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I recently attending a LOCKUP use of force instructor class.  It is a defensive tactics system that is taught by Retired Lieutenant Kevin Dillon.

how do we define what reasonable is and how do we teach recruits to understand what reasonableness is?

It is the time of the year when hundreds of officer are currently in route to St. Louis for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) Conference.

The degree to which a police officer’s use force is incumbent upon their own individual decision making process during their encounter.

This concept of 'reasonableness' has dotted the legal landscape for a long period of time, and really only been applied to law enforcement applications of force since Graham v. Connor.