Police Foundations LAW220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Grievous Bodily Harm, Nonverbal Communication, Lethal Force
7 Aug 2018
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Central to the assess-plan-act process is the behaviour of the subject. The framework records five different categories of subject behaviour in the circle adjacent to the situation. The gradual blending of colours in this circle reflects the fact that the boundaries between categories are difficult to distinguish. It is often difficult to differentiate between categories of behaviour. Where a subject falls in these categories is in part dependent upon the officer"s perception. The following describes each of the five categories of subject behaviour. Co-operative - the subject responds appropriately to the officer"s presence, direction and control. Resistant (passive) - the subject refuses, with little or no physical action, to cooperate with the officer"s lawful direction. This can assume the form of a verbal refusal or consciously contrived physical inactivity. Resistant (active) - the subject uses non-assaultive physical action to resist, or while resisting an officer"s lawful direction.
