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The officer doing absolutely nothing is the preferred use of force: people doing the right thing because it is the right thing and they are good people.

An example of a Force Continuum.

If that fails, the next best option is a gentle reminder, probably just a look.

If there must be interaction, it is better to engage reason than to hurt feelings, better to hurt feelings than to touch, better to touch than to hurt, better to hurt than to injure, and better to injure than to kill.

The force continua are just ways to put that order of preference into words.

What follows is just an example. Different agencies use different Force Continua and not all include the same things at the same levels. For instance, using pressure on the sides of the neck to cut off blood to the brain is considered by some agencies to be deadly force and by others to be a control technique.

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An officer has a reasonable expectation that when he shows up at the scene people will stop misbehaving. This works in most instances. A cop car in your rear-view mirror is one of the more effective traffic control devices. Most normal people do not break laws in front of uniformed officers.