Title:USE OF FORCE: THE GRADUATED RESPONSE [Main Title]
Film Number:BFJ 22
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY NORTHERN IRELAND TRAINING CENTRE VIDEOCASSETTES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Video introduced and narrated by Lieutenant-Colonel H P M Chambers MBE giving guidelines on the use of force by army members on duty in Northern Ireland, emphasising that soldiers are not above the law, should use force only as a last resort, and only the minimum force necessary in any situation.
Description: Staged scenarios illustrate the various steps of a graduated response.
Level 1: "Verbal Force" (authoritative speech when questioning a suspect).
Level 2: "Body Language" (illustrated by a polite stop-and-search).
Level 3: "Physical Intervention" (a soldier smashes a car window after repeated warnings to the driver for the car to be searched; the search uncovers nothing and the driver is given an Army Damage Report).
Level 4: "Riot Equipment" (baton rounds fired as a last resort during a riot).
Level 5: "Use of Firearms and Lethal Force" (an encounter with an armed gunman, who is shot by soldier).
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY NORTHERN IRELAND TRAINING CENTRE VIDEOCASSETTES [Allocated Series Title]
