Corrección al memorando del 15 de abril de 2021 "Resolución No. 20200611-095: Redefiniendo 'Resistencia' y considerando tácticas y herramientas alternas para prevenir la necesidad de municiones letales y menos letales".
En el memorando del 15 de abril de 2021 "Resolución No. 20200611-095: Redefiniendo 'Resistencia' y considerando tácticas y herramientas alternas para prevenir la necesidad de municiones letales y menos letales" por la Oficina de Fiscalización de la Policía, las tablas en el Apéndice D y el Apéndice E están incorrectas. La versión completa del memorando incluye las tablas corregidas. El memorando corregido está disponible aquí.
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and Considering Alternative Tactics and Tools to Prevent the Need for Lethal and Less-Lethal
Munitions"
In the April 15, 2021 memo "Resolution No. 20200611-095 - Redefining 'Resistance' and Considering
Alternative Tactics and Tools to Prevent the Need for Lethal and Less-Lethal Munitions" by the Office of
Police Oversight, the tables appearing in Appendix D and Appendix E are incorrect.
Appendix D
In Appendix D, the table covering the San Antonio Police Department's use-of-force continuum
mismatched certain force options to the five categories of officer perceptions.
The incorrect version of the table appeared as follows:
Appendix D: San Antonio Police Department Continuum Graphic 154
OFFICER'S PERCEPTION OF SUSPECT'S ACTIONS
Imminent
Imminent
Compliant
Passive
Active
Assault
(Cooperative)
Resistant
Resistant
Serious Bodily
(Bodily Injury)
Injury/Death
Officer's
X
presence
Verbal
X
Communications
Open/Empty
X
Hands Control
X
X
Physical Force
Intermediate
X
X
Weapon
X
X
X
X
X
Deadly Force
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The following is the correct table: 1
OFFICER'S PERCEPTION OF SUSPECT'S ACTIONS
Imminent Serious
Compliant
Imminent Assault
Passive Resistant
Active Resistant
Bodily
(Cooperative)
(Bodily Injury)
Injury/Death
Officer's Presence
Verbal Communications
Open/Empty Hands
Control
Physical Force
Intermediate Weapon
Deadly Force
Appendix E
In Appendix E, the table covering the San Francisco Police Department's use-of-force continuum is
incomplete, missing the fifth row and part of the fourth row.
The incorrect version of the table appeared as follows:
1
San Antonio Police Department. "Procedure 501.05 Application of Force." San Antonio Police Department General Manual. 18
Sept. 2020.
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Appendix E: San Francisco Police Department Continuum Graphic 155
Subject's Actions
Description
Possible Force Option
Compliance
Subject offers no
Mere professional
resistance
appearance
Nonverbal actions
Verbal requests and
commands
Handcuffing and control
holds
Passive non-
Does not respond to
Officer's strength to take
compliance
verbal commands but
physical control, including
also offers no physical
lifting/carrying
form of resistance
Pain compliance control
holds, takedowns and
techniques to direct
movement or immobilize
Active resistance
Physically evasive
Use of personal body
movements to defeat an
weapons to gain advantage
officer's attempt at
over the subject
control, including
Pain compliance control
bracing, tensing, running
holds, takedowns and
away, verbally, or
techniques to direct
physically signaling an
movement or immobilize a
intention to avoid or
subject
prevent being taken into
or retained in custody
Assaultive
Aggressive or combative;
Use of devices and/or
attempting to assault the
techniques to ultimately
officer or another person,
gain control of the situation
verbally or physically
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The following is the correct table: 2
Subject's Actions
Description
Possible Force Option
Compliance
Subject offers no
Mere professional
resistance
appearance
Nonverbal actions
Verbal requests and
commands
Handcuffing and control
holds
Passive non-
Does not respond to
Officer's strength to take
compliance
verbal commands but
physical control, including
also offers no physical
lifting/carrying
form of resistance
Pain compliance control
holds, takedowns and
techniques to direct
movement or immobilize
Active resistance
Physically evasive
Use of personal body
movements to defeat an
weapons to gain advantage
officer's attempt at
over the subject
control, including
Pain compliance control
bracing, tensing, running
holds, takedowns and
away, verbally, or
techniques to direct
physically signaling an
movement or immobilize a
intention to avoid or
subject
prevent being taken into
or retained in custody
Assaultive
Aggressive or combative;
Use of devices and/or
attempting to assault the
techniques to ultimately
officer or another person,
gain control of the situation
verbally or physically
Subject's Actions
Description
Possible Force Option
displays an intention to
Use of personal body
assault the officer or
weapons to gain advantage
another person
over the subject
Life-threatening
Any action likely to
Utilizing firearms or any
result in serious bodily
other available weapon or
injury or death of the
action in defense of self and
officer or another person
others to stop the threat
Vehicle intervention
(Deflection)
2
San Francisco Police Department. "General Order 5.01 Use of Force." San Francisco Police Department General Orders. 21
Dec. 2016.https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/DGO5.01%20Use%20of%20Force.pdf.Accessed 31
Oct. 2022. This table appears across two pages (pages 14-15) of the manual.
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The affected tables have also been corrected in the full version of the memo. The corrected memo is
available here.
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