Firearms / Glock

Question 1

2 reasons NTPF members are issued with firearms

Answer 1

93.1 protect human life; and
93.2 lawfully destroy animals

Question 2

Safety Check

Answer 2

The safety check is the visual and physical inspection of a firearm to ensure it is an unloaded condition

Question 3

What condition should firearms be stored?

Answer 3

All NTPF issued firearms are to be in the unloaded condition before being securely stored at the station. The station OIC is responsible for the security of all firearm cabinet keys.

Question 4

What 3 things must you meet to exercise a power (lawfully)

Answer 4

Authorisation
Justification
Excuse

Question 5

Police officer exemptions

Answer 5

Police have exemptions regarding possessing / carring firearms (and ammo) in public. Police also DO have exemptions about ammunition storage (recent), however G.O states where possible, they should be separated.

Question 6

How should Ammo & Firearms be stored (NTPF)

Answer 6

Police have an exemption to store ammo & firearms in the same place, however policy states where possible this should not occur, and they should be stored separately. In stations where there is only one box, the ammo should NOT be in the firearm, but can be on top of the box.

Question 7

Can you take you firearm into the watch house?

Answer 7

No. Must remove.

Question 8

What’s the name of the safe location to load & unload firearm at the station

Answer 8

The administrative load & unload area.

Question 9

Whats the capacity of the glock magazine

Answer 9

15 rounds of 40 S&W

Question 10

Four Firearms Safety Principles

Answer 10

1. Always treat every firearm as if it were loaded, never assume it is empty.
2. Never let the muzzle cover or point at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger & outside the trigger guard until your sight are on the target and you have decided to fire
4. Be sure of your target. Know what it is, what it is in line with and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything you have not positively identified.

Question 11

1st Firearm Safety Principle

Answer 11

1. Always treat every firearm as if it were loaded, never assume it is empty.

Question 12

2nd Firearm Safety Principle

Answer 12

2. Never let the muzzle cover or point at anything you are not willing to destroy.

Question 13

3rd Firearm Safety Principle

Answer 13

3. Keep your finger off the trigger & outside the trigger guard until your sight are on the target and you have decided to fire

Question 14

4th Firearm Safety Principle

Answer 14

4. Be sure of your target. Know what it is, what it is in line with and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything you have not positively identified.

Question 15

Definition of a SAFE DIRECTION

Answer 15

A direction in which any fired shot would be safely stopped and contained with no human injury, and at most, only minimal property damage.

Question 16

Glock 5 major components

Answer 16

Slide
Barrel
Recoil Spring Assembly
Receiver
Magazine

Question 17

When to conduct a safety check

Answer 17

• Whenever the firearm is picked up/received from another person
• Before handing the firearm to another person
• Before handling, stripping, or cleaning a firearm
• Before storing the firearm in the armory
• Whenever there is doubt about the condition of the firearm.

Question 18

Likely consequence of discharging a firearm

Answer 18

The objective of discharging a firearm at another person is to prevent a person who is committing or about to immediately commit an act that is likely to cause death or serious harm of another person, from initiating or completing that act.

1. Subject control via immediate incapacitation, immediate incapacitation is the sudden physiological inability to initiate or complete any physical act.
2. Subject discontinues the act likely to cause death or serious harm to another.