[Steve in PA]

"Plakas v. Drinski (1994)

The Seventh Circuit held that as long as the use of deadly force is objectively reasonable under Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor, the officer has no duty to use available, less-lethal alternatives before resorting to deadly force. It also held that the department had no duty to provide non-lethal equipment to cover every foreseeable situation that an officer might face, stating that “the Constitution does not enact a police administrator’s equipment list.”