Emotional Survival Flashcards
Perception is driven by ? and ? demands
Physiological and psychological demands
Idealistic recruits can become?
Cynical veterans
? Is the greatest determinate in officer deaths
Suicide. (37%)
Crisis management can take inform of ? of responsibility
Avoidance
A world view based on a threat based BIOLOGICALLY driven perspective in which everyday events unfolds potentially dangerous
Hypervigilance
The ?? System of the human brain determines ones state of awareness
Reticular Activating System (RAS)
Heightened awareness stresses the autonomic nervous system by?
Increasing blood pressure
Respiration
Body temp and other functions
Recovery from hyper vigilance normally takes ? hours
18-24 hours
Physically exhausted officers fall into their ?chair
Magic Chair, and withdraw into themselves
The biological condition of Hypervigilance is mistakenly interpreted as a ? state
Mental state
The ? Syndrome is is a loss of interest in hobbies or recreational activities
I Usta Syndrome
The more one feels out of control the greater the chance officers see themselves as?
Victims
Core “ guardian / protector “ values of duty, honor,etc are challenged when one becomes a
Helpless Victim
Situational based ? values are substituted that allow for justification of negative behavior
Trader values
Acts of omission become acts of?
Commission
Move from victim orientation to to ? Orientation
Survival orientation. ( I have control over my personal life)
?? Syndrome is a general reaction to external stimuli
General adaptation syndrome. (GAS)
G A S consists of three phases
Alarm reaction
Resistance
Exhaustion
The first cost of law enforcement career is?
Old friendships
A major goal for new officers in the first 1-2 years is
Being a vested and trusted
Career begins with enthusiasm.
Idealism becomes ?
Optimism becomes ?
Cynicism
Pessimism
Most basic necessity of officer safety is ?
Training
Number 1 priority is to ?
Stay alive so you can go home
Officer suicides were more than ? times felony death rates in the 90’s
4 times
Suicides with cops are ? times the national average
3 times
37 % of officer deaths are ?
Suicides
Agencies tend to deal with symptoms but not the ?
Root problem
Cops label things as ? when they don’t agree with the event around them
Bullshit
The source of all the bullshit is the ?
Assholes
Early in career the feelings of jeopardy come from the streets. Later in the career the feelings of jeopardy come from ?
Management
The ?? System determines brain levels of alertness
RAS. Reticular Activating System
The ?? System controls the bodies internal organs and automatic functions …pulse , respiration etc.
ANS
Autonomic Nervous System
The? Is the on duty branch of the nervous system
Sympathetic . Increases survival through heightened functions
The ?branch controls off duty life
Parasympathetic. Opposite reaction from on duty
There are ? warning signs of hyper - vigilance
7 . Social isolation at home No non police conversation Reduced interaction with non police friends Procrastination in decision making off duty Infidelity Non involvement in children's needs I Usta Syndrome
The first victim of the Hypervigilance roller coaster is ?
The officer himself
Control over sense of your own life is?
Autonomy
Physchological dysfunction has two components ?
High Demand and Low Control
The pace where officers have TOTAl control is ?
The bottom half of the roller coaster
OFF DUTY!!,
Victims focus on what they do not control. Survivors focus on wat they
Control
First victim of roller coaster is police officer. The 2nd victim is ?
The career itself
? Is the most damaging attribute.
Entitlement. Permits officers to rationalize their bad behavior
Lifetime core values become ? values when officers when officer perceives himself as victim
Situational values
Survivors focus on ?
Events they can control
The biological balancing phenomena that turns the person who been experiencing the hyper-vigilance reaction on duty into the person experiencing the direct opposite reaction off duty is:
Biological homeostasis
This is a verbal non response to the person who is trying to engage the officer in a personal conversation
” nonsense transmission”
The socialization process by which officers interact by telling war stories is called
Adrenal masturbation
Which kind of officer is prone to experience the effects of Hypervigilance? Good or bad officers?
The best officers- the ones practicing the best Hypervigilance and officer safety
Who is first VICTIM of the roller coaster dynamic ?
The officer
An indication of significant overidentication with the police role is the expression:
” I am a cop”
Officers control 100% of their ?
Integrity and professionalism
People who have control taken away from them are described as
Victims
The first victims of the roller coaster are the police officer and his family . The second victim is the
Career itself
Officers who perceive themselves as victims make decisions that are potentially contaminated by a ? tint
Victim tint
One of the most damaging traits to law enforcement is the internalized sense of?
Entititlement
Core values become ? values
Situational
The two cornerstones of ethical law enforcement are
Loyalty
Integrity
A reactive orientation, which is essential for street survival , can be lethal to
Personal relationships
