Examples of ECW application in a sentence
Where feasible, the officer will defer ECW application for a reasonable time to allow the subject to comply with the warning.
In determining whether any additional application is reasonable, officers will consider that a subject may not be able to respond to commands during or immediately following an ECW application, and the officer will allow sufficient time for the subject to comply prior to applying another cycle.
Each ECW application (in probe mode or drive-stun mode) is a separate use of force that officers must separately justify as reasonable.
Type 1 force includes lethal force; force resulting in death or serious bodily injury; force resulting in hospital admission; canine bites; more than three applications of an ECW on an individual during a single interaction, regardless of the mode or duration of the applications and regardless of whether the applications are by the same or different officers, or ECW application that lasts longer than 15 seconds, whether continuous or consecutive; and any vehicle pursuit.
FPD will ensure that, after the first ECW application, the officer will reevaluate the situation to determine if subsequent cycles are necessary, and will weigh the risks of subsequent cycles against other force options.
The City shall ensure that all subjects who have been exposed to ECW application shall receive a medical evaluation by emergency medical responders in the field or at a medical facility.
Officers shall be trained to attempt hands-on control tactics during ECW applications, including handcuffing the subject during ECW application (i.e., handcuffing under power).
During IMR-5, our review of APD’s operational ECW practices indicated that across reviews of eight known uses of ECWs that reporting period, APD officers’ performance with the ECW application and use conformed with established policy and training 100 percent of the time.
The investigative file did not include pictures of the ECW application sites.
The City will ensure that all subjects who have been exposed to an ECW application receive a medical evaluation by emergency medical responders in the field or at a medical facility.