CDCR Correctional Sergeant — Policy and Procedures (Use of Force & Peace Officer Authority)

Use of Force policy

This construct covers what the DOM requires of the supervisor who responds to a use of force — the force options available, the criteria for deadly force, the controlled-force process, and the reports that must be gathered before anyone involved is relieved from the scene.

Peace Officer Authority and Mutual Aid

This construct covers where a CDCR peace officer's authority runs, what separates an emergency request for assistance from a non-emergency one, who may authorize each, and when the cost of that assistance can be recovered.

What this segment does NOT prepare, stated plainly

CDCR's own Segment 1 sample question is answered according to a Restricted DOM section (the 55000 series), which is issued only to need-to-know positions and withheld from the public manual. This product prepares the PUBLIC-DOM portion of this segment — the two articles above — and does not prepare the R-DOM-keyed portion.

CDCR publishes no figure for how much of Segment 1 is R-DOM-keyed, so there is no denominator from which any percentage of coverage could be computed, and none is stated here or anywhere else on this site.

Related guides

• CDCR Correctional Sergeant Written Exam Format
• CDCR Correctional Sergeant — Reading and Writing Comprehension
• CDCR Correctional Sergeant — Supervisory Skills