Arrest Control Flashcards
The overall goal of the ACT program is
“control” 3:
1. Controlling the subject
2. Controlling the situation
3. Controlling yourself
Regional Academy Arrest Control Name
Jeffco/Lakewood PD regional academy Arrest Control Tactics
The three justifications we have are
- Consent
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Probable Cause
Reasonable and appropriate
- physical force is the standard given to
police - to effect control of another person
- during arrest or defense of oneself or
another
(3) premises
- The police role in physical arrest is
defense. - An arrest is an emotional as well as a
physical problem for both the officer and
the suspect. - Your mind and body must work together
as one.
(2) Guiding principles
- control
- awareness
18-1-901
Graham v Connor
Objectively Reasonable case
3 prong test UOF
- Severity of the crime
- subject poses a immediate threat to
safety of police or others - subject is actively resisting arrest
attempt to evade arrest by flight
4th amendment
Tennessee v. Garner
- Necessary to prevent the escape of a fleeing felon and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of violence to the officer or the community
critical decision making
- collecting info
- asses situation
- consider police power
- id options determine course of action
- act, review and re-asses
Two factors in the critical decision making model that are useful
time and distance
PREMISE THREE types of distractions/confusions
- Attitudes and assumptions
- Verbal taunts
- A sense of over cooperation
- Movement
- Drawing attention from a certain area of
interest - Using a group of people to the subject’s
advantage
Reaction time
time it takes the brain to receive a stimulus and generate a response
Lag time
occurs when reaction time is extended