"Clark County, Indiana (WDRB) - A shoplifter who repeatedly struck an off-duty officer in the head with his baton was shot by the officer and pronounced dead at the hospital." That's how the story would have read if it happened across the river or in Louisville prior to 2003. Newbies may not be taught this anymore, but hitting someone in the head with a baton is called "deadly force" and justification for use of deadly force in self-defense. You DO NOT have to wait until they deliver a fatal blow