Firearm justification
You are justified in discharging your firearm when there is an immediate risk to your life, or the life of someone else, or there is an immediate risk of serious injury to you or someone else and there is no other way of preventing the risk.
Handcuffs justification
The decision to use handcuffs rests with you. Officer safety is paramount.
Generally, you are justified in handcuffing prisoners only when they have tried to escape, or to prevent escape or injury to themselves or others.
Defensive Spray justification
- Protection of human life,
- A less lethal option for controlling people, where violent resistance or confrontation occurs (or is likely to occur),
- Protection against animals
Conducted Energy Weapon justification
- Protect human life,
- Protect yourself or others where violent confrontation or violent resistance is occurring or imminent,
- Protect an officer/s in danger of being overpowered or to protect themselves or another person from the risk of actual bodily harm,
or - Protect from animals.
Decision to use an appointment rests with _________
The individual officer to whom they are issued
Ten Fatal Errors
- Lack of knowledge, apathy and/or complacency
- Taking a bad position
- Failure to recognise danger signs
- Poor or no search
- Failure to handcuff
- Failure to watch hands
- Relaxing too soon
- Making false assumptions
- Tombstone courage
- Sleepy or asleep on the job
Goal is ______ of the situation
Control
Tactical options model
- Communication
- Tactical disengagement
- Officer presence
- Active Armed Offender tactics
- Weaponless control
- Contain and negotiate
- Baton
- OC Spray
- Conducted Energy Weapon
- Firearm
TO Model Officer/Subject factors (6)
Age
Gender
Size
Fitness
Skill level
Multiple officers/subjects
TO Model Special Circumstances (8)
Proximity to weapon
Special knowledge
Injury or exhaustion
Ground position
Disability
Imminent danger
Drugs/alcohol
Mental state
Glock definition
The glock pistol is a mechanically locked, recoil operated self-loading pistol, with inbuilt trigger, firing pin and drop safety mechanisms
Definition of a stoppage
A stoppage is anything that prevents the pistol from firing, when the user intends that it should fire
Trigger characteristics
12.5mm trigger movement breaks sears
4mm resets sears
Safety features of firearm (3)
Trigger safety
Firing pin safety
Drop safety
Steps for a firearm to discharge (3)
Firearm must be a functional, working model
There must be a round in the chamber
Someone must pull the trigger
Safe direction definition
A safe direction is a direction in which any unintentionally fired shot, would be safely stopped, and contained with no human injury, and at most, only minimal property damage.
General safety principles
- Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.
- Be conscious of there the muzzle of your firearm is pointed at all times (never allow the muzzle of your firearm to cover another human being unless it is required by your duties as a police officer)
- Keep your finger off the trigger and on the receiver until your sights are on the target and you have decided to fire
- Be sure of your target. (Know what it is, what is in line with it and what is behind it. Never fire at anything you have not positively identified)
Degrees of weapon readiness
Loaded
Unloaded
Five major parts of glock 17
Slide
Barrel
Recoil spring assembly
Receiver
Magazine
Functioning sequence of glock 17
Firing
Unlocking
Extracting
Ejecting
Feeding
Locking into battery
Locking open (after final round)
3 function checks after glock assembly
Trigger - trigger reset - slide lock
Taser spread formula
30cm spread for every 3.3 metres of travel
Preferred taser target zone
The back/rear of the body is the preferred target zone
Secondary taser target zone
Front of the body
