TCOLE BPOC Force Options Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Deadly force -
correct answer ✅force that is intended or known by the actor to
cause, or in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of
causing, death or serious bodily injury.
CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE -
correct answer ✅Confinement is justified when force is justified by
this chapter if the actor takes reasonable measures to terminate
the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can unless the
person confined has been arrested for an offense.
THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE -
correct answer ✅The threat of force is justified when the use of
force is justified by this chapter. For purposes of this section, a
threat to cause death or serious bodily injury by the production of a
weapon or otherwise, as long as the actor's purpose is limited to
creating an apprehension that he will use deadly force if necessary,
does not constitute the use of deadly force.
RECKLESS INJURY OF INNOCENT THIRD PERSON -
correct answer ✅Even though an actor is justified under this
chapter in threatening or using force or deadly force against
another, if in doing so he also recklessly injures or kills an innocent
third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable
,TCOLE BPOC Force Options Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent
third person.
CIVIL REMEDIES UNAFFECTED -
correct answer ✅The fact that conduct is justified under this
chapter does not abolish or impair any remedy for the conduct that
is available in a civil suit.
ARREST AND SEARCH -
correct answer ✅A peace officer, or a person acting in a peace
officer's presence and at his direction, is justified in using force
against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably
believes the force is immediately necessary to make or assist in
making an arrest or search, or to prevent or assist in preventing
escape after arrest, if:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the arrest or search is lawful or, if
the arrest or search is made under a warrant, he reasonably
believes the warrant is valid; and
(2) before using force, the actor manifests his purpose to arrest or
search and identifies himself as a peace officer or as one acting at a
peace officer's direction, unless he reasonably believes his purpose
, TCOLE BPOC Force Options Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
and identity are already known by or cannot reasonably be made
known to the person to be arrested.
PUBLIC DUTY -
correct answer ✅conduct is justified if the actor reasonably
believes the conduct is required or authorized by law, by the
judgment or order of a competent court or other governmental
tribunal, or in the execution of legal process.
NECESSITY -
correct answer ✅Conduct is justified if:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately
necessary to avoid imminent harm;
(2) the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly
outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the
harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct;
and
(3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the
conduct does not otherwise plainly appear.
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Deadly force -
correct answer ✅force that is intended or known by the actor to
cause, or in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of
causing, death or serious bodily injury.
CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE -
correct answer ✅Confinement is justified when force is justified by
this chapter if the actor takes reasonable measures to terminate
the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can unless the
person confined has been arrested for an offense.
THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE -
correct answer ✅The threat of force is justified when the use of
force is justified by this chapter. For purposes of this section, a
threat to cause death or serious bodily injury by the production of a
weapon or otherwise, as long as the actor's purpose is limited to
creating an apprehension that he will use deadly force if necessary,
does not constitute the use of deadly force.
RECKLESS INJURY OF INNOCENT THIRD PERSON -
correct answer ✅Even though an actor is justified under this
chapter in threatening or using force or deadly force against
another, if in doing so he also recklessly injures or kills an innocent
third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable
,TCOLE BPOC Force Options Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent
third person.
CIVIL REMEDIES UNAFFECTED -
correct answer ✅The fact that conduct is justified under this
chapter does not abolish or impair any remedy for the conduct that
is available in a civil suit.
ARREST AND SEARCH -
correct answer ✅A peace officer, or a person acting in a peace
officer's presence and at his direction, is justified in using force
against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably
believes the force is immediately necessary to make or assist in
making an arrest or search, or to prevent or assist in preventing
escape after arrest, if:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the arrest or search is lawful or, if
the arrest or search is made under a warrant, he reasonably
believes the warrant is valid; and
(2) before using force, the actor manifests his purpose to arrest or
search and identifies himself as a peace officer or as one acting at a
peace officer's direction, unless he reasonably believes his purpose
, TCOLE BPOC Force Options Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
and identity are already known by or cannot reasonably be made
known to the person to be arrested.
PUBLIC DUTY -
correct answer ✅conduct is justified if the actor reasonably
believes the conduct is required or authorized by law, by the
judgment or order of a competent court or other governmental
tribunal, or in the execution of legal process.
NECESSITY -
correct answer ✅Conduct is justified if:
(1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately
necessary to avoid imminent harm;
(2) the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly
outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the
harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct;
and
(3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the
conduct does not otherwise plainly appear.
