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1. 782.02 f.s.
Score: 83.51%
Abstract: 782.02 Justifiable use of deadly force. --The use of deadly force is justifiable when a person is resisting any attempt to murder such person or to commit any felony upon him or her or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person shall be. 1637, 1868; RS 2378; ch.

2. 776.06 f.s.
Score: 83.51%
Abstract: (2)(a) The term "deadly force" does not include the discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer or correctional officer during and within the scope of his or her official duties which is loaded with a less-lethal munition. As used in this subsection, the term "less-lethal munition" means a projectile that is designed to stun, temporarily incapacitate, or cause temporary discomfort to a person without penetrating the person's body. (b) A law enforcement officer or a correctional ...

3. 776.031 f.s.
Score: 83.51%
Abstract: --A person is justified in the use of force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on, or other tortious or criminal interference with, either real property other than a dwelling or personal property, lawfully in his or her possession or in the possession of another who is a member of his or her immediate family or household or of a person whose property he or ...

4. 776.012 f.s.
Score: 81.69%
Abstract: 776.012 Use of force in defense of person. --A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other's imminent use of unlawful force. (2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s.

5. 944.105 f.s.
Score: 79.67%
Abstract: (1) The Department of Corrections is authorized to enter into contracts with private vendors for the provision of the operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and the supervision of inmates. (5) Private correctional officers shall be trained in the use of force and the use of firearms and shall be trained at the private firm's expense, at the facilities that train correctional officers employed by the department. (7) The department shall require the certification of private ...

6. 776.07 f.s.
Score: 79.67%
Abstract: (1) A law enforcement officer or other person who has an arrested person in his or her custody is justified in the use of any force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent the escape of the arrested person from custody. (2) A correctional officer or other law enforcement officer is justified in the use of force, including deadly force, which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent the escape from a penal institution of a person whom the officer ...

7. 776.05 f.s.
Score: 79.67%
Abstract: 776.05 Law enforcement officers; use of force in making an arrest. --A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, need not retreat or desist from efforts to make a lawful arrest because of resistance or threatened resistance to the arrest. (b) The officer reasonably believes that the fleeing felon has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm to another person.

8. 776.013 f.s.
Score: 79.67%
Abstract: (b) The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred. 943.10(14), who enters or attempts to enter a dwelling, residence, or vehicle in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person entering or attempting to enter was a law...

9. 957.05 f.s.
Score: 77.42%
Abstract: 957.05 Requirements for contractors operating private correctional facilities. (2)(a) The training requirements, including inservice training requirements, for employees of a contractor that assumes the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a private correctional facility must meet or exceed the requirements for similar employees of the department or the training requirements mandated for accreditation by the American Correctional Association, whichever of those requirements are...

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