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Remember that the force options chart is only a guide to the use of force on duty. This particular chart may agree with your department’s policy—many departments use different categories or call for different responses—but all officers should understand this concept: always ask yourself—before using force—whether your use of force will be considered objectively reasonable given the overall circumstances. Treat every situation where you may have to use force as if you were being videotaped for the nightly news. (Remember the Rodney King incident!)

Most of the martial arts techniques demonstrated in this book would be used to deal with an individual who is assaultive or is threatening your life or trying to cause you great bodily injury. Before using them, however, you should evaluate whether the force required is objectively reasonable given the specific circumstances.

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Basic Rules for Self-Defense

In order to defend yourself successfully from physical attacks, you must first prepare yourself psychologically. The best martial arts training, physical ability, or reflexes in the world won’t help you if you’re not ready to use them when suddenly confronted with an aggressive assault. Physical assaults can never be taken too lightly—many officers have been injured or killed because they didn’t respond quickly enough to an assault.