§803-7 Use of force. In all cases where the person arrested refuses to submit or attempts to escape, such degree of force may be used as is necessary to compel the person to submission. [PC 1869, c 49, §7; RL 1925, §3973; RL 1935, §5406; RL 1945, §10707; RL 1955, §255-7; HRS §708-7; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]