Use of Force

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Use of force can be defined as the right granted to the authority or an individual to settle conflicts through measures that are aimed at either preventing or dissuading a given party from a certain course of action or physical intervention to stop the individual (s ) from taking a certain course of action . As such , use of force may be applied by the military the police , other security personnel or corrections in an effort to stop or prevent

crime . The executive branch may also exercise the use of force in such cases as deploying the military or the police in an effort to maintain law and or to defend the sovereignty of the country in question . However , the use of force by the executive branch is dependent on political jurisdiction passed by the legislative branch

In essence , the use of force is vested in statutes in the constitution with a series of progressive actions authorizing given authorities and security bodies to apply the use of force in certain situation . Unlike the use of negotiation and conflict resolution techniques , forced is useable by a law enforcement officer if a law breaker decline from desisting a certain course of action or if he attempts to run . Use of force in this context includes physical restraint and lethal force to solve or to restrain such an individual from committing the crime . The general rule however remains that only a reasonable force maybe...