BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A newly revised policy limits when Brevard County sheriff’s deputies are authorized to use neck restraints to gain control of a subject, News 6 has learned.Under the new rules, a deputy may only use a vascular neck restraint when a justifiable use of deadly force exists to protect the deputy or others.Prior to the policy’s revision on June 29, deputies were authorized to use vascular neck restraints when a subject merely presented “active resistance” such as bracing, tensing, pushing or pulling without attempting to injure the deputy.“You’re going to do everything you can to save your life or the other person’s life,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey told News 6 in explaining the need for vascular neck restraints.The.