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That much exposure was a powerful incentive to understand the rules of force as well as to investigate ways to avoid it.

I have also worked as an Internal Affairs investigator and as a contract advisor for the Iraqi federal corrections service.

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In an egalitarian society, the basic rules for how much force is legal are the same for officers as for civilians. The big differences come into play based on when and how force is used. A civilian who can walk away would not (should not, in most jurisdictions) use force, whereas an officer with a Duty to Act may have no choice. In cases of self-defense, citizens need to use force primarily to safely escape. Taking someone into custody requires different skills and entails different risks.

That will be covered in more detail later.

As much as possible I will put you inside the head of an officer—as a rookie at the academy in the first section, to growing into a veteran officer in the third. Every officer has been a civilian. Few civilians have ever been officers. Try it on for size.