Use of Force
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
USE OF FORCE
Lesson Plan
LESSON PLAN
T IME T OPIC I NSTRUCTOR N OTES
L ECTURE/D ISCUSSION FROM P OWER P OINT:
1. Review/Discuss Department Use of Force
from the PowerPoint.
F RESNO C OUNTY S HERIFF'S
2. Ask students to (verbally) fill in the missing
O FFICE U SE OF F ORCE P OLICY
words from the Use of Force slides (3-23).
P OWER P OINT
3. Students will write the missing words (in red
text) in the corresponding blanks of their
worksheet.
4. Illustrate policy with examples:
a. Factors used to determine reasonableness.
b. Articulating reasonableness.
c. Notification to Supervisors.
V IDEO/D ISCUSSION:
1. View “Brutality” and discuss the
issues/violations related to our use of force
policy.
a. Excessive?
b. Liability?
c. Witnessing officer responsibility?
V IDEO ILLUSTRATIONS OF U SE OF
F ORCE I NCIDENTS:
1. “Brutality”
2. View the “75 year-old man dies from
takedown” video and discuss the
2. “75 year-old man dies from
issues/violations related to our use of force
takedown”
policy.
a. Excessive?
b. Public Perception?
c. Additional issues?
T IME T OPIC I NSTRUCTOR N OTES