Officer Safety Deck #1 Flashcards
Degrees of weapon readiness?
Loaded:
1. Magazine containing rounds fitted
2. Round in the chamber
3. pistol can be fired
Unloaded -
1. Magazine not fitted
2. No round in the chamber
3. Pistol cannot be fired
Trigger characteristics
Initial 12.5mm trigger travel before sears break and pistol can fire
4mm to reset the sears
Weights of the Glock?
Loaded with light - 1045 grams
Unloaded with light - 759 grams
Definition of the Glock?
The Glock Pistol is a mechanically locked, recoil operated self-loading pistol, with inbuilt trigger, firing pin and drop safety mechanics
Safety features of the Glock?
- Trigger Safety
- Firing Pin safety
- Drop safety
What pistol are general duties police officers issued?
Glock Model 17 Self Loading Pistol
OLIGHT Brand PL-2 Weapon Mounted Light &
2 x 17 Round Tan coloured Magazine
Ammunition characteristics?
SPEER LE GOLD DOT 9mm Luger +
P 124 Grain
Muzzle Velocity of Glock?
375 m/s (metres per second)
What three things must occur for a firearm to discharge?
- The firearm must be a functional, working model.
- There must be a round in the chamber; and
- Someone must pull the trigger.
Functioning Sequence of the Glock Firearm?
1.FIRING
2.UNLOCKING
3.EXTRACTING
4.EJECTING
5.FEEDING
6.LOCKING INTO BATTERY
7.LOCKING OPEN (Last Shot)
Function Checks after Glock reassembly?
- Trigger
- Trigger reset
- Slide Lock
5 major parts of the Glock firearm?
- Magazine
- Barrel
- Recoil Spring Assembly
- Receiver
- Slide
4 General safety principles?
- Treat all firearms as if they are loaded.
- Be conscious of where the muzzle of your firearm is pointed at all times.
(Never allow the muzzle of your firearm to cover another human
being unless it is required by your duties as a police officer). - Keep your finger off the trigger and on the receiver until your sights are on the
target and you have decided to fire; and - Be sure of your target.
(Know what it is, what is in line with it and what is behind it. Never fire at
anything you have not positively identified).
Justification to discharge your firearm?
You are only justified in discharging your firearm when there is an immediate risk to your life, or the life of someone else, or there is an immediate risk of serious injury to you or someone else and there is no other way of preventing the risk.
Definition of a safe direction?
A safe direction is a direction in which any unintentionally fired shot, would be safely stopped, and contained with no human injury, and at most, only minimal property damage.
Definition of a stoppage?
A stoppage is anything that prevents the pistol from firing, when the user intends that it should fire.
The Ten Fatal Errors are:
- Lack of knowledge, apathy and/or complacency
- Taking a Bad Position
- Failure to Recognise Danger Signs
- Poor or No Search
- Failure to Handcuff
- Failure to Watch Hands
- Relaxing too soon
- Making False Assumptions
- Tombstone Courage
- Sleepy or Asleep on the Job
What are the ten tactical options?
(COW AT COB FC)
C - Communication
O - Officer presence
W - Weaponless control
A - Active armed offender tactics
T - Tactical disengagement
C - Contain & negotiate
O - OC Spray
B - Baton
F - Firearm
C - (CEW) Conducted electrical weapon
What are the four words on the outer ring of the tactical options model?
- Plan
- Risk assessment
- Take charge
- Action
What are the officer SUBJECT FACTORS on the tactical options model?
(6)
Age
Gender
Size
Fitness
Skill level
Multiple officers
What are the Special Circumstances on the tactical option model?
- Proximity to a Weapon
- Special Knowledge
- Injury or Exhaustion
- Ground Position
- Disability
- Imminent Danger
- Drugs/Alcohol
- Mental State
Explain the control theory…
The goal is control of the situation.
You need advantage for control
Evaluate the propensity for control -v- injury (Reasonable force)
Ability to disengage, de-escalate the situation or respond to
Escalation is imperative
Explain Proximity shooting…
- Within 7m
- Both eyes open
- Focus on target
- sights should be blurry
Explain Well-sighted shooting…
- More than 7m
- Non-dominant eye shut
- Focus on sights
- Target should be blurry
What is the baton made from?
Spun aluminium and is hollow in construction
Baton: Diameter - length - weight
3.175cm in diameter throughout its length
66.04cm long
540 grams weight
Name the parts of the Baton
- Tip
- Shaft
- Rubber Grommet
- Khurled Handle
- Butt
Expandable Baton:
Length open?
Length closed?
Weight?
1.28cm length (expanded)
19.74cm length (closed)
462 grams weigh
Name the parts of the Expandable Baton:
- Tip
- End Shaft
- Middle Shaft
- Handle
- End Cap
Name the Strike Areas for Baton?
Primary - The leg, from below the hip to the toes.
Secondary - The arm, from the point of the shoulder to the fingertips.
Three Advised Non-Strike Areas for Baton?
(FK THANGS)
F - The Facial area
K - Kidney/ lower spinal
T - Thoracic (chest)
H - Head
A - Abdominal (stomach) areas
N - Neck/nape of the neck/throat
G - Groin
S - Base of the skull
In Short:
- Head
- Neck
- Groin
Handcuffing Principles
- APPLY
- ADJUST
- DOUBLE LOCK
- CHECK
Handcuffing Safeguards
*Approach from the safest angle using the bladed body position
- Remain alert and prepared for sudden resistance
- Adopt a good tactical position and maintain control by keeping the prisoner off balance
- Ensure that the handcuffs are double locked to prevent shimming + check by pulling and pushing on the swinging handcuff arm.
When transporting a prisoner from a police station to court in a caged vehicle whats the preferred method of handcuffing?
With their hands to the front and their palms facing outward
When transporting a prisoner from a police station to court in a sedan whats the preferred method of handcuffing?
They should be seated in the rear seat behind the observer’s seat with their seat belt on
How do you check the tightness of handcuffs?
By the width of the little finger
What do you do if a subject complains of handcuff tightness?
- Check handcuffs
- Apply a second pair
- Adjust, as necessary.
Parts of the handcuffs?
- Swing Arm
- Fixed Arm
- Body
- Hinge
- Knurled Locking Barrel
Tactical movement, what are the six key elements which will give your position away?
- Shape
- Shadow
- Silhouette
- Surface
- Spacing
- Movement
Principles of room entry (sometimes described as the triangle of success)
- SPEED
- SURPRISE
- VIOLENCE OF ACTION
The six concepts and Principles of Team Movement are?
➢ Stay together as much as possible.
➢ 720 degrees of coverage where
possible
➢ Communication
➢ Cover the angles.
➢ Threshold Evaluation
➢ Speed of movement
What is Cover referring to in tactical movement?
Anything that provides protection from hostile fire
What is Concealment referring to in tactical movement?
Is protection from hostile observation
