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Actively Resisting

The person’s actions are intended to prevent a member from placing the person in custody or taking control of the situation but are not directed at harming the member. A person’s reaction to pain caused by a member, and a person’s purely defensive reactions to force, do not constitute active resistance. Oral statements alone do not constitute active resistance.

Examples include:

  • Walking or running away after being informed they are not free to leave, are detained, or are under arrest.
  • Forcefully resisting the member’s grip.
  • Holding onto a fixed object after being given a lawful command to move or let go, in a situation other than a protest or demonstration (P&P 7-805).
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