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| Officer Presents... Appearance, demeanor, verbal and non-verbal communications that creates an atmosphere of compliance. Examples, CG ensign, Blue Lights, Uniform, Gun belt... |
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| Verbal Commands. Task Direction aim at a subject with consequence. Clear, Consice, Authoritive voice |
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| Deadly force. Any force likely to cause death and/or serious physical injury |
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| Actual physical injury to the body that results in: (a) unconsciousness; (b) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or (c) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. |
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| Governments legal power to act. |
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| Control techniques are techniques or actions with a low probability of causing (i.e., possible, but not likely to result in) connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones. |
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| Aggressive response techniques are techniques or actions likely to result in connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin, or broken bones, or that will produce irritation of the skin, eyes, and/or mucous membranes. |
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| Only that force reasonably necessary under the circumstances may be used. Force shall not be used where assigned duties can be discharged without it. Excessive force may never be used; however, nothing in the application of the Coast Guard Use of Force Policy shall be construed as to require personnel to meet force with equal or lesser force. |
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| is a government’s power to exercise legal authority over its persons, vessels, and territory. |
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1. Substantive law;
2. Vessel status/flag; and
3. Location. |
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| A substantive law is one that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct. |
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| The allowable extent of U.S. jurisdiction over persons, vessels, and aircraft is determined by the character of the waters in or over which they are located. |
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| Warships, military aircraft, and other government vessels or aircraft on non-commercial service have sovereign immunity and are subject only to the jurisdiction of the flag State. |
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