Level One - Presence
· Subject Resistance: “Presence”
· Jail Officer Administered Control: “Presence”
The jail officer should project a professional image by maintaining a proper “interview stance”.
Level Two - Verbal
· Subject Resistance: “Verbal”
· Jail Officer Administered Control: “Verbal”
Dialogue should be controlled, non-emotional, and business-like. The jail officer should be concise and give specific direction as to what the subject should do or refrain from. Be very specific. Example: “Go to your cell and lock down right now.”
Level Three - Passive
· Subject Resistance: “Passive”
A subject physically refuses to comply or respond. They do not make any attempt to physically defeat the actions of a member, but instead force a jail officer to use physical maneuvers to establish control. Passive resistance is usually in the form of a relaxed or “dead weight” posture intended to make a jail officer lift, pull, or move an inmate to establish control.
· Jail Officer Control: “Control and Restraint” Transporters
Transporters are techniques used to control and/or move a subject from point A to point B with minimum effort by a jail officer in order to gain and retain control over a subject.
Pain Compliance: These techniques force a subject to comply with a jail officer as a result of the officer inflicting controlled pain upon specific points in a subject’s body, such as pressure point techniques.
Restraint Devices: These mechanical tools are used to restrict a subject’s movements, such as handcuffs, flexcuffs, leg irons, belly chains, and nylon restraining devices.
Level Four - Active
· Subject Resistance: “Active”
An inmate makes physically evasive movements to defeat a jail officer’s attempt at control. This may be in the form of bracing or tensing, attempts to push/pull away, or not allowing a jail officer to get close to the inmate. A subject may assume a fighting stance such as raised hands and clenched fists.
· Jail Officer Control: “Chemical Agents or Take Downs”
Preemptive physical control: A jail officer may escalate to physical control before any overt moves are made by a subject if the verbal communications by a subject indicate an immediate potential for violence and/or an officer believes that physical control is necessary to prevent a subject from injuring himself or others.
Take downs: These techniques redirect, in a controlled manner, a subject to the ground or object (wall or vehicle) in order to limit or overcome their physical resistance and to facilitate the application of a restraining device.
Authorized chemical weapons: primarily used to render a subject controllable.
Level Five - Aggressive
· Subject Resistance: “Aggressive”
A subject makes an overt, aggressive, hostile, attacking movement that may cause injury to a jail officer but is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.
· Jail Officer Administered Control: “Temporary Incapacitation”
These techniques are intended to stun or render a subject temporarily unresponsive, delivered with or without less-lethal weapons such as the Taser, Bean Bags, or the Baton, striking a major nerve area.
Level Six - Aggravated
· Subject Resistance: “Aggravated”
The subject is a suspected felon and the jail officer reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person, is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury; when the jail officer reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of physical violence to the jail officer or others; or when there is probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm.
· Jail Officer Administered Control: “Deadly Force”
Deadly use of protective action: These techniques may result in imminent death or great bodily harm, such as neck restraints or less-lethal weapon strikes to the head or joints. | 
