OAR 291-022-0115
Definitions
(1)
Chemical Agents: Chemical compounds that when deployed are designed to cause sufficient physiological effect to stop, control or temporarily incapacitate an individual.(2)
Deadly Physical Force: Physical force that under the circumstances in which it is used is readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury.(3)
Electronic Control Devices: Security equipment designed to stop, control or temporarily incapacitate through the use of high voltage, low amperage electric stimulation; e.g., conducted electrical weapon, electronic shield, etc.(4)
Level of Force: The type of force employed, the degree of that type of force employed, and the circumstances within which the force is employed.(5)
Local State Director: A person within the Department of Corrections who reports to the Assistant Director of Community Corrections and has responsibility for managing a state community corrections office within a particular county.(6)
Negligent Discharge: An unintentional discharge cause by an action or event that an employee could and should have foreseen or prevented.(7)
Offender: Any person under supervision who is on parole, post prison supervision, transitional leave, local control and/or probation status.(8)
Officer: Any state parole and probation officer certified as such by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training(9)
Physical Force: The use of hands, other parts of the body, objects, instruments, chemical devices, firearms, or other physical methods, for the purpose of overcoming the resistance to lawful authority.(10)
Physical Injury: Impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.(11)
Reasonable Force: That force, which is objectively reasonable, based upon the totality of the circumstances and the facts known to the officer at the time.(12)
Security Equipment: Firearms, ammunition, batons, chemical agents, security restraints, electronic control devices, and similar devices.(13)
Serious Physical Injury: Physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.(14)
Security Restraints: Handcuffs, temporary cuffs (flexcuffs), and other similar equipment designed to control a person from injuring himself/herself, others, and to prevent escape.(15)
Show of Force: A demonstration of the current ability to use force, such as the massing of parole and probation officers or other officials.(16)
Threat: Any person resisting arrest or resisting being lawfully controlled and/or demonstrating the intent, having the means, and the opportunity to inflict injury, serious physical injury, or death.(17)
Totality of the Circumstances: With respect to use of force, circumstances include, but are not limited to, comparative size; physical, emotional, and mental condition; skill level of combatants; nature of the offense; weapons; and availability of assistance.(18)
Use of Force: Any situation in which an employee uses physical force against a threat, except those situations in which security restraints are used in a standard manner for arrest, escort, or transport.
Source:
Rule 291-022-0115 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=291-022-0115.