De-escalation Flashcards
Policing requires that at times an officer must exercise ________ of a violent or __________ subject to make an arrest or to __________ the officer, other officers, or members of the __________ from risk of harm
Control, resisting, protect, community
Clearly, not every potential ________ confrontation can be de-escalated, but officers do have the ability to__________ the direction and the outcome of many situations based on the decision-making and the _______ they choose to employ
Violent, impact, tactics
As a strategy to diminish the likelihood and the severity of force, officers will attempt to de-escalate ___________
Confrontations
When reasonable, officers should gather information about the incident, assess the _________, assemble resources and equipment, attempt to slow ____________, and communicate and ___________ a response
Risks, momentum, coordinate
Officers should start to develop a ________ ________ prior to arriving at the scene and, when applicable, utilize intervention techniques by coordinating approaches to persons who are in _________, are believed to be mentally ill, or have developmental disabilities
Tactical plan, crisis
When subjects are at extremes of age (under 13, over 70), physically _________, visibly or known to be pregnant, or disabled, officers will carefully weigh these factors and ________ de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention, or other alternatives to force when reasonable
Frail, utilize
Where potential _____________ are anticipated, the deployment and use of low lethality options should be evaluated
Confrontations
In responding as a team, officers should manage the containment or _________ of the subject
Isolation
In their interaction with a subject, officers will, when feasible, use __________ , warnings, verbal persuasion, and other tactics as __________ to higher levels of force
Advisements, alternatives
The use of cover, building more __________, or withdrawal to a more tactically secure position should be considered as options to help create _________ to diffuse a situation
Distance, time
Officers will perform their work in a manner that avoids unduly ___________ their safety or the safety of others through poor ________ ___________
Jeopardizing, tactical decisions
Supervisors will possess a thorough knowledge of _________ and ensure that officers under their supervision perform to a ___________ (in accordance with LVMPD policy and training)
Tactics, standard
The prospect of a favorable outcome is often ___________ when supervisors become involved in the ____________ of the overall response to a potentially violent encounter by coordinating officers’ _________ _________
Enhanced, management, tactical actions
Supervisors will _____________ and respond to incidents in a timely manner when officer use of reportable force is probable
Acknowledge
Supervisors will also manage the ___________ of resources and equipment
Deployment
In dynamic and highly charged incidents, supervisors will provide clear _________ and communication to officers regarding their ___________ and roles
Direction, positioning
Upon observing substandard officer approaches or __________ in tactical decisions, the supervisor will _________ act to correct any deficiencies
Flaws, promptly
At times, de-escalation may mean the timely and ___________ use of a lower force option to mitigate a later need to use _________ force
Appropriate, greater
Officers will make efforts to control a confrontation and not allow it to __________
Escalate
