Deadly force

This book will examine the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the lower federal appellate courts which pertain to the use of force and deadly force by federal, state and local law enforcement officers. This examination will include a review an analysis of the constitutional standards created by the Supreme Court regarding police us of force and deadly force. Lower federal appellate decisions which have interpreted and applied these standards will also be reviewed. All of these cases are directly relevant to state and local police officers. In each case, state or local officers were the defendants. The new United States Department of Justice (DoJ) police regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers working for the DoJ component agencies will also be discussed and analyzed. A practical analysis of the "objectively reasonable" police officer will also be undertaken. The focus of this objective reasonableness analysis will be upon officer survival in deadly confrontations.