Officer Survival Flashcards
what combination of events have produced an increased chance f survival for officers confronting lethal threats?
Making officer safety training a high priority, combined with advancements in technology and equipment, such as improved ballistic vests and communications systems.
what is culturally the highest priority/What is the number one priority for street officers?
“stay alive so you can go home after shift”
G. Fields, “suicide on the Force,” UA TODAY, June 1, 1999, P. 1A draws what conclusion about suicides and felonious deaths of police officers?
An average of sixty-nine law enforcement officers died feloniously in the United states each year during the 1990’s, but according to the national POLICE Suicide Foundation, police suicides averaged more than 399 per year during that same decade –more than 4 times the felony death rate.
If at all, how does the US suicide rate differ from the Nation of police officers?
suicide rate for police officers is three times the national average.
Comparing the average U.S. suicide rate to what the FOP found rates among officers was what?
Compared to the average U.S. suicide rate of 12 per 100,000 (as reported by the enters for disease control and prevention), the FOP found rates among officers that were alarmingly high: 22 per 100,000 officer members.
