Defensive Tactics Flashcards
A system of controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond to a subject’s aggression or resistance. These techniques are based on a combination of martial arts, wrestling, and boxing
Defensive tactics
DT501.4.
Apply strategies for optimal physical performance during a defensive tactics training program.
Eat a nutritious diet, get adequate rest, and stay sufficiently hydrated to maximize the benefit of this training.
__________ is any exercise that elevates the heart rate to a range between 60 to 85 percent of the maximum rate. When the heart rate is in that range, a person is training in a cardiovascular or aerobic state. Cardiovascular training has numerous health benefits. In addition to burning calories and eliminating body fat, it strengthens the heart and lungs. Since heart disease is the leading cause of premature death for both men and women, cardiovascular fitness is extremely important. Examples of cardiovascular exercises include walking, jogging, running, jumping rope, bicycling, swimming, and step aerobics.
Cardiovascular training
Provides energy; builds and repairs body cells; is part of various enzymes, hormones, antibodies.
Sources: Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, legumes (such as lentils), milk and milk products, vegetables, grains
Protein
Provides energy needed by the brain, nervous system, red blood cells, and other cells.
Sources: Breads, cereal grains, pasta, rice, fruit, vegetables, milk, sugar
Carbohydrate
Provides energy and essential fatty acids; carries other fat-soluble nutrients (vitamins); is part of cell membranes, membranes around nerves, hormones, bile (for fat digestion)
Sources: Meat, poultry, fish, milk and milk products, nuts and seeds, oils, butter, margarine, salad dressing
Fat
Section 776.05, F.S. addresses the issue of an officer using force to make an arrest:
A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, need not retreat or desist from efforts to make a lawful arrest because of resistance—or threatened resistance to the arrest. The officer is justified in the use of any force:
(1) Which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary to defend himself or herself or another from bodily harm while making the arrest;
(2) When necessarily committed in retaking felons who have escaped; or
(3) When necessarily committed in arresting felons fleeing from justice.
However, this subsection shall not constitute a defense in any civil action for damages brought for the wrongful use of deadly force unless the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent the arrest from being defeated by such flight and, when feasible, some warning had been given, and:
(a) The officer reasonably believes that the fleeing felon poses a threat of death or serious physical harm to the officer or others; or
(b) The officer reasonably believes that the fleeing felon has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm to another person.
DT501.2.E.
Explain the provisions of Chapters 944 and 945, F.S., related to the use of force by state correctional and correctional probation officers.
Chapter 944, F.S., specifically addresses the use of force by state correctional and correctional probabtion officers. Chapter 945, F.S., establishes that the Department of Corrections has jurisdiction over the supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of inmates and offenders.
Section 944.35, F.S. provides:
(1)(a) An employee of the department is authorized to apply physical force upon an inmate only when and to the extent that it reasonably appears necessary:
1. To defend himself or herself or another against such other imminent use of unlawful force;
2. To prevent a person from escaping from a state correctional institution when the officer reasonably believes that person is lawfully detained in such institution;
3. To prevent damage to property;
4. To quell a disturbance;
5. To overcome physical resistance to a lawful command; or
6. To administer medical treatment only by or under the supervision of a physician or his or her designee and only:
a. When treatment is necessary to protect the health of other persons, as in the case of contagious or venereal diseases; or
b. When treatment is offered in satisfaction of a duty to protect the inmate against self-inflicted injury or death.
DT501.1.D.
Explain the concept of objective reasonableness
The process for evaluating the appropriateness of an officer’s response to a subject’s resistance
DT501.2.B.
Explain that subject resistance and officer response may change rapidly.
To determine if an officer’s actions were objectively reasonable, the courts look at the facts and circumstances the officer knew when the incident occurred. Courts recognize that criminal justice officers must make split-second judgments about the amount of force needed in a particular situation under circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving.
DT501.2.
Apply the legal authority for an officer’s response to a subject’s resistance.
A law enforcement officer’s authority to use force is established by the officer’s reasonable belief that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed.
Absent this belief, known as reasonable suspicion, a law enforcement officer has no authority over a subject, and thus no permission to use any amount of force at all.
