---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1049.7"
title: "10"
number: "1049.7"
heading: "Exercise of arrest authority—Use of deadly force."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1049.7"
---

# §1049.7. Exercise of arrest authority—Use of deadly force.

- (a) The use of deadly force is authorized only under exigent circumstances where the Protective Force Officer reasonably believes that such force is necessary to:
  - (1) Protect himself from an imminent threat of death or from serious bodily harm;
  - (2) Protect any person or persons in or upon the SPR from an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm.
- (b) If circumstances require the use of a firearm by a Protective Force Officer, the Officer shall give a verbal warning (e.g., an order to halt), if feasible. A Protective Force Officer shall not fire warning shots under any circumstances.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 58492, Nov. 20, 1991, unless otherwise noted.