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Use of Force · Tasers, Canine & Less-Lethal

Tasers, Canine &
Less-Lethal Force

Less-lethal is a category, not a permission slip. Tasers, chemical agents, impact weapons, projectiles, and canine deployments each carry their own standards, and each leaves a record that shows whether those standards were followed.

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The Scope

What this covers.

Within this engagement

  • Taser and electronic-control-device force
  • Pepper spray and chemical-agent force
  • Baton and impact-weapon force
  • Less-lethal projectile force
  • Police-canine force and deployment decisions
  • Proportionality, necessity and available alternatives
How it is analyzed

Device logs where produced, video, use-of-force reports, canine deployment records, training histories, and the agency's device-specific policies, measured against proportionality and necessity on the totality of the circumstances.

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Questions

Before the record is sent.

Do less-lethal cases really turn on policy?
Frequently. Device-specific policy and training set the terms: when activation is authorized, for how long, against whom, and what warnings and aid are required. The record shows whether practice matched them.
What does retention cost?
A non-refundable retainer of $8,000–$9,000 covering 29–33 hours of discovery review, report writing and conferences at $275 per hour. Most reports are completed within the retainer. The full published schedule is on the For Counsel page.
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