Defensive Tactics

Question 1

Operational Response Principles

Answer 1

Service (Our Duty)
Safety (Our Responsibility)
Harm Minimisation (Our Goal)

Question 2

Operational Safety Tool - SAFE TACTICS

Answer 2

Slow down and step back, assess the risk, formulate a plan, evaluate options

Take charge, apply legislation, create a safe environment, tactical options, information gathering, communication, support

Question 3

Incident Management Model - ICENCIR

Answer 3

Isolate, Contain, Evacuate, Negotiate, Conclude, Investigate, Rehabilitate

Question 4

Turning Unplanned Incidents into a Planned Response - HI AR RC

Answer 4

Hazard Identification
Assess Risk
Risk Control

Question 5

Use of Force s462A

Answer 5

Any force used must be reasonable and proportionate.

Question 6

Factors Effecting Level of Force

Answer 6

Size, special skills, age, gender, multiple offenders, multiple police, proximity of offender to firearm, member injured or disabled, fatigue or ground position.

Question 7

Force Success Factors - RISC System

Answer 7

Rapid, Intensity, Specific and Competence

Question 8

State of Mental Awareness

Answer 8

IF/THEN Thinking - be a step ahead
Condition Complacent - oblivious to danger
Condition Panic - panics and does nothing

Question 9

Subject Categories

Answer 9

Apparently Cooperative

Uncooperative

Question 10

Control Distances

Answer 10

Unarmed is two metres or more

Armed is six metres or more

Question 11

Force Justification Test - FORCE

Answer 11

Force - actual or anticipated
Opportunity - has or will use force
Reasonable - required force 
Capability - suspect is competent
Exclusion - excluded other options