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So, removing discretion in this case is good, right? Sort of. Except bad people have an amazing ability to use good things for bad ends. The ‘will arrest’ rule has become a harassment tool in divorce cases, and a way to empty a house for burglary while one spouse is in jail and the other is trying to arrange bail. It is one of the few issues where no evidence is needed for an arrest. The expectation is that there will be no serious repercussions unless found guilty at trial, so no harm, no foul. In theory.

But what if you have a job where you can be fired for missing a day? What if a day in jail causes you to miss a mandatory custody hearing? A lot of well-meant legislation can have unintended consequences.

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Force is a form of communication, the most emphatic possible way of saying, “No!” or “Stop that!” or “Do it now!”

An officer enters any use of force with a goal in mind: to get the handcuffs on; to remove the drunk from the premises or the car; to get out of the ambush alive. The preferred goal is always cooperation, where the citizen wants to do what the officer has already determined is necessary. You usually get this from citizens (citizens being slang for normal, good people):