Common use of Impact Weapons Clause in Contracts

Impact Weapons. 20 88. SPD will incorporate in its use of force policies specific provisions concerning the 21 use of impact weapons and guidelines for use. Officers will be trained and certified for 22 department-approved impact weapons before being authorized to carry these weapons. Officers 23 will also be recertified at reasonable intervals. Use of any improvised impact weapons will fall 1 under the same guidelines and officers will be required to articulate how the use of the weapon 3 situations in which such force is reasonable and consistent with training, for example, when it is 4 necessary to protect the officer, the subject, or another party from immediate physical harm. 5 89. When a supervisor or FIT conduct investigations of impact weapon use in Type II 6 or Type III investigations, the investigator will assure that the use of force report thoroughly 7 describes each impact weapon strike that the officer recalls. Consistent with current training 8 policy and practice, impact weapons should not be used on persons who are handcuffed and 9 under control or otherwise restrained persons under control, or persons complying with police 10 direction. 11 90. Analysis of data regarding the use of impact weapons will continue to be included 12 in SPD’s use of force annual report and tracked in EIS as a use of force.