Briefly outline some of the options available to an officer for controlling someone with nonlethal force

What will be an ideal response?


Whether they are called less-than-lethal, less-lethal, or nonlethal weapons, their intent is to avoid the use of deadly force. The most commonly used restraint is handcuffs. Aerosols can also be used: Pepper spray is considered by many to be the single most significant resistance-control and injury-reduction tool in law enforcement history. Impact munitions are specially designed projectiles that are made to strike a subject's body causing nonlethal blunt trauma and incapacitation. Controlled Electronic Devices (CEDs) are also called ECDs. These handheld devices operate by causing neuron-muscular incapacitation (NMI) resulting in a subject's loss of motor function and, usually, consequent collapse to the ground. Perhaps the best-known and most controversial less-lethal weapon is the TASER. Other less-lethal options include capture nets, which have been an alternative for subduing combative suspects for decades. A modern version of such a capture net is the Super Talon™ net gun.

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