Hello there, first time on forums and posting, and I need help with something.

I am looking to play a a cop that has, in the course of play, discovered her ability to use magic. Magic makes and being a cop somewhat easier, as long as you can do it just right, but there is something I was looking to do.  The First Law says Never Take A Life. Now it continues on to say not with magic, but one can never know when your use of magic might lead you somewhere, and you shoot the perp, and while there was no direct magic use in shooting the guy, magic lead you to him, and so when you shot him, it was inadvertently magic that killed him...never know when the council might think along those lines, you know.  So I was looking for a spell or something to make one's bullets non-lethal in the sense that the person you shoot might still bleed and hurt, but the wounds you deal with your shots will not kill. 

Thanks in advance for any advice!