Question

Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
While placing the suspect under arrest, there was no resistance. What level of force would Officer Richards appropriately be able to use?
a. officer presence
b. verbal commands
c. intermediate weapons like a baton or taser
d. deadly force

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