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13A-3-24
Section 13A-3-24 Use of force by persons with parental, custodial, or special responsibilities.
The use of force upon another person is justified under any of the following circumstances:
(1) A parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care and supervision of a minor
or an incompetent person, and a teacher or other person responsible for the care and supervision
of a minor for a special purpose, may use reasonable and appropriate physical force upon the
minor or incompetent person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary
and appropriate to maintain discipline or to promote the welfare of the minor or incompetent
person. (2) A warden or other authorized official of a jail, prison, or correctional institution
may, in order to maintain order and discipline, use whatever physical force is authorized
by law. (3) A person responsible for the maintenance of order in a common or contract carrier
of passengers, or a person acting under his direction, may use...
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13A-3-25
Section 13A-3-25 Use of force in defense of premises. (a) A person in lawful possession or
control of premises, as defined in Section 13A-3-20, or a person who is licensed or privileged
to be thereon, may use physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he reasonably
believes it necessary to prevent or terminate what he reasonably believes to be the commission
or attempted commission of a criminal trespass by the other person in or upon such premises.
(b) A person may use deadly physical force under the circumstances set forth in subsection
(a) of this section only: (1) In defense of a person, as provided in Section 13A-3-23; or
(2) When he reasonably believes it necessary to prevent the commission of arson in the first
or second degree by the trespasser. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §620.)...
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13A-3-26
Section 13A-3-26 Use of force in defense of property other than premises. A person is justified
in using physical force, other than deadly physical force, upon another person when and to
the extent that he reasonably believes it to be necessary to prevent or terminate the commission
or attempted commission by the other person of theft or criminal mischief with respect to
property other than premises as defined in Section 13A-3-20. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812,
§625.)...
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14-3-15
Section 14-3-15 Officers and guards - Pursuit and arrest of escaped convicts. Every officer
and guard, regularly sworn, shall have power to pursue and arrest any escaped convict in any
county of this state without a warrant. He may use such force or means as may be required
under the circumstances to prevent the convict's escape by flight or to overcome his resistance.
He shall have the same authority as a sheriff to summon persons to assist in making such arrest
or to protect such convict from any violence after arrest. (Code 1886, §4580; Code 1896,
§4453; Code 1907, §6505; Code 1923, §3604; Code 1940, T. 45, §22; Acts 1951, No. 365,
p. 660.)...
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13A-6-60
Section 13A-6-60 Definitions. The following definitions apply in this article: (1) FORCIBLE
COMPULSION. Use or threatened use, whether express or implied, of physical force, violence,
confinement, restraint, physical injury, or death to the threatened person or to another person.
Factors to be considered in determining an implied threat include, but are not limited to,
the respective ages and sizes of the victim and the accused; the respective mental and physical
conditions of the victim and the accused; the atmosphere and physical setting in which the
incident was alleged to have taken place; the extent to which the accused may have been in
a position of authority, domination, or custodial control over the victim; or whether the
victim was under duress. Forcible compulsion does not require proof of resistance by the victim.
(2) INCAPACITATED. The term includes any of the following: a. A person who suffers from a
mental or developmental disease or disability which renders the person...
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6-5-338
Section 6-5-338 Immunity of peace officers and tactical medics from tort liability for conduct
in the line of duty; certain employers of off-duty officers to maintain liability coverage.
(a) Every peace officer and tactical medic, except constables, who is employed or appointed
pursuant to the Constitution or statutes of this state, whether appointed or employed as a
peace officer or tactical medic by the state or a county or municipality thereof, or by an
agency or institution, corporate or otherwise, created pursuant to the Constitution or laws
of this state and authorized by the Constitution or laws to appoint or employ police officers
or other peace officers or tactical medics, and whose duties prescribed by law, or by the
lawful terms of their employment or appointment, include the enforcement of, or the investigation
and reporting of violations of, the criminal laws of this state, and who is empowered by the
laws of this state to execute warrants, to arrest and to take into...
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36-30-2
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount of compensation.
(a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter who is a member of
an organized volunteer fire department registered with the Alabama Forestry Commission, or
a rescue squad member is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, or dies as a result
of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or dies as a direct
and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke, his or her beneficiaries or dependents shall
be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be
paid from the State Treasury as provided in Section 36-30-3, unless such death was caused
by the willful misconduct of the officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member or was due to
his or her own intoxication or his or her willful failure or refusal to use safety appliances
provided by his or her employer or his or her willful refusal or...
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37-8-221
Section 37-8-221 Prohibited instruments - Search and seizure. (a) In addition to the grounds
enumerated in Section 15-5-2 for the issuance of search warrants, search warrants may be issued
as prescribed in Title 15, for the seizure of any prohibited instrument, as defined in Sections
37-8-217, 37-8-218, 37-8-220, and this section. (b) Any such prohibited instrument may be
seized by court order, under a search warrant or incident to lawful arrest, and shall be held
by the sheriff or other lawful peace officer subject to the order of the magistrate or the
court to which the proceedings may be carried by appeal; and, upon final disposition of any
proceedings in connection with any prohibited instrument, as defined by Sections 37-8-217,
37-8-218, 37-8-220, and this section, such prohibited instrument shall be destroyed by such
officer. (c) Any prohibited instrument, as defined by Sections 37-8-217, 37-8-218, 37-8-220,
and this section, lawfully seized, shall not be taken from the custody...
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31-2-115
Section 31-2-115 Dispersion of mob, etc. - Order to disperse. Before using military force in
the dispersion of any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or other lawless or unlawful assembly or combination
mentioned in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the civil officer calling out such military
force, or some other conservator of the peace or, if none be present, then of the officer
in command of the troops or some person by him deputed, to command the persons composing such
riotous, tumultuous, or unlawful assemblage or mob to disperse and retire peacefully to their
respective abodes and businesses; but, in no case, shall it be necessary to use any set or
particular form of words in ordering the dispersion of any riotous, tumultuous, or unlawful
assembly, nor shall any such command be necessary where the officer or person, in order to
give it, would necessarily be put in imminent danger of loss of life or great bodily harm,
or where such unlawful assembly or riot is engaged in the commission...
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32-2-120
Section 32-2-120 Creation of system; activation of alert; powers and duties; boundaries of
alert area; termination of alert; liability. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALERT SYSTEM. The Blue Alert system. (2) DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Public Safety. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Department of Public Safety.
(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the search for
a suspect in a case involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer or an agency
employing a peace officer who is missing in the line of duty. (5) PEACE OFFICER. A person
who is certified to exercise the power of arrest under the laws of this state. (b) There is
established a statewide alert system known as Blue Alert which shall be developed and implemented
by the director, who is the statewide coordinator of the alert system. (c) The alert system
may be activated under either of the following circumstances: (1)...
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