512 Electronic Control Devices

Question 1

.02 POLICY
A. Officers are authorized to use an ECD to affect an arrest if physical force has proven ______ or are not a reasonable option based upon the circumstances.

Answer 1

ineffective

Question 2

.04 APPROVAL TO CARRY ECD
A. An officer desiring to carry an ECD while on or off-duty must:
1. Successfully complete a training course at the Training Academy in the use of the ECD; or
2. Present a certificate of training from a TCLEOSE approved ECD training course and demonstrate proficiency in the use of the ECD to the __________ or his designee.

Answer 2

Training Academy Commander

Question 3

.04 APPROVAL TO CARRY ECD
B. Upon satisfactorily demonstrating proficiency in the use of the ECD, the Training Academy Commander or
designee:
1. Recommends approval or disapproval for the officer to carry the ECD while on or off-duty; and
2. Routes a written report of the approval or disapproval to the officer’s _____ ______.

Answer 3

division commander

Question 4

.05 ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE (ECD):

B. The ECD is pre-programmed to deliver a _______ electrical burst.

Answer 4

five-second

Question 5

.06 ECD TRAINING
A. Officers must be selected by the ____________ or designee to receive ECD training.
B. Officers must successfully complete a training course and be certified in the use of ECDs to be authorized to carry
and use an ECD as an intermediate weapon. Additionally, only officers who have also successfully completed a ______ Crisis Intervention Training course will receive authorization to carry an ECD.

Answer 5

Chief of Police

forty (40) hour

Question 6

.06 ECD TRAINING
C. Annually, ECD operators will be required to attend a Department approved ECD recertification course.
3. The officer who has failed remedial training may request authorization to carry an ECD after ______ and, if approved, must complete the entire block of ECD training

Answer 6

six (6) months

Question 7

.07 ECD EQUIPMENT ISSUE

D. An ECD and ___ cartridges will be issued to authorized officers.

Answer 7

two (2)

Question 8

.08 PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ECD
C. _______ discharges will require supervisor notification.
1. The officer shall report the incident in writing through his chain of command, to his division commander.
2. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the ________ Unit.

Answer 8

Accidental

Internal Affairs

Question 9

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
G. More than one officer may deploy (brandish) an ECD, however, no more than one officer at a time should _______
an ECD against a person.

Answer 9

activate

Question 10

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
H. Officers may use an ECD when:
1. Lesser methods have failed;
2. In self-defense or defense of a third person;
3. Subduing or ______ a violent subject;
4. Subduing an aggressively ______ actor; or
5. Physical force has proven ineffective or is not a reasonable option based upon the circumstances.

Answer 10

controlling

resisting

Question 11

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
I. Situations appropriate for ECD deployment include, but are not limited to:
1. ___ ____ - Proper application will result in temporary immobilization of the subject and provide the officer a “window of opportunity” in which to take the subject safely into custody. Optimum range for probe deployment is _____ feet with a ___ foot maximum distance.

Answer 11

Probe Mode
7 to 15
21

Question 12

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
2. ____ ___ Mode - When touched to the body, the ECD causes significant localized pain in the area touched by the ECD but does not have the effect of NMI. The ____ ___ does not incapacitate a subject but may assist in taking a subject into custody.

Answer 12

Drive Stun

Drive Stun

Question 13

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
3. ____ _____- This is used to show the suspect ECDs are present and may be used on them if they do not comply with the instructions issued by the officer. Nothing prohibits officers from utilizing this tactic for _____ _____ purposes. However, officers are cautioned to be cognizant of crowd reaction. If this appears to incite an already unruly/volatile crowd, ____ _____should be discontinued.

Answer 13

Spark Display
crowd control
spark displays

Question 14

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
K. Prior to deployment of the ECD, the ECD operator should attempt to obtain a ________ capable of providing deadly force if needed. The _______ will be armed with a department-approved firearm appropriate to the situation. Should a subject take control of an officers ECD, the subject possess the capability to discharge the
weapon and render the officer helpless

Answer 14

cover officer

cover officer

Question 15

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT

L. Prior to discharging the ECD, the operator should notify others on scene by announcing ______.

Answer 15

“TASER.”

