IMIM Flashcards
IMIM stand for?
Incident management intervention model
What is the IMIM
Visual aid that helps the officer envision an event and explain why certain intervention options were used
What is considered during assessment of incident?
- Situational factors
- Subject behaviours
- Officer’s perception
- Tactical consideration
6 principles of the IMIM
- Primary duty of a peace officer to preserve & Protect life
- Primary objective of intervention is public safety
- police officer safety is essential to public safety
- IMIM consistent with law, does not replace the law
- Assessment of risk, account for likelihood/ extent of life loss, injury, and damage to property
- Risk assessment is continuous, risk management evolves as situation changes
Factors under the assessment process ?
- Situational factors
- Subject behaviours
- Officer’s perception
- Tactical consideration
Officer perception affects risk assessment & in turn tactical consideration.
Provide examples for each situational factors?
Falls under assessment process- situational factors
- Environment: weather, time of day, location (indoors, outdoors,hostile vs.friendly territory)
- Number of subjects: # of officers vs # subjects
- perceived subjects abilities: officers perception of a subject: influence of drugs/ alcohol, subject size-strenght , willingness to resist.
- Knowledge of subject: prior crim history, reputation
- Time and distance: immediate response if incident is threat to public safety. Delayed response can occur at times (use of cover, arrival of back up, increase distance)
- Threat cues: ignoring officer, aggressive stance, ceasing all movement
Subject behaviours? Describe each
. Cooperative
- subject responds to officer presence, communication and control
.passive resistant
- subject refuses with little or no physical action. Verbal refusal or physical inactivity
. Active resistance
- non-assaultive physical action to resist (running away, pulling away)
. Assaultive
- subject applies force to any person. Threatens by act or gesture to apply force to another person (includes aggressive body language)
.grevious bodily harm
- officer believes that subjects actions are intended to or likely to cause grevious bodily harm or death to any person. (Assault with knife, stick or firearm
What does Capra stand for?
. Clients . Acquiring & analysing information . Partnerships . Response . Assessment
Describe each stage in CAPRA
- Clients: direct (deal with through calls, victims, suspects) and indirect(taxpayers, public interest groups).
.ensure clients interests are taken into account when delivering service
.understand clients perspective will allow-》 meet their needs, resolve community problems
- Acquiring & analysing information: info & evidence is essential to fair resolution through justice system
.clients,partners,information systems
- Partnerships: can assist you to provide better quality service (within organization, govt departments, community agencies)
- Response: service, protection, enforcement, prevention
* primary responsibility, course of action for public interest, what clients get priority ? - Assessment: evaluate effectiveness of serice provided in partnership with clients. Determine what worked, what did not work
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