Delatre's Use Of Deadly Force And Dead Force By Robert Delattre

Delattre discusses discretion in chapter 5, for he writes that judgment and rules, respect for limits, policies and laws, force and deadly force, and anticipation and planning, which shape and or create individual discretion. Delattre says that, discretion is allowed, because there are too many variables in situations and regulations can’t dictate what to do every time. Good policies only set boundaries for discretion, though the chief or commanding officers, also can set boundaries on policies to enforce more or less. Policies can’t be fully enforced, so there needs to be discretion concerning what policies are more enforced based on factors such as, limited resources and manpower. Though policies can make discretion good or bad, depending

Delattre then writes about force and deadly force, saying that, force usage, depending on department, is vague and mostly allowed. Deadly force on the other hand, limitation is vague and as long as the officer abides by the department’s standard, the officer’s deadly force may be justified. The use of dead force is really up to the officer’s discretion, while as some people find there is too much or too little discretion in deadly force; the department has a responsibility to address the issues in policy, while respecting the limits and allows the officer to exercise discretion. Delattre then explains in anticipation and planning, that departments and officers often should anticipate problems in correct decision making to avoid discretionary issues. Anticipation also can prevent to less media attention, good or bad, just as Delattre brings up, the media coverage can create copycat criminals. On the other hand, the media attention can bring reform to discretion and judgment calls, which can be good or bad, depending if the policy created is good or