Chapter 15

Question 1

The author presents a reliable set of twenty one officer survival rules designed to keep a policeman or police woman from falling prey to one or more of the deadly mistakes are __ pg 281

Answer 1

1 first and formost always rely on your good common sense.
2. Don’t try to be a hero.
3. Never stop learning your job; never become complacent.
4. Do not underestimate your adversary.
5. Never stop looking for one more threat or danger.
6.Maintain proficiency with all the tools of your job.
7. Stay in shape, both physically and mentally.
8. Do not nap or daydream on the job.
9.Watch your approach and positioning to a call or contact.
10. Maintain a “reactionary gap” between you and your subject.
11. Keep watching a subject’s hands for threats.
12.Use backup help wisely.
13. Practice good weapon retention techniques.
14.Watch yourself around all prisoners.
15. Make no dangerous assumptions.
16. Make the best use of available cover.
17. Wear your body armor.
18. Follow proper handcuffing and searching procedures.
19. Play imaginary threat scenarios through your mind; plan your responses
20. Remember to survive emotionally, too.
21.Critique your officer safety practices; learn from your experiences.

Question 2

The supervisors safety counseling task may become somewhat harder when___ pg283

Answer 2

It comes to dealing with the veteran employee who feels he or she has seen it all, done it all, and knows it all

Question 3

The errors that have resulted in police casualties have changed little over the years. The same careless mistakes that felled peace officers back when the U.S. marshals rode the dusty trails of the West are still killing cops in the twenty-first century. The major killers include the following: pg 280

Answer 3

1. Making false assumptions
2. Failure to watch a subject’s hands
   3.General carelessness and apathy
   4.False, foolhardy courage (“cowboy policing”
   5.Improper use (or no use) of backup help
   6.Poor positioning or approach
   7.Poor weapon retention practices
3. Lack of proficiency with equipment
4. Failing to wear body armor
5. Improper use of available cover
   11.Improper handcuffing, including no handcuffing
6. Poor searches of subjects
7. Failure to remain constantly alert.

Question 4

Today’s officer survival experts agree on one thing: the first-line supervisor has a vital role to play in helping officers ____on the job.pg 282

Answer 4

Stay safe

Question 5

It is the ____, they contend, who is most responsible for inspecting for unsafe practices, instilling proper safety techniques through training, and using correction and discipline to curtail unsafe behavior where necessary pg 282

Answer 5

Supervisor

Question 6

It is also the primary supervisor ___, many safety experts assert, to model proper safety and survival behavior for
subordinates to emulate. As they see it, the police supervisor is clearly the most vital element in the overall officer survival picture. It makes sense. Pg 282

Answer 6

Role

Question 7

A good supervisor assesses the training needs of his subordinates. This must be done on a____. In no single area of job knowledge is this continuing assessment more important than in the area of officer safety. Pg 282

Answer 7

continuing basis

Question 8

safety-savvy supervisor will assess the safety knowledge of his fresh-from-the-academy rookies by listening to them, questioning them, and, most important of all, carefully observing their functioning on the street. Pg 282

Question 9

In some cases, the supervisor may decide to assign personnel lacking the fine points of officer survival to attend a relevant in-service safety course either inside or outside the department. In this way, he can take advantage of the safety expertise of others while freeing himself for additional supervisory tasks. Pg 282

Question 10

Closely related to the supervisors responsibility to train for safety is his obligation to ___ for it pg 283

Answer 10

Inspect

Question 11

The supervisor’s safety training job is an unending one. Training needs will change somewhat as new threats appear and new safety equipment and tactics are developed. Pg 283

Question 12

The wise supervisor will stay abreast and threat responses and brief his people accordingly. There is not a more important function in the list of supervisory duties and responsibilities. Pg 283

Question 13

The supervisor’s inspection duties extend well beyond equipment. He must observe how his people function in the real world of police work. In spite of the burdens of paperwork and related administrative duties, it is absolutely essential that the effective first-line supervisor spend much more time in the field than he does in the station. Pg 284

Question 14

On occasion the supervisor will be required to represent the equipment needs and interests of his people to his own bosses. When he does so he will do best if he goes armed with logical facts, figures, and research as to HOW the new less-lethal weapon, chemical spray, body armor, vehicle, or whatever will benefit the agency and its employees. Pg 285

Question 15

If increased safety is the only argument (and seldom will it be), it will suffice as the major consideration that it is. If other benefits like reduced exposure to lawsuits, increased officer efficiency, and heightened officer morale can be expected as a result of the equipment purchase, then these must be cited, too.

