BCSO deputy on administrative leave after making troubling Facebook post about riots, Salazar saysReamey said the boundaries were crossed when the deputy made the inflammatory post. You know that as a peace officer, you're always going to be identified in that role, Reamey said. A peace officer would not be justified in using deadly force to stop somebody, for example, from looting or from committing a theft or from participating in a riot, Reamey said. On the other hand, peace officers must also exercise restraint when civilians provoke them verbally, no matter how offensive the statement, Reamey said. Verbal provocation is never a justification for the use of either deadly force or non-deadly force, he said.