DAAT Flashcards
DAAT meaning
Defensive And Arrest Tactics
DAAT rules
-No officers are injured
-No subjects are injured needlessly.
-No one is accepted/detained or released improperly.
DAAT Concepts
-Control is a perception based on an officer’s training, experience, and the fact situation.
-Control is not a 50/50 proposition.
-Proper police action balances safety and efficiency.
Safety Priorities:
-You
-Fellow Officers
-Civilians
-Suspects
When can officers use force?
-To achieve and maintain control of resistive subjects.
-To detain persons reasonably suspected of criminal behavior.
-To make lawful arrests.
-In defense of self or others.
-To prevent escapes.
Key rules of Use of Force:
-The purpose is control.
-Escalation does not need to follow step by step through intervention options.
-You can always disengage and/or escalate.
-Once control is achieved, you must reduce the level of force to that needed to maintain control.
-You must always maintain a position of advantage.
Categories of Force:
-A trained technique.
-A dynamic application of a trained technique.
-Not trained by justified under the circumstances.
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Report
-Evaluate
-Stabilize
-Preserve
-Organize
-Normalize
-Document/Debrief
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Four parts of R:
-Become aware
-Plan response
-Arrive/Assess
-Alarm/Inform
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Three parts of E:
-Look for Dangers
-Determine back up needs
-Enter when appropriate/tactically sound
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Two parts of S:
-Subject/s
-Scene
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Parts of P:
-Life
–>Conduct an initial medical assessment
–>Treat to level of training
–>Continue to monitor subject
-Evidence
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Three parts of O:
-Coordinate additional responding units (if necessary)
-Communicate with dispatch and others
-Organize the collection of evidence (if appropriate)
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Three parts of N:
-Provide for long-term monitoring (as appropriate)
-Restore scene to normal
-Return radio communications to normal
Incident Response (RESPOND):
-Two parts of D:
-Debrief self, others, subjects
-Document incident appropriately
What are the 3 parts of Disturbance Resolution?
- Approach Considerations
- Intervention Options
- Follow through Considerations
What are the three parts of approach considerations?
-Decision-making
-Tactical Deployment
-Tactical Evaluation
What are the two parts of decision-making?
-Justification
-Desirability
What are the four parts of Tactical Deployment?
-Control of Distance
-Relative Positioning
-Relative Positioning with Multiple Subjects
-Team Tactics
What are the four parts of the Tactical Evaluation?
-Threat Assessment Opportunities
-Officer/Subject Factors
-Special Circumstances
-Level/Stage/Degree of Stabilization
What does REACT stand for?
-Request cooperation
-Explain Reason
-Allow Choice
-Check Decision (is there anything I can say to …)
-Take Action
Control of Distance
-Public >12 ft
-Social 4-12 ft
-Personal 1.5-4 ft
-Intimate 0-1.5 ft
Danger Zones
-Unarmed = Less than 10 ft
-Club or Edged Weapon = Any distance where the officer reasonably perceives an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm
-Firearm = in the line of sight unbroken by cover (something that would stop the bullet).
Threat Assessment Opportunities
-Level of Resistive Tension
-Early Warning Signs
-Pre-attack postures
-Indications of mental illness, emotional disturbance, or medically significant behavior
-Weapon Control Factors
Officer/Subject Factors
-Numbers
-Age
-Size
-Relative Strength
-Skill Level
What are some Special Circumstances?
-Factors or situation that may justify rapid escalation of force or selection of higher force options
Some examples of special circumstances include?
-Reasonable perception of threat
-Special knowledge of subject
-Sudden assault
-Subject’s ability to escalate force rapidly
-Your physical positioning
-Injury or exhaustion
-Equipment or training
-Availability of backup
-Other special circumstances
Level/Stage/Degree of Stabilization
-Presence stabilization
-Verbal stabilization
-Standing stabilization
-Wall stabilization
-Ground stabilization
-Special restraints
3 Types of EDP’s
-Short term
-Long term
-Chemical abuser
What are Early Warning Signs?
Signals or certain behaviors provided by the subject that are often associated with a high level of danger to officers
Examples of Early Warning Signs?
- Conspicuously ignoring
- Excessive emotional attention
- Exaggerated movement
- Ceases all movement
- Known violent history
Definition of Pre-attack Postures
-Behaviors that may indicate imminent danger of physical assault
Examples of Pre-attack Postures
- Boxer stance
- Hand set
- Shoulder shift
- Target glance
- Thousand yard stare
What does DONE stand for?
- Danger
- Overriding Concern
- No progress
- Escape
What does GUN stand for?
- Grab
- Undo
- Neutralize
What are use of force restrictions?
- US Constitution
- Wis State Statutes
- Wis Admin Code
- Agency Policy
What is the definition of de-escalation?
- An officer’s use of time, distance and relative positioning in combination with Professional Communication Skills to attempt to stabilize a situation and reduce the immediacy of threat posed by an individual
What are the color codes?
- White = Unaware
- Orange = Ready to act
- Black = Blind Panic
- Yellow = Relaxed and alert
- Red = Action State
What is passive Resistance?
- Non-threatening and non-complaint behavior
What is active resistance?
- Behavior which physically counteracts an officers control efforts and which creates risk fo bodily harm to the officer, subject and/or other person
What is continued resistance?
- Maintaining a level of counteractive behavior that is not controlled by an officer’s current efforts
Graham vs. Connor
- Use-of-force must be objectively reasonable
What is the definition of deadly force?
The intentional use of a firearm or other instrument that creates a high probability of death or great bodily harm
What is the deadly force justification?
- Behavior which has caused or imminently threatens to cause death or great bodily harm to you or another person or persons
What is great bodily harm?
- Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ or other serious bodily injury.
What is the Imminent Threat Criteria?
-Imminent means “about to happen”
Suspect displays:
- Intent
- Weapon
- Delivery System
Target Requirements:
- Acquisition
- Identification
- Isolation
What does Acquisition mean?
- The process of locating your adversary.
What does Identification mean?
- The process of recognizing the subject as the adversary placing you/others in “Imminent Danger”
What does Isolation mean?
- The process of separating the subject from innocent persons.
What is preclusion?
The officer reasonably believes all other options have been exhausted or would be ineffective.
What is the Greater Danger Exception?
- Shooting without Target isolation if the consequence of not stopping the threat would be worse than the possibility of hitting an innocent person/s.
What is the Defense of Self or Others?
- You may use deadly force when a subject poses an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm to you or to another person or persons
What is monitor/Debrief?
- Calm self and partner
- Calm subject
- Provide initial medical assessment
- Reassure the subject
- Rebuild subjects self esteem
