NCJ Number
16296
Date Published
1970
Length
600 pages
Annotation
PROVISIONS OF AND COMMENTARY ON THE 1970 PROCEDURAL CODE REGULATING THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE WITH AND WITHOUT THE AID OF WEAPONS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT BY POLICE AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY IN THE STATE (LAND) OF BERLIN.
Abstract
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR AUTHORIZING THE USE OF FORCE, PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF FORCE IN VARIOUSLY DEFINED CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SANCTIONS AGAINST THE MISUSE OF FORCE BY OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CODE ARE DISCUSSED RELATIVE TO THE 1948 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION, THE 1950 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND BASIC FREEDOMS, THE WEST GERMAN CONSTITUTION, AND OTHER WEST GERMAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. ALSO COVERED ARE THE USE OF SPECIFIC POLICE WEAPONS AND THE POLICE RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AND STUDENT OR URBAN DISORDERS. --IN GERMAN