In the classification of bodily harm, which item best describes bodily harm?

• A. Illness
• B. Injury
• C. Physical pain or injury
• D. Any impairment of physical condition

Answer: (C)

Bodily harm is described as physical pain or injury. This phrasing covers both the experience of pain and actual tissue damage, which is how this concept is defined in many statutes and LESB materials. Illness refers to a medical condition and isn’t inherently the direct harm described in use-of-force classifications. An impairment of physical condition is too broad and could include conditions that don’t involve pain or a clear injury. Injury alone is narrower and may miss situations where pain is present without a discrete injury. So, physical pain or injury best matches the standard understanding of bodily harm.