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JIM WAGNER REALITY-BASED PERSONAL PROTECTION1
USE-OF-FORCE LADDER
FOR CIVILIAN SELF-DEFENSE
MURDER OH MANSLAUGHTER
high risk
UNSTABLE SITUATION
conflict
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FELONY ASSAULT
ASSAULTA BATTERY
VERSAL INDICATORS
VISUAL INDICATORS
CONFLICT CUES
SUSPECTS low risk ACTIONS
limited options
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DEADLY FORCE
REASONABLE FORCE
VERBAL DEFLECTION
CONFIDENT DEMEANOR
STABLE SITUATION THREAT ASSESSMENT
multiple options caution YOUR
REACTION
DEADLY FORCE: Any fwca Chat i& likely to cajw dealh or serious bodily injury. REASONABLE FORCE;: The level of force that e reasonable person would use In a similar situaiion. VERBAL DEFLECTION: Words, or silence, used to diffuse a gi1*jg1io.n rather than (oincile, CONFIDENT DEMEANOR: Physical appaarsflM of self-eonHdortw and dolwrnlnallon, THREAT ASSESSMENT Anticipating likely corVhrt oaths oefore they occur (al an levels).