Use of unnecessary or wanton force

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
  4. Metropolitan Police
  5. General Prohibitions
  6. Use of unnecessary or wanton force

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Any officer who uses unnecessary and wanton severity in arresting or imprisoning any person shall be deemed guilty of assault and battery, and, upon conviction, punished therefor.

(R.S., D.C., § 434.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 4-176.

1973 Ed., § 4-176.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 5-302.


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