Common use of Deployments Clause in Contracts

Deployments. 34. The SOPs shall limit canine deployments, searches, and other situations in which there is a significant risk of a canine bite to instances in which the suspect is wanted for a serious felony or is wanted for a misdemeanor and is either known to be armed or is reasonably believed to be armed based upon particularized, specific facts. 35. The SOPs shall require canine handlers to have approval from a Canine Section supervisor before a canine can be deployed. The PGPD shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that a Canine Section supervisor supervises searches and deployments and responds as appropriate. In any case, the approving supervisor shall not serve as a canine handler in the course of the deployment. 36. When a deployment or search is permitted, a canine handler shall not allow a canine to bite or to apprehend a suspect by biting except in those circumstances in which: a. the suspect poses a risk of imminent danger to officers or others; b. the suspect is actively fleeing from officers (as contrasted to hiding); c. the suspect is hiding and presents a specific, known, and articulable risk of death or serious bodily injury to officers or others, such as a hostage or barricade situation; or d. other reasonable alternatives for apprehending the suspect that involve a lesser use of force have been exhausted or would clearly be ineffective. 37. For these purposes, “imminent danger” is limited to situations in which the suspect, whether armed or not, is attempting to inflict serious bodily injury upon another person. This includes situations in which: a. the suspect has assaulted, or has attempted to assault, or is assaulting or attempting to assault officers or others with a weapon or other instrumentality capable of producing serious bodily injury; or b. the suspect has threatened or is threatening to make such an assault or the suspect is attempting to inflict serious bodily injury to another person (example strangulation). 38. The SOPs shall require that whenever a canine-related injury occurs, the handler is responsible for ensuring that the injured individual or individuals receive immediate medical treatment through transportation to an emergency room or admission to a hospital.