guidelines. They are a public agency and their manuals and documents are public records.STRAIGHT TALK: Although there may be departments that publish orders, procedures and rules on this subject, there is no way that an individual officer, feeling his life, health, or physical well-being in jeopardy, is going to be deterred by Words on paper, from taking the action he believes is necessary to safeguard himself. The most routine of arrests may suddenly escalate from a minor physical struggle by the arrestee from having handcuffs placed on him, (which does not rise to the level of lethal force) into a sudden and desperate struggle for possession of the officer's weapon (which DOES rise to the level of the use of deadly force). In the blink of an eye a situation changes which can have drastic consequences for either, or both, the arrestee and the officer. Police officers are not required to simply struggle with you. If you do not submit to their authority peaceably, they are required, and authorized, to SUBDUE you!