Question 16

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
M. Prior to firing, use loud verbal commands when feasible and point the laser sight at the subject.
2. Preferred target zones are (a) _______ and _______ so as to split the hemisphere from a frontal position and (b) ______ from a back position.

Answer 16

below the chest
off center
below the neck

Question 17

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
N. An arrest team consists of no ____ than two officers: one officer with an ECD and another officer with a departmentapproved
firearm.

Answer 17

less

Question 18

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
O. ECDs shall not be utilized in the following circumstances:
1. When the officer knows a subject has come in contact with _____ _____ or is in a flammable atmosphere
6. On a _____ prisoner;
7. When the subject is visibly _____, unless deadly force is the only other option;

Answer 18

flammable liquids
handcuffed
pregnant

Question 19

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
Q. A supervisor shall be notified and respond to all scenes in which an ECD has been activated. The supervisor will
conduct a preliminary assessment of the ECD activation and submit a report of his findings along with the Use of
Force Report. Additionally the supervisor will ensure the following is accomplished:
2. Collect clothing when ______ or fabric tears occur because of ECD use.

Answer 19

burn marks

Question 20

.09 ECD DEPLOYMENT
Q. 9. SAPD Form ____, Receipt for Issue/Replacement OC Spray/Gel and/or ECD, shall be completed by the ____. The receipt is deposited in a designated receptacle in the ready room. When returning an OC canister,
attach the receipt to the canister prior to depositing in the receptacle.

Answer 20

#62-RFI
 officer

Question 21

.10 FIRST AID PROCEDURES
C. An ECD ____ _____ may remove the ECD darts when penetration has occurred.
1. The officer will not remove probes embedded in the face, eye, mouth, neck, hands, female breast area, nipples, _____/____ of the subject.

Answer 21

certified officer

groin, and/or genitals

Question 22

.10 FIRST AID PROCEDURES
E. If EMS personnel determine a prisoner requires further medical attention, the prisoner is continuously observed _____ and ______, by the officer during transport, to include an officer riding with EMS.
3. Officers transporting a prisoner from the Downtown University Health Care facility to the Detention Facility, request BCHD Form _________ Form, from hospital personnel. The form is routed in the same manner as SAPD Form #62, Injured Prisoner Report Form.

Answer 22

visually and audibly
#60-1, E. R. Encounter - Admitting

Question 23

.10 FIRST AID PROCEDURES
F. When EMS personnel determine a prisoner does not require further medical attention, the prisoner is transported to
the Detention Facility by the ______.
2. The officer writes ____ in large block letters at the top of the MS-DC Form ______ Form, in accordance with GM Procedure 601.11G, Taking Prisoners into a Detention Facility

Answer 23

officer
ECD
#17, Registration/Property

Question 24

.11 UNIT RESPONSIBILITIES:
B. Crime Scene Unit Investigators shall promptly respond to the scene where there has been a discharge of an ____ by
a San Antonio Police Officer. The Crime Scene Unit Investigator shall place spent probes into the Property Room as evidence by using the following procedure:
1. Leave the wires the way they are and place the probes (if used in probe mode) back into the cartridge with the ________. Leave the cartridge and wires in the same place where the subject was apprehended and let CSI
personnel know where the subject was placed in custody and the direction the ECD was fired.

Answer 24

ECD

barbs down

Question 25

.11 UNIT RESPONSIBILITIES:

B. 4. A sample of the ___ confetti from the ECD cartridge will be placed in a ______ evidence envelope.

Answer 25

AFID

separate

Question 26

.114. All ECD’s assigned under the supervisor must be downloaded on a _______ basis to keep the time and date accurate.

Answer 26

quarterly