California POST Requalification Practice Test

Objective necessity is a legal standard that guides when peace officers may use force. It requires that any force used be necessary to achieve a legitimatePolice objective and that the reasonableness be judged by an objective standard, considering the totality of circumstances at the time. It’s about whether the use of force was legally justified, not just a rule about custody or a fixed level of force for routine stops. Courts assess whether a reasonable officer would have believed the force was necessary under the circumstances, making it a legal standard governing use of force by peace officers.