AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 14B Use of force in making arrest etc.
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 14B
Use of force in making arrest etc.(1) A protective service officer must not, in arresting or attempting to arrest a person for an offence or in preventing a person who has been arrested for an offence from escaping, use more force, or subject the person to greater indignity, than is reasonable and necessary in order to make the arrest or prevent the escape of the person.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a
protective service officer must not, in arresting or attempting to arrest a
person for an offence or in preventing a person who has been arrested for an
offence from escaping, do an act likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm
to the person unless the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the doing
of the act is necessary to protect life or prevent serious injury to the
officer or any other person.