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What Is the Fleeing Felon Doctrine

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What is the fleeing felon doctrine?


A) Statute allowing police officers to use lethal force against all fleeing felony suspects regardless of the force the suspect had exerted during the commission of the crime and whether innocent bystanders were present.
B) Statute allowing police officers to use deadly force against any fleeing felon and required that police weigh the dangerousness of shooting a suspect against the crime and the probability of immediate or future harm caused by the suspect if he or she escaped.
C) Statute allowing police officers to use nonlethal force against any nonviolent fleeing felon who did not pose a substantial risk to the police or third parties during the commission of a crime.
D) Statute allowing police officers the option of using lethal or nonlethal force against any fleeing felons who posed a risk of deadly or non-deadly force against citizens or the police as long as the use of force was consistent with standard operating procedures.

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