Chokehold definition
Chokehold. ’ means a physical maneuver that re-
Chokehold means the intentional application of direct pressure to a person's trachea or windpipe for the purpose of restricting another person's airway.
Chokehold also means applying pressure to a person's neck on either side of the windpipe, but not to the windpipe itself, to stop the flow of blood to the brain via the carotid arteries.
More Definitions of Chokehold
Chokehold means any action that involves the placement of any part of an officer’s body on or around a person’s neck with the intent to limit the person’s breathing or blood flow, including (a) arm-bar control holds, which inhibit breathing by compression of the airway in the neck; (b) carotid restraint holds, which inhibit blood flow by compression of the blood vessels in the neck; (c) lateral vascular neck constraints; and (d) holds with a knee or object to the back of a prone subject’s neck.
Chokehold means the use of any maneuver on a person that
Chokehold means the use of the lateral
Chokehold means applying pressure to the throat or
Chokehold means the use of any maneuver on a person that employs a lateral vascular neck restraint, carotid restraint, or other action that applies any pressure to the throat, windpipe, or neck in a manner that limits the person’s breathing or blood flow. (Added 2017, No. 56, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; amended 2019, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2020; 2021, No. 27, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.)
Chokehold means to wrap an arm around or grip a person’s neck in a manner that may limit or cut off either the flow of air by compressing the windpipe, or the flow of blood through the carotid arteries on each side of the neck.
Chokehold means applying any direct pressure to the throat, windpipe, or airway of another. "Chokehold" does not include any holding involving contact with the neck that is not intended to reduce the intake of air such as a headlock where the only pressure applied is to the head.