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Chapter 4 Defensive Tactics Flashcards

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A survival stress reaction in which both eyes remain open, and it is very difficult to close just one eye.

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Binocular vision

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The discontinuing of commands or the physical use of force; breaking away from a subject.

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Disengagement

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A technique used to move a subject from one point to another without using pain compliance; provides minimal control of the subject through leverage.

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Escort

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Using a great force against a weaker resistance.

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Leverage

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A distraction technique using the frontal lobe or back of the head to make contact with the subject’s face, head, or other target area of inflict pain; temporarily divert a subject’s attention, and redirect the physical power of the subject’s attack.

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Head butt

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The muscle control required to make small, precise movement.

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Fine motor skills

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Any exercise that elevates the heart rate to a range between 60 and 85 percent of the maximum rate.

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Cardiovascular training

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A physical frisk of a subject conducted in a predetermined pattern to locate weapons.

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Pat down

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A low profile stance with the weapon held partially hidden behind the leg.

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Interview stance with an impact weapon

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Nonthreatening, noncustodial physical contact that can be used to support or emphasize a verbal command.

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Touch

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The part of the brain that logically thinks and plans.

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Cognitive brain

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A survival stress reaction in which hearing is diminished.

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Auditory exclusion

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The facts or circumstances that reasonably indicated that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a violation of the law.

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Reasonable suspicion

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A physical restraint compressing certain veins and arteries in the neck to cause a subject to lose consciousness for a brief period of time.

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Vascular neck restraint

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An inflammatory agent that causes tearing and involuntary closing of the eyes, nasal discharge, sneezing, disorientation, and perceived respiratory distress; also known as OC.

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Pepper spray

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A method of gaining control over a subject by bending or twisting a joint in a direction that will cause pain or discomfort to the joint.

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Joint manipulation

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The use of proper, clear, and concise commands to let a subject know what an officer needs or expects him or her to do.

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Verbal direction

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A direction technique applied with a downward thrust to the subject’s foot to inflict pain, temporarily divert the subject’s attention, and redirect the physical power of the subject’s attack.

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Foot stomp

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The movements of the large or major muscles of the body.

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Gross motor skills

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The exchanging of information through verbal and nonverbal methods; provides valuable insight into the likelihood of cooperation and compliance of a subject.

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Communication

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A state of extreme mental and physiological excitement due to extreme drug use; characterized by extreme agitation, hyperthermia, hostility, and exceptional strength and endurance without apparent fatigue; can lead to death.

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Excited delirium

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A term the courts have used to describe the process for evaluating the appropriateness of an officer’s response to a subject’s resistance.

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Objective reasonableness

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A controlling technique used to break the subject’s balance through the use of leverage principles.

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Balance displacement

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Lying on the stomach face down.

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Prone position

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Small eye, hand, or foot movements in the direction that an officer plans to move.

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Telegraphing

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An item an officer has at hand that can be used as a potential impact weapon when needed, such as a broomstick, flashlight, clipboard, or radio.

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Weapon of opportunity

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Tools such as handcuffs designed to temporarily restrain a subject’s movements.

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Restraint devices

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A framework of making decisions involving the reasonable use of force by criminal justice officers.

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Force guidelines

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A distraction technique applied by raising the foot and applying downward pressure on the subject’s shin to inflict pain and temporarily divert an attacking subject’s attention.

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Shin scrape

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An officer’s position in relation to the subject.

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Relative positioning

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A subject’s hostile, attacking movements, with or without a weapon, that create a reasonable perception by the officer that the subject intends to cause and has the capability of causing death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.

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Deadly force resistance

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Decreasing the use of force.

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De escalation

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An officer’s ability to convey to subjects and onlookers that he or she is ready and able to take control.

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Officer presence

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The way an officer carriers him-or herself.

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Command presence

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A government intrusion into a place in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

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Search

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The principle that describes the result of strikes that are delivered utilizing penetration of the muscle or nerves of the target area so that the striking object stays on or indented in the target for an instant, which allows for a full transfer of kinetic energy that displaces the water content in the muscle and creates a shock wave, greatly multiplying the effect of the strike by producing intense pain and immobilizing the subject.

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Fluid shock principle

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A tool used when empty-handed control is ineffective, but the subject’s level of resistance does not merit deadly force; baton, OC spray, dart-firing stun gun.

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Intermediate weapon

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A type of incapacitation that causes temporary impairment of muscle control.

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Temporary motor dysfunction

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The movement in a hip escape; moving from side to side while avoiding or defending against an attack.

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Shrimping

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Immobilizing the subject’s head so the subject cannot move or escape.

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Stabilization

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A method used to gain control over a subject by applying pressure or leverage on a joint by locking it up so that no movement of the joint is possible, causing the subject to comply with verbal direction.

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Mechanical compliance

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Any object used for striking

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Impact weapon

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Controlled, nonemotional communication between an officer and a subject, aimed at problem solving and communication.