DT is a system of controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond o a subject’s _______ and __________.
aggression
resistance
DT techniques are based on a combination of _______ _______, __________ and ________.
DT501.5
martial arts
wrestling
boxing
The physical skills in defensive tactics require practice and repetition to master. f_____, strength, a_______, b_______ and f______ are vital to the development of these skills.
fitness
agility
balance
flexibility
The role of defensive tactics in law enforcement and corrections is to assist the officer in r_______ or a________ a subject, thus increasing officer and public s______.
restraining
arresting
safety
Depending on the situation, officers will use various levels of _________
force
The CMS Criminal Justice Defensive Tactics course provides basic recruits with training in the physical skills necessary for the use of force in ______ subjects and for _____-______. Although there is some classroom instruction, most of this course is ______ ______.
controlling
self-defense
physical training
Because DT training is a physical endeavor, students should prepare for the activities required in this course by considering some changes in their daily habits. Students should eat a _______ diet, get adequate _____, and stay sufficiently ________ to maximize the benefit of this training. (DT501.4) Making these changes will enhance physical performance and minimize the risk of _____.
nutritious
rest
hydrated
Because flexibility reduces the risk of injuries, stretching exercises should be conducted _____ ______.
every day
_________ provides energy; _____ and _____ body cells; is part of various _____, _____, antibodies.
protein
builds
repairs
enzymes
Protein sources: _____, poultry, _____, _____, legumes (such as lentils), milk and milk products, vegetables, grains
meat
fish
eggs
_______: Provides energy needed by the brain, nervous system, red blood cells, and other cells.
carbohydrates
Carbohydrate sources: Breads, cereal grains, _____, _____, fruit, vegetables, _____, _____.
pasta
rice
milk
sugar
_____: Provides energy and essential fatty acids; carries other ___-soluble nutrients (vitamins); is part of cell membranes, membranes around nerves, hormones, bile (for fat digestion).
fat
Fat sources: Meat, ____, _____, milk and milk products, nuts and seeds, oils, butter, margarine, salad dressing
poultry
fish
Proper _____ and _____ are necessary for reaching maximum performance and maintaining focus while engaged in physical training.
rest
sleep
DT501.2.A
Chapter ___ F.S. governs all _____ _____ _____ by criminal justice officers. Even though the statute refers to “law enforcement” officers, the legal guidelines regarding use of force apply equally to ______ and _____ _____ officers.
776
use of force
corrections
correctional probation
The statute identifies two general areas in which an officer’s use of force is justified: to _____ a subject and make an _____, or to _____ _____ or _____.
apprehend
arrest
defend self, others
DT is a system of controlled defensive and offensive body movements used by criminal justice officers to respond o a subject’s _______ and __________.
aggression
resistance
DT techniques are based on a combination of _______ _______, __________ and ________.
DT501.5
martial arts
wrestling
boxing
The physical skills in defensive tactics require practice and repetition to master. f_____, strength, a_______, b_______ and f______ are vital to the development of these skills.
fitness
agility
balance
flexibility
The role of defensive tactics in law enforcement and corrections is to assist the officer in r_______ or a________ a subject, thus increasing officer and public s______.
restraining
arresting
safety
Depending on the situation, officers will use various levels of _________
force
The CMS Criminal Justice Defensive Tactics course provides basic recruits with training in the physical skills necessary for the use of force in ______ subjects and for _____-______. Although there is some classroom instruction, most of this course is ______ ______.
controlling
self-defense
physical training
Because DT training is a physical endeavor, students should prepare for the activities required in this course by considering some changes in their daily habits. Students should eat a _______ diet, get adequate _____, and stay sufficiently ________ to maximize the benefit of this training. (DT501.4) Making these changes will enhance physical performance and minimize the risk of _____.
nutritious
rest
hydrated
Because flexibility reduces the risk of injuries, stretching exercises should be conducted _____ ______.
every day
_________ provides energy; _____ and _____ body cells; is part of various _____, _____, antibodies.
protein
builds
repairs
enzymes
Protein sources: _____, poultry, _____, _____, legumes (such as lentils), milk and milk products, vegetables, grains
meat
fish
eggs
_______: Provides energy needed by the brain, nervous system, red blood cells, and other cells.
carbohydrates
