EXCESSIVE  FORCE  ACT  fm2.htm

RANGERS AND THE EXCESSIVE FORCE ACT (EFA).

Many Rangers have expressed frustration at the excessive force act, since it can often make their work extremely difficult. This is mostly just an overestimation of its bounds and effect, it isn’t actually all that strict but a skilled lawyer can really tear a careless ranger to pieces. For that reason I have compiled a simple summary of how this act affects you, stick to the guidelines within and courts will take an extremely sympathetic view, allowing us to take the other side to the cleaners.

David Matthews (Home secretary)

AS A CIVILIAN

You may

            -Defend yourself from attack using non lethal means. (The so called excessive stupidity act).

            - Take reasonable action to avoid harm to another, or to avoid property damage.

            (just don’t kill anyone).

You may not

-Start fights, brawl, or get drunk and flatten anyone without at least an alpha rating.

-Use super power to engage in any form of vigilantism. (you don’t need to do that

anyway since you are authorised police, but no picking on non power criminals, leave that to the police).

AS A LAW ENFORCER

You may

            -Use any reasonable force to defend yourself or another from harm.

            -DETAIN non power criminals (you may not arrest them or use force).

            -Use the full extent of force necessary to defeat and arrest power criminals.

            -Use any reasonable force to resolve extreme crisis situations.

            -Inflict reasonable property damage in the execution of your duties.

You may not

            -Act as the sole arresting officer in a non power crime, always get a non power

            officer in.

            -Inflict excessive property damage.

            -NEVER EVER, kill or cause the death of non power

            -TRY YOUR HARDEST not to kill another power in the execution of your duties.

            -‘Go streets of rage’ and use your power to decimate the ranks of non power crime organisations.

The majority of the act is relatively simple, and simply boils down to “don’t be a super powered bully!”. The big problem is that it was a very scary time back when it was made, and a lot of stupid legal precedents got set by it. Yes, to a large extent the law is stacked against you, but always remember you are officers of the law, you shouldn’t be above it. Hopefully you won’t have to deal with a situation where you risk compromising the act, but always report any breach immediately so we can get to work on a case.

ADDED NOTE (not official)

Rangers Petra, Paul, Ebon, and rocky, just listen to all that garbage will you? The people of this world created laws to control forces greater than themselves, and that about sums this up. Forget what he says about reporting breaches to legal department, if you should ever have cause to breach the act, come see me first and keep shushed to everybody else. I have a knack for making things like this go away, after all I’ve cleaned up after the four poster children for this act for the best part of 20 years. Just do what you feel is right, the courts aren’t blind.

WO