14 CFR § 1203b.105 - Use of non-deadly physical force when making an arrest.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s1203b.105"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 1203b.105 - Use of non-deadly physical force when making an arrest."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "1203b.105"
section_name: "Use of non-deadly physical force when making an arrest."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1203b"
part_name: "SECURITY PROGRAMS; ARREST AUTHORITY AND USE OF FORCE BY NASA SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "The National and Commercial Space Program (51 U.S.C.). Sections 20132 and 20133"
regulatory_source: "57 FR 4926, Feb. 11, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1203b"
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# 1203b.105 Use of non-deadly physical force when making an arrest.
When a security force personnel has the right to make an arrest, as discussed in § 1203b.103, the officer may use only that non-deadly physical force which is reasonable and necessary to apprehend and arrest the offender; to prevent the escape of the offender; or to defend himself/herself or a third person from what the security force officer reasonably believes to be the use or threat of imminent use of non-deadly physical force by the offender. Verbal abuse alone by the offender cannot be the basis under any circumstances for use of non-deadly physical force by a security force officer.
[57 FR 4926, Feb. 11, 1992, as amended at 78 FR 5125, Jan. 24, 2013]