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  2. Massad Ayoob - Wikipedia

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    He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974. He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute in Concord, New Hampshire, from 1981 to 2009, and now operates his own company. [1] Ayoob has appeared as an expert witness in several trials.

  3. Nonviolent Peaceforce - Wikipedia

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    Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is an international nongovernmental organization that employs Unarmed Civilian Protection.Their mission is to protect civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies, build peace side-by-side with local communities, and advocate for the wider adoption of these approaches to safeguard human lives and dignity. [1]

  4. List of police tactical units - Wikipedia

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    Quick Reaction Force (QRF) – CBP National Capital Region based tactical team; U.S. Border Patrol. Special Operations Group. Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) Sector BORTAC; Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) Federal Protective Service (FPS) – Rapid Protection Force (RPF) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

  5. List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings ...

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    South Africa: Africa 436 56,720,000 76.9 2017/8 [20] Central African Republic: Africa 30+ 30+ 4,659,000 64.4 2015/6 18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases [21] Lesotho: Africa 19 2,233,000 63.8 2017/8 Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly. [22] Burkina Faso: Africa 116 19,190,000 60.4 2018/9

  6. Use of force continuum - Wikipedia

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    A firearm is the most widely recognized lethal or deadly force weapon, however, an automobile or weapon of opportunity could also be defined as a deadly force utility. [7] [9] [10] The U.S. Navy teaches a six-step model: Officer presence, Verbal commands, Soft controls, Hard controls, Intermediate Weapons, and Lethal force.

  7. Human shield (law) - Wikipedia

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    Military necessity can justify the use of force in certain circumstances, where there is a military advantage to be gained by an attack. [15] When the use of force is excessive relative to its anticipated military advantage, it is said to be disproportionate , which is prohibited under international law.

  8. Right of self-defense - Wikipedia

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    The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life (self-defense) or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of ...

  9. Licence to kill (concept) - Wikipedia

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    A licence to kill, or license to kill in American English, is a licence granted by a government or government agency to a particular operative or employee to initiate the use of lethal force in the delivery of their objectives. The initiation of lethal force is in contrast to the use of lethal force in self-defence or the protection of life.