Question 16

Helping police officers obtain what they reasonably need to do their jobs more safely is a ____responsibility of an effective first-line leader. Pg 285

Answer 16

Major

Question 17

The smart supervisor stays current on what is available by keeping up with the ads and articles in the police professional journals. He also stays up to date by talking with his peers and the equipment buffs who are present in every law enforcement agency. Most important of all, he asks his subordinates for their ideas concerning equipment and tries to involve them in any field testing or evaluating of new tools being looked at by the department. He realizes that the views of the people who actually will use the equipment are virtually always the most relevant opinions of all. Pg 284

Question 18

Who is responsible for detecting and dealing with the “cowboy cop”? Who is accountable for disciplining the”loose cannon” who refuses to change his or her irresponsible behavior on the street that all too often endangers the public as well as other officers? The answer to both queries, of course, is the same: the ____.pg 285

Answer 18

First line supervisor

Question 19

The empathetic supervisor with an unresponsive safety “violator” in his work unit should keep one special truth in mind. Whether he works in a factory or a law enforcement agency, a first-line supervisor who shields a deliberately and chronically unsafe employee from correction does ___ pg 285-286

Answer 19

No one a favor

Question 20

The first-line supervisor is responsible for the safe functioning of his work team. That responsibility includes applying punitive discipline when other measures fail to have the desired effect. That progressive discipline must be implemented even when it may culminate in a supervisory recommendation for employee termination. Pg 286

Question 21

. Safety is that important to the police organization, its people, and the customers ____ pg 286

Answer 21

They all serve

Question 22

Cops can also be _____ by the pent up stresses of everyday police work with its supply of mayhem and unpleasant people and situations pg 286

Answer 22

victimized

Question 23

The smart supervisor hears the puzzled or angry citizen out. He does not deflect fair criticism or cover up for excessive or uncalled for behavior by a subordinate. Pg 287

Question 24

The supervisor also can discuss safety practices along the lines of “why cops do what they do” in his contacts with citizens groups, school classes, and other public forums where he may be called upon to do a presentation or answer questions about law enforcement. Pg 287

Question 25

You must, above all, be a good role model.It is something the novice police supervisor hears constantly as he prepares for his role as a leader. He continues to hear it throughout his leadership career. It’s true, and in no area of his job is it more important than in the realm of officer safety. Pg 288

Question 26

The survival-conscious supervisor develops a work team of safety-smart officers around him. The caring, conscientious police leader could hardly hope for more.
Pg 288

Question 27

The first-line supervisor is responsible for the safe functioning of his work team. That responsibility includes applying punitive discipline when other measures fail to have the desired effect. That progressive discipline must be implemented even when it may culminate in a supervisory recommendation for employee termination. Safety is that important to the police organization, its people, and the customers they all serve.

Question 28

Stressed-out officers who abuse alcohol, drugs, or their spouses can sometimes be the results of such unrelieved stress. A few of these officers cause serious harm to others; more harm them-selves, perhaps fatally. Still others abandon law enforcement in search of a less emotionally-demanding career.

Question 29

A good supervisor knows his people. He oftentimes senses changes in their day-to-day demeanor as well as job performance. He pays extra attention to the behavior of an officer who has recently gone through a traumatic incident or series of them, on or off the job.

Question 30

He lets his people know that it’s alright to feel normal human emotions.
He lets them know he is available to talk. He lets them know he can keep a confidence, where appropriate. And he lets them know he will do his best to get them whatever outside help (such as a police psy-chologist) that they may need following a crisis. All of this is part of the supervisor’s officer safety duties, too.

Question 31

The supervisor who expects his people to adhere to strict officer safety practices must back them up when citizens call to inquire why the officers acted in a certain manner during a police-public interaction. Pg 287

Question 32

In no area of his important job are the police supervisor’s attitudes and actions more vital to his subordinates’ welfare than in the area of officer safety.

Question 33

The effective supervisor helps his officers survive on the street by constantly assessing their safety-related practices and providing training and counseling where needed.