WEEK 3 NOTES

Question 1

Hours most likely to get killed?

Answer 1

8pm-2am

Question 2

Most Dangerous type of call?

Answer 2

Suspicious Person

Question 3

Distance Majority of Officers get killed

Answer 3

0-10 feet

Question 4

Effects to Mental system

Answer 4

• 175 BPM: HARD TO REMEMBER
• 185-220 BPM: hypervigilance (deer in the headlights)

Question 5

Effects to Visual system:

Answer 5

• 115 BPM: Untrained fine motor skills difficult to complete, gross skills become more efficient
• 145 BPM: Untrained complex motor skills difficult to complete (hearing) AUDIOTORY EXCLUSION
• 175 BPM: visual tracking becomes difficult (tunnel vision), PUPILS FLAT
• 185-220 BPM: CRITICAL INCIDENT AMNESIA, hypervigilance (deer in the headlights)

Question 6

What has to be your BPM for “Deer in the headlights”?

Answer 6

185-225bpm

Question 7

Cover

Answer 7

Things that stop bullets

Question 8

Concealment

Answer 8

Obscures us from lines of sight

Question 9

Distance, Angles, Barriers

Answer 9

Time

Question 10

What’s Important Now

Answer 10

Hostages

Innocents

Officers

Suspects

Question 11

Recognizing Danger

Answer 11

Target gazing

Grooming

Escape planning

Question 12

What are the 5 Cs?

Answer 12

1. Contain
2. Control
3. Communicate
4. Call Swat
5. Create a plan

Question 13

3 zones for barricaded suspect scenes

Answer 13

1. Outer Perimeter
2. Inner Perimeter
3. Sterile Zone

Question 14

Primary duties of a Law enforcement officer in Hostage Situations

Answer 14

• Arrive safely
• Invisible deployment
• Quickly assess & gather intel; communicate concisely
• Begin establishing inner perimeter

Question 15

first responder sets up where

Answer 15

The inner perimeter

Question 16

Barricaded Suspect Outcomes

Answer 16

Talk them out - Talk

Force them out – Chemical agents, noise, lights to create an uncomfortable yet safe environment

Take them out – Physical force may be required

Question 17

5 Type of Hostage Situations

Answer 17

1. Caught in the act of the offense (Most common)
2. Domestic or Workplace violence offenders
3. Mentally disturbed individuals
4. Prison/jail riots
5. Domestic or Foreign Terrorist

Question 18

percentage of LEO killed in the line of duty by firearms occurred in ambush situations?

Answer 18

20% of LEO that are killed in line of duty by firearms occurs in an ambush situation

Question 19

2 types of Ambush

Answer 19

1. Spontaneous: Unprovoked, usually a handgun, crime of opportunity, no planning
2. Entrapment: “Traditional”, premeditated, preplanned, luring of an officer to the attack site. Commonly accomplished by long guns. (Rifles, shotguns)

Question 20

4 Factors to define ambush

Answer 20

1. Element of surprise
2. Concealment of their assault, weapons & intentions
3. Suddenness of the attack
4. Lack of provocation

Question 21

What do we never trade for?

Answer 21

Weapons & Ammo

Question 22

TCA 38-8-119

Answer 22

All police officers shall annually be provided with training in proper procedures to respond to persons with mental illnesses

Question 23

TCA 33-6-401

Answer 23

A 33-6-401 Emergency detention

Question 24

4 major categories

Answer 24

1. Psychotic
2. Mood
3. Anxiety
4. Personality

Question 25

Schizophrenia

Answer 25

brain disorder; hear voices, disorganized thinking, paranoid delusions

Question 26

Excited Delirium

Answer 26

brain disorder, often 105 internal body temperature, aggressive behavior, hypothermia, death

Question 27

Autism

Answer 27

- Verbal and non-verbal interactions - Process slowly, inability for social engagement - Boys are 4 times more likely to have Autism than girls - 1/36 children are diagnosed with Autism

Question 28

Elopement- Tendency to leave safety

Answer 28

90% of deaths are from Elopement

Question 29

Stimming

Answer 29

self-stimulatory behavior: repetitive body movements or noises

Question 30

PECS Cards

Answer 30

Picture Exchange System, used for nonverbal

Question 31

De-escalation tactics

Answer 31

- Tone - Demeanor - Projected security

Question 32

4 Steps of CIT

Answer 32

- Introduce your self - Ask their name - Express what you see - Summarize what you learned/heard

Question 33

Types of stops

Answer 33

High risk - Felony Stop 30-40 Feet - Un-ass car, control hands, back to the unit, search them, search car Unknown risk - Assess the risk - Position the vehicle 15-20 feet from the suspect vehicle

Question 34

3 Steps to making a good, educated decision

Answer 34

Observe - observe a legal reason for a stop Evaluate - justified? Location? backup? Implement - will the vehicle evade? pursuit? Before stopping, get the license plate, yr./make/model/location/occupants

Question 35

Four Checkpoints of Vehicle

Answer 35

1. Trunk area 2. Rear Passenger 3. Door Divider area/ also called B pillar 4. Vin number area

Question 36

What’s the purpose for level 4 on a vehicle?

Answer 36

Checking VIN numbers

Question 37

Checking VIN numbers

Answer 37

- Presents the greatest risk for officers - Initial contact with driver

Question 38

3 E’s of crash reduction

Answer 38

- Education - Engineering - Enforcement

Question 39

3 Major Parts (Elements needed for a crash)

Answer 39

- Road - Vehicle - Driver

Question 40

2 types of Evidence

Answer 40

- Very short lived: BAC, Ice on road, water on road - Shot lived: Skid or braking marks, vehicles

Question 41

Point of possible perception

Answer 41

Where a normal person could perceive a hazard

Question 42

Types of Skid Marks

Answer 42

- Off set - Skip Skid - Gap shed

Question 43

2 types of damages

Answer 43

- Contact - Induced

Question 44

Measuring a scene

Answer 44

- Accuracy - Precise

Question 45

Measuring and recording Methods

Answer 45

- Coordinate Method - Triangulation Method

Question 46

55-8-108

Answer 46

- Gives us the right to pursue - Gives immunity from suspects, immunity from 3rd parties unless -negligent in conduct (includes parking vehicle) - Negligence: Foreseeable - Gross Negligence: Preventable - Negligence Per Se: negligent act that violates the law

Question 47

1994 Haynes vs Hamilton Co

Answer 47

The determination of whether such a decision is reasonable must weigh the risk of injury to the third party against the interest in apprehending suspects

Question 48

Factors of Pursuit

Answer 48

1. speed/area of pursuit 2. weather and road conditions 3. presence/absence of traffic/pedestrians 4. alternative methods of. apprehension 5. applicable regulations/dept. policy 6. Danger to public by suspect being pursued

Question 49

Negligent Criteria for lawsuit

Answer 49

- Duty of care - Conduct falling below… it’s a breach by failing to do what we are supposed to - Injury or loss - Causation & Fact