Officer Safety Flashcards
Chief’s 9 Principles of Officer Safety
Maneuver
Security
Simplicity
Distance
Offense
Mass
Barrier
Cover
Retreat
I use the acronym MSSDOMBCR to remember this
Police are authorized to use ___ force according to Graham v Connor
Does this mean you have to use the minimum amount of force required?
Reasonable
No
The ___ a fight goes, the greater the odds of injury to you and/or suspect
Longer
Traffic stop - A driver stops his vehicle in an unusual/unsafe place. What do?
Have them move (Do over PA)
After a pursuit, don’t __ to their vehicle
rush
(call them out from behind the cover of your patrol car)
You have reasonable suspicion a person is involved in a crime but don’t have PC for an arrest yet
Can you detain them during your investigation?
Can you use force to detain them?
What if they are trying to walk away?
Can you handcuff them?
What is a good option?
Yes (Terry v Ohio)
Yes (US v Dotson)
Can physically stop them (Gallegos v City of Colorado Springs)
Yes (must be able to articulate why necessary. Also, you can’t search them incident to arrest yet because they are just being detained, not arrested)
Detain them in the back of your patrol car (note: If you do this and start interrogating them, since they likely won’t feel free to leave at that point, you will need to Mirandize them before asking them incriminating questions)
You are going to search a person or vehicle. What should you do prior?
Put on gloves
You watch another officer search a suspect. You are doing the transport. Do you need to search the suspect again?
Yes
A car you stopped has tinted windows.
What do?
How?
Order them to roll the windows down
Over the PA
If there’s more than one person in the car, and you plan on getting them out, do what?
Wait for a backing officer
If they don’t have their ID, do what?
Ask them their SSN, age (see if it matches), spelling of their name
They should instantly know all these things, or else they are likely lying
Handcuffing: If you give orders (turn around, hands behind back) and observe signs that the offender is not going to be cooperative, do what?
Create distance
Call for additional units
Do a more intrusive form of handcuffing (knees or prone)
(From Moore PD’s handcuffing PowerPoint)
You are the secondary officer on the scene. What is your job?
Should you be talking to suspects/witnessses?
Cover/safety officer
No (and if you have to, don’t talk about the incident/call)
If you suspect the driver or passengers of criminal activity (DUS, warrants, possession, DUI) do what?
Should you tell them they have a warrant before having them step out?
Get them out of the vehicle (wait for backup if necessary)
No (but sometimes you might have to, remember 5 steps for Voluntary Compliance)
When talking to a driver, passengers, or anyone, what should you maintain visibility of the entire time?
What if they don’t show hands?
What if they already have a weapon in their hands?
hands
Draw your firearm
Tell them not to move (then one option is to conduct like felony stop / prone)
You are going to arrest a compliant individual. Do you need a backing officer?
Yes
You arrive on scene and anticipate an armed (ie firearm) encounter. What should you do?
Get out patrol rifle
What do you need to do before transporting a prisoner?
Search backseat (and them if you were not the one that did the search)
Should you advise Dispatch of a traffic stop prior to activating your lights?
Driver’s side or passenger side approach?
Yes
Passenger
You need to ___ during a use of force
Verbalize (stop resisting)
You give a suspect a command three times. What should you do next?
Change what you are doing or saying
Should you believe people when they say they don’t know their SSN?
No (they are likely lying about who they really are)
Armed individual inside a house. Don’t __
DONT RUSH IN (unless you have to because others’ lives are in danger)
Once you have someone out of the car, should you allow them back inside?
No (unless releasing them from scene)
Is it ok to stand in front of a car with a suspect inside?
Standing in a position that forces deadly force (ie standing in front of a car) is or is not acceptable?
No
is NOT (Quezada v County of Bernalilo - 10th cir)
- High risk stop procedure (recite)
- Most important things to remember during high risk stop?
Give commands from COVER (best behind my car)
Lower windows
Remove keys and drop outside
Open door form outside handle
Step out
Lift shirt + turn
Walk backwards towards me
Lie down with hands out, palms up
Repeat until all occupants out
- Get mass between you and suspect vehicle! Call them back!
If a driver (suspect) has their car is in Drive, should you attempt a vehicle extraction?
No, if the car is in drive you should not be anywhere near it
If you ask to see hands and you can’t see them or they are not presented so what?
Deadly force coverage (with your firearm)
Non-complaint individual. What do?
Give them a countdown?
Two techniques can be used depending on the situation:
- Use the 5 Steps for Voluntary Compliance
- Ask, tell, make
Give countdown? No
If they get out of the car, ___
Then exiting the car should be ___
Keep them out
a red flag
If you know weapons are involved (from a call etc), what type of traffic stop should you do?
High risk
Responding to a call with subject with a knife.
What is key?
Treat the subject like what?
If you give several commands and they are still coming at you with a knife, ___
DISTANCE! DISTANCE! DISTANCE!
High risk stop (see hands, on ground, arms out, don’t move)
stop the threat
If dispatch says they may have a warrant can you handcuff them before confirmation? (Like the suspect is trying to walk away or indicating they may resist)
Yes, can detain BUT do not search incident to arrest until the warrant is confirmed
(Also, handcuffs should go on quick if you know they have a warrant)
Once you have them out of the car, __
shut their door
Need to practice drawing weapon while __
moving
Keep uninvolved individuals __ from your stop/arrest (ie their boyfriend shows up on scene)
away