---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 552.23"
title: "28"
number: "552.23"
heading: "Confrontation avoidance procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/552.23"
---

# §552.23. Confrontation avoidance procedures.


Prior to any calculated use of force, the ranking custodial official (ordinarily the Captain or shift Lieutenant), a designated mental health professional, and others shall confer and gather pertinent information about the inmate and the immediate situation. Based on their assessment of that information, they shall identify a staff member(s) to attempt to obtain the inmate's voluntary cooperation and, using the knowledge they have gained about the inmate and the incident, determine if use of force is necessary.


## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 30470, June 13, 1994]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 21394, May 17, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33941, May 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 30470, June 13, 1994]