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Consistently, in booking, some of the worst fights we have are with first-time offenders who feel that they aren’t “real criminals” and should be dealt with differently. They stand up for rights that not only do they not have, but for rights that we are prohibited by policy to extend.

This is often compounded by the officer’s indifference. I almost wrote “seeming indifference” but in many of the day-to-day calls, the indifference is real: going to jail may be the most traumatic experience of your life, but I’ve booked, as a corrections officer, over sixty arrests in one night. I won’t be as excited as you are, I guarantee it.

If neither cooperation nor compliance is an option, the officer must take control. This is sometimes referred to as ‘forcing compliance’ but I am trying to keep the language clear.

Most of this book is about the nuances of how an officer gains control. ‘The least force necessary to…’ In general, control is considered established when the threat is handcuffed or placed in a cell—restrained or contained, respectively. Restraints limit the threat’s means; containment limits his opportunity.