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Dialogue

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Shifting one’s body or side-stepping to avoid an attack.

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Evasion

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Achieving compliance or custody through the use of empty-hand or leverage-enhanced techniques, such as pain compliance, transporters, restraint devices, takedowns, and striking techniques.

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Physical control

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Permits an officer to seize any object “whose contour or mass” he or she identifies as apparent contraband during a pat down.

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Plain feel doctrine

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Increasing the use of force or resistance.

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Escalation

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A subject’s use of physically evasive movements directed toward the officer; examples including bracing, tensing, pushing, or pulling to prevent the officer from establishing control over the subject.

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Active resistance

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A strike that is retracted very quickly, thus enabling multiple strikes, creating distance, setting up the next techniques, and causing distraction to the subject.

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Snap back

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The distance an officer must keep between him-or herself and the subject in order to react effectively against a sudden threat.

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Reactionary gap

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A position in which the head is over the hips, and the hips are over and between the feet; necessary for performing defensive tactics.

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Balance

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Behavior in which a subject acts verbally and physically as if he or she may resist.

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Posturing

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Techniques used to move a subject from one point to another with pain compliance and/or mechanical compliance (also known as come-along holds).

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Transporters

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The verbal and/or physical yielding to an officer’s authority without apparent threat of resistance or violence.

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Compliance

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(OC)-a type of chemical agent commonly used by law enforcement, usually in the form of hand-held canisters and chemical projectiles.

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Oleo resin capsicum

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Techniques used to control resistant behavior by utilizing pain compliance.

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Pressure points

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Refers to how an officer approaches a subject or enters a scene.

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Body movement

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Used when preparing to engage or disengage from a subject in close proximity.

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Slide step

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The area within the reactionary gap.

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Danger zone

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A subject’s verbal and/or physical refusal to comply with an officer’s lawful direction causing the officer to use physical techniques to establish control.

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Passive resistance

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Reactionary techniques using arms, legs, or body to deflect or redirect a subject’s impending strike to other certain areas of the body.

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Block

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The direction that a subject comes from.

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Direct line of attack

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A tactical method of safely controlling a suspect until an officer can physically recover, reassess the situation, or backup arrives.

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Stalling

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The capacity a subject has to carry out his intent.

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Ability

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A term the court uses to refer to all facts and circumstances reasonably perceived by the officer as the basis for a use of force decision.

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Totality of circumstances

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Survival stress

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Fear induced stress

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A loss of peripheral vision and depth perception that often occurs during survival stress situations.

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Tunnel vision

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(SCU)-a measure of the heat properties (burning sensation) of capsicum inOC spray.

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Scoville heat unit

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A system of controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond to a subject’s aggression or resistance.

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Defensive tactics

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A reasonably perceived, imminent threat to an officer or another person.

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Intent

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Using one’s hands to move the subject away.

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Redirection

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The ability to see both the subject’s hands and to know that those hands hold no weapons.

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Visual control

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Temporary restraining devices used frequently to control a subject.

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Handcuffs

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A subject’s capacity for carrying out an intention to cause death or great bodily harm to others.

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Opportunity

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A method of gaining control over a subject by using an incapacitation technique that causes temporary impairment of muscular control.

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Motor dysfunction

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Force that is likely to cause death or great bodily harm.

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Deadly force

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A subject’s response to a combination of pain and verbal commands to stop resisting.

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Pain compliance

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After a stressful situation, a temporary condition that causes difficulty in transferring information into long-term memory.

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Critical incident amnesia

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A technique that interrupts the subject’s combination so that energy is redirected from the current focus.

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Distraction technique

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Techniques used to bring resisting subject from a standing position to the ground, making it easier to control him or her.

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Takedown

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A combination of fine and gross motor skills using hand/eye coordination timed to a single event.

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Complex motor skills

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A complete search of the subject used when a subject is taken into custody in an unsecured environment.

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Custodial search technique

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Shifting one’s body or side stepping to avoid an attack.

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Evasion technique

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Supporting the balance of the body using a limb.

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Posting

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The use of body mechanics to control a subject.

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Grappling

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Stress caused by hormonal changes brought on by a perception of danger (also known as a fear-induced stress)

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Survival stress

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A subject’s attacking movements toward an officer that may cause injury but are not likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.

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Aggressive resistance

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A weapon that is not fundamentally designed to cause death or great bodily harm.

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Nonlethal weapon

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The amount of time it takes for the brain to process a physical threat and for the body to respond.

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Reaction time principle

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Touching the location of a nerve or sensitive area and applying continual, uninterrupted pressure with the tip of the finger(s) or thumb until the subject complies.

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Touch pressure

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(CS)-a type of chemical agent commonly used by law enforcement usually in the form of hand-held canisters and chemical projectiles.

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Orthochlorobenzal malononitrile

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Dividing the body into four sections horizontally and vertically during a search.

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Quadrant search approach

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Forcefully blinking the eyes using all the muscles in the face, including those in the forehead.

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Strobing

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