An officer may use such force as is reasonable and necessary to effect an arrest or detention. Anything more is excessive force. In addition to the questions posed by the Graham v. Connor, courts consider the necessity of the application of force between the necessity and amount of force used and the injuries caused by the officer's force. As well as the method of force used by the officer, the tool or weapon used. In United States v. Dykes (DC Cir. 2005). A judge said the use of a Taser and baton strikes against Rodney King was not reasonable force and was not criminally excessive. The officers involved in the Rodney King incident inflicted more than fifty blows and blows after King resisted the officers, King obeyed commands the officer gave King. After King got into a prone position, one of the officers kicked him and another hit him with a baton. Deadly force is a measure and is limited by several constitutional considerations. A Supreme Court decision struck down a rule that allowed officers to use deadly force against a fleeing criminal. There are a number of times when an officer may use deadly force: first, when the officer is threatened with a deadly weapon; second, when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm or death to the officer or another; and third, when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the