Intro to Officer Safety and Survival Flashcards
What is the foundation for the winning survival guide?
Mental Preparation
What will assist the winning mindset to not just survive potential lethal encounters but to win the encounter?
Mental preparation
What is W.I.N?
What’s Important Now
What are the 5 sections of the winning survival circle?
- Physical Fitness
- Equipment
- Tactics
- Shooting Skills
- Mental Preparation
When used properly what becomes a subconscious mental preparation tool?
W.I.N
What is a way of prioritizing the most important thing?
W.I.N
What are techniques and tools that LEO’s use in the performance of their duties that give the officers an advantage over the adversary?
Tactics
What needs to be simple and easy to understand , like short, common phrases such as “Police, stop” or Police don’t move”?
Verbal and non-verbal communications with partners and suspects
What are usually dictated by the existing circumstances, and the LEO’s training and experience?
Tactics
What is important to maintain throughout your LE career?
Physical Fitness
What is one of the leading causes of duty deaths?
Traffic Crashes
What are the dirty dozen errors
- Failure to exercise due regard while driving
- Improper use of handcuffs, frisk or search
- Not enough rest/sleep
- Relaxing too soon
- Missing danger signs
- Taking bad position
- Failure to watch the hands
- Tactical restraint
- Preoccupation
- Failure to maintain physical and emotional health
- Failure to wear proper safety gear
- Complacency
What impairs an LEO’s ability to protect themselves and the communities they serve?
Not enough sleep/rest
Why should you be aware of threats and never underestimate a suspect’s potential to do harm?
So you do not risk missing a danger sign
What is self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies or a feeling of security while being unaware of potential dangers, or the state of being content, or failing to pay attention?
Complacency
