On issu­ing guid­ance to low­er courts on the issue of Police Reasonable Force, the US Supreme Court’s guide­lines are as follows. The Supreme Court cau­tioned courts exam­in­ing exces­sive force claims that “the cal­cu­lus of rea­son­able­ness must embody allowance for the fact that police offi­cers are often forced to make split-sec­ond judg­ments – in cir­cum­stances that are tense, uncer­tain, […]