[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR632.3]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 632--USE OF FORCE BY PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 632.3  Policy.

    (a) Law enforcement and security personnel will use force only when 
they cannot fulfill their duties without it. They will use the minimum 
force needed; only as a last resort will they use deadly force. (See 
Secs. 632.3(c), 632.4, and 632.5.)
    (b) Commanders are encouraged to substitute nonlethal devices (such 
as night sticks) for firearms when adequate for law enorcement and 
security personnel to safely fulfill their duties.
    (c) In evaluating the degree of force needed for specific law 
enforcement or security situations, consider these options:
    (1) Verbal persuasion.
    (2) Unarmed defense techniques.
    (3) Chemical aerosol irritant projectors (M36). (May be subject to 
host nation or local restrictions.)
    (4) MP club.
    (5) MP working dogs.
    (6) Deadly force. (Sec. 632.4)
    (d) Entrapment, i.e., inducing someone to commit an offense in order 
to prosecute that person, is not permitted in law enforcement or 
security duties.
    (e) Use MP working dogs in accordance with the provisions of AR 190-
12. Release dogs only if a lesser measure of force would not be 
effective.
    (1) Releasing a sentry dog to apprehend a suspect is a greater 
measure of force than releasing a patrol dog.
    (2) Before releasing a military dog for attack, give a challenge or 
order to halt.