Officer Safety Flashcards
TAGS mediation model meaning
T- Target
A- Assess
G- Generate Options
S- Solution
What is de-escalation?
The use of verbal and non-verbal strategies, intended to prevent escalation or reduce the intensity of a situation without the application of force and, if force is necessary, reducing the amount of force, if viable.
What does ICEN stand for?
I - Isolate
C - Contain
E- Evacuate
N - negotiate
What does NRA stand for?
N - necessary
r- risk effectice
a- acceptable
What is your authority to use force from S. 25CC
- Must meet the standards set out by the criminal code
- Authorize by law
- Must be acting on reasonable grounds
- Use as much force as is necessary for that purpose
What are the short term effects of critical incidents?
- Fight, flight, or freeze
- Auditory and visual exclusion
- Deterioration of fine motor control
- Deterioration of decision making (revert to training)
What are the long-term effects of critical incidents?
- Anxiety, depression, suicide
- Anger
- Antisocial behaviour
- Addictions
What are the components of an imminent threat?
Means + intent + opportunity
What is Officer Induced Jeopardy?
- Any plan or action, by you or another person, that will escalate a subject/ situation
- To force a response or series of responses that were unnecessary given the totality of that situation and knowledge of the subject
- Manufacturing an EMERGENCY to satisfy your desire to act
What is Tactical Flexibility?
- Modulate breathing
- Time
- Isolate or contain
- Communicate & negotiate
- Create distance (Reactionary Gap)
- Use cover
- Conceal
- Tactical Reposition
- Teamwork
- Disengage
First Contact Approach
A standard and professional approach for everyone:
- greeting
- identify yourself
- give reason for stop
- proper closure
Three Steps in the Behavioural Influence Stairway
- Empathy
- Rapport
- Influence
What are the Components of Communication?
- Language
- Paralanguage
- Body Language (Kinesics)
- Listening
Active Listening Skills
- Open ended questions
- minimal encounters (head nods, oh?, tell me more)
- mirroring (similar body language, repeat important words)
- naming emotions
- don’t interrupt
- effective pauses
- “I” messages
What are the Six principles of Influence?
- reciprocity
- Scarcity
- Authority
- Commitment (and consistency)
- Liking
- Social proff (consensus)
What is the power of authority?
when the outcome is directly related to the threat of force, its use, or even by the appearance of a person in authority
What is the power of influence?
when the outcome was achieve through the creation of a relationship and the use of persuasion
How to change behaviour through Influence?
Hooks, be honest and establish trust, avoid: triggers
Conflict Prevention Techniques
- First contact approach
- voice control
- respecting the person and their personal space
- active listening
- rapport building
- mediation (TAGS)
Stretgies when dealing with the public
- explain and inform
- ignore
- deflect
- empower
- directive
- challenge
- tactical principles
- time verbal intervention
- repeat/ redirect
command/ comprehend/ explain - mutually explore options/ consequences
- last ditch effort (eg use of force, is there anything i can do?)
- police challenge
- termination
What is tactical repositioning?
- Having flexibility to adjust between containment and isolation
Constantly moving to a position of advantage to obtain and maintain effective isolation-
What are the types of plans?
- Alternate action plan
- Immediate action plan, have to do something immediately, not really a plan, more of a reaction
- Breakout plan foot and vehicle
- Surrender plan
Types of mental health disorders
- Schizophrenia is a disease of the brain
○ Psychosis is the name given to the symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, etc)
§ Delusions are false beliefs (ie. Paranoia, grandeur, persecution, etc.)
Hallucinations are false “sensory perceptions” (ie. Hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting…)
What is the main purpose of the MHA
The main purpose if the law is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital
