Operational Orders Definitions Flashcards
(01.05) __________ is a vehicle assigned to an employee whereby the employee is allowed to use the vehicle while off-duty.
Assigned Vehicle
(01.05) __________ is any automobile, motorcycle, truck, 4-wheel drive, etc., of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).
Vehicle
(01.05) __________ is a marked or unmarked vehicle that is made available to Sheriff’s Office personnel for official business.
Pool Car
(01.06) __________ is a person appointed by the Sheriff who has met the training requirements prescribed by the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC) for individuals who aid or assist a fulltime or part time law enforcement officer and who, while under the direct supervision of a Control Officer, has authority to arrest and perform law enforcement functions and, who has maintained the qualifications of firearms and certification training as required by the State of Florida and the policies of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).
Reserve Officer
(01.06) __________ is a CJSTC certified Police Officer who is exercising supervisory control over a Reserve Officer.
Control Officer
(01.06) __________ is a civilian affiliated with the law enforcement agency in a part time, non-sworn capacity, with or without compensation, because of his interest in contributing to the agency’s role in a support capacity (e.g., Community Posse, civilian volunteers, and law enforcement explorer scouts).
Auxiliary Citizen
(01.06) __________ is a paid (full time or part time), non-sworn employee assigned to perform tasks that need not be performed by a qualified sworn law enforcement officer and that may be more efficiently performed by a civilian employee (e.g., school crossing guards [see Operational Order 15.14 School Crossing Guards]).
Civilian Employee
(01.06) __________ is a component of the Community Affairs Division. This auxiliary organization assists in the education of the general public in crime prevention techniques and strategies.
Jacksonville Community Posse
(01.07) __________ are defined as those inspections requested or initiated by the Sheriff or a member of his staff. They will focus on the overall operation and processes of the Division, Section, or Unit being inspected.
Staff Inspections
(01.07) __________ are defined as those inspections which are performed to focus on a particular problem, operation, or procedure. They can be initiated and conducted by either the Inspections Unit or any part of the chain-of- command of the section or unit to be inspected.
Random Inspections
(01.07) __________ are defined as inspections conducted by line supervisors and/or mid-management supervisors assigned or responsible for the unit, individual, or equipment to be inspected. They are concerned with personnel, the status and condition of equipment, vehicles, and the physical facilities within a given organizational component.
Line Inspections
(01.11) A vehicle that requires special training or authorization for deployment or requires special licensing or training prior to its use. It can also be any vehicle which is used because of considerations of weather, terrain, or the need for inconspicuous appearance, quietness, storage requirements, special operational needs, etc.
Special Purpose Vehicle
(02.04) The detention, interdiction, or other disparate treatment of any person on the basis of their race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical handicap, economic status, age, cultural group, religion or other belief system.
Bias based profiling
(02.04) More than a mere hunch, but is based on a set of articulable facts and circumstances that would warrant a person of reasonable caution in believing that an infraction of the law has been committed, is about to be committed, or is in the process of being committed, by the person or persons under suspicion.
Reasonable suspicion
(03.05) An online police self-reporting system that is designed to eliminate the need of having police officers physically respond to document incidents where the identity of the suspect(s) is unknown and there is no evidence present which needs to be collected and processed, while still recording the incident and collecting reportable data for additional investigation, statistical analysis and state reporting requirements.
The Citizen Online Reporting System
(03.05) Provided to the citizen via the Citizen Online Reporting System upon completion of the report. This number is replaced by a case number once the report is reviewed and approved.
Tracking Number
(03.05) Reports that do not meet the requirements for being reported online or have insufficient information will be rejected.
Rejected Online Reports
(04.01) All Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) vehicles being operated by a sworn officer are designated as __________.
Authorized Emergency Vehicle
(04.01) A deliberate offensive tactic, used on a suspect vehicle, in which two or more authorized emergency vehicles obstruct a suspect vehicle’s path. It will be less likely to cause damage when officers use a more refined technique such as a “pinching” maneuver (touching the front and rear bumpers of the suspect vehicle or immobilizing the suspect vehicle against a stationary object).
Blocking
(04.01) In the course of a pursuit, the following and direct participation in the pursuit by unauthorized police vehicles.
Caravanning
(04.01) The diversion or redirection of vehicles from their present direction toward a pre-selected direction by the deployment of emergency vehicles and/or tire deflation devices.
Channeling
(04.01) Treason, murder, manslaughter, sexual battery, carjacking, home invasion robbery, armed burglary, arson, kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated stalking, leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious injury aircraft piracy, unlawful throwing, placing or discharging of a destructive device or bomb, and/or any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual.
Forcible Felony
(04.01) Siren and flashing and/or revolving blue lights, which meet the requirements of Florida State Statutes (F.S.S.).
Emergency Signal Devices
(04.01) A motorized mode of transportation operated by a person who willfully or knowingly refuses to stop or uses high speed, illegal, or other evasive driving tactics in an effort to avoid apprehension.
Fleeing Vehicle
(04.01) A vehicle in which the target areas (the rear quarter panel of the suspect vehicle and the front quarter panel of the police vehicle) do not match up, the vehicle is clearly taller than it is wide, the vehicle has enhanced suspension (i.e., a 4X4 that is either an aftermarket alteration or originally installed equipment) or the vehicle has a substantial roof load or roof line which has heighted the vehicle’s center of gravity.
High Profile Vehicle
(04.01) Following a pursuit in progress by driving on roads or streets that parallel the road or street on which the fleeing vehicle and pursuing emergency vehicles are traveling.
Paralleling
(04.01) Is a more refined blocking technique that is less likely to cause damage.
Pinching Maneuver
(04.01) The intentional act of using an authorized emergency vehicle to physically force a fleeing vehicle from its course of travel in order to stop it.
Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT)
(04.01) Generally the police unit that initiates the pursuit. If the initiating vehicle is not marked with emergency equipment, the unit status will be assumed by a marked car with emergency equipment, and which has visual contact with the fleeing vehicle.
Primary Pursuit Vehicle
(04.01) A deliberate tactic used to incapacitate a suspect vehicle. This tactic utilizes targeted, direct force from a patrol vehicle to areas of a suspect vehicle. Unlike PIT, this tactic will likely cause severe property damage as well as personal injury to the suspect vehicle occupants and the implementing officer. Implementing this tactic is considered deadly force.
Ramming
(04.01) The positioning of City vehicles on a roadway with the intent of stopping a suspect and it is prohibited.
Road Block
(04.01) The use of city vehicles or appropriate resources to stop or divert traffic flow.
Barricade
(04.01) The police unit which trails the primary pursuit unit at a safe distance, and which is immediately available to assume the primary role or assist the primary unit if the fleeing vehicle is stopped.
Secondary Pursuit Vehicle
(04.01) Departmentally approved devices designed to disable vehicle tires through slow, controlled deflation.
Tire Deflation Devices
(04.01) All vehicles of JSO are authorized emergency vehicles and are exempted from complying with traffic laws as defined in F.S.S. 316.072 and F.S.S. 316.126 (3).
Traffic Law Exemption
(04.01) An active attempt by an officer in an authorized emergency vehicle to apprehend the occupants of a moving vehicle, providing that the driver of such vehicle is aware of the attempt, increases speed, takes other evasive actions, or refuses to stop in an attempt to avoid apprehension.
Vehicle Pursuit
(04.01) The actions taken by an officer, while operating an emergency vehicle, to stop a vehicle, when the driver is suspected of a traffic violation or offense, or for any other purpose, when there is no reason to believe the driver will attempt to elude or evade apprehension.
Vehicle Stop
(11.06) Any incident in which people are being held against their will by another person or persons, usually by force or coercion.
Hostage Incident
(11.06) Defined as persons who refuse to submit to arrest or detainment for a Baker Act and:
Who officers believe to be armed or have the potential to be armed and pose a threat to citizens and/or officers,
Who are believed to have been involved in a criminal act and/or are a threat to himself and/or to the lives and safety of citizens or officers,
Who are in a position of advantage, affording cover and concealment, or are contained in an open area and the approach of officers could precipitate an adverse reaction by the suspect.
Barricaded Subject
(11.06)A person threatening suicide with a weapon that barricades or places himself in a position of advantage where the approach by first responding officers could unnecessarily escalate the situation or endanger the officers.
Armed Suicidal Subject
(11.11) Is the potential for or actual releasing, spilling, burning, or leaking of any substance which tends to be toxic and may endanger life, property, or the environment.
A Hazardous Material Incident (H.M.I.)
(07.01) An order for the arrest of a defendant that is obtained after a case is formally filed by the State Attorney’s Office (SAO). The issuance by a judge means that the complete filing decision has been made and information or an indictment is filed with the Clerk of the Court.
Capias
(07.01) Is issued by a judge upon probable cause (no case has been filed) and is generally used when an immediate arrest by warrant is required. Different from a capias in that upon issuance, the filing decision has not been made and information has not been filed.
Arrest Warrant
(07.01) Issued by the SAO and commands an “at large” defendant to appear in court to face misdemeanor or ordinance violation charges resulting from information filed by the SAO. Service is not an arrest and the defendant is not incarcerated.
Misdemeanor Summons
(07.01) This citation, also referred to as a Misdemeanor Citation, may be used by police officers for a field release of eligible violators or by corrections officers for violators who meet specific criteria after physical arrest. Issuance does constitute an arrest.
Notice to Appear Citation (NTA)
(07.01) Shall be a procedure whereby an eligible violator is immediately released upon the officer completing the NTA and the violator signing such citation.
Field Release
(07.01) Shall be that procedure whereby the officer takes the violator into custody and transports him to the Pretrial Detention Facility (PDF) for the purpose of booking him into the PDF.
Physical Arrest
(07.01) An order by the court commanding a sheriff or other official to physically bring before the court a person who is found guilty of contempt of court.
Writ of Attachment
(07.01) VCCR is the abbreviation for __________
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
(07.01) Issued to diplomatic officers, UN diplomatic officers, and their families. They are entitled to full criminal immunity and may not be arrested or detained;
Blue-bordered Department of State identification cards
(07.01) Issued to embassy administrative and technical staff employees. The bearers of these cards are entitled to full criminal immunity;
Green-bordered Department of State identification cards
(07.01) Issued to embassy service staff employees. This card entitles the bearer to immunity for official acts only;
Green-bordered Department of State identification cards
(07.01) Issued to career consular officers, career consular employees, and honorary consular officers. This card entitles the bearer to immunity for official acts only;
Red-bordered Department of State identification cards
(07.01) Issued to consular officers, employees, and their families from countries with which the U.S. has special agreements. They are entitled to full criminal immunity and may not be arrested or detained.
Red-bordered Department of State identification cards
(11. 12) Florida State Statute (F.S.S.) 787.01 defines __________ as: “forcibly, secretly or by threat confining, abducting, or imprisoning another person against his or her will and without lawful authority, with intent to:
a. Hold for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage;
b. Commit or facilitate commission of any felony;
c. Inflict bodily harm upon or to terrorize the victim or another person; or
d. Interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.
Kidnapping
(11.12) F.S.S. 787.02 defines __________ as “forcibly, by threat or secretly confining, abducting, imprisoning or restraining another person without lawful authority and against his or her will.”
False Imprisonment
(11.12) F.S.S. 787.025 defines __________ as “a person 18 years of age or older who intentionally lures or entices, or attempts to lure or entice a child under the age of 12 into a structure, dwelling or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose.”
Luring or enticing a child
(11.13) One who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the point at which it interferes with their power of self control.
Intoxicated Person
(11.13) One who appears to be in immediate need of emergency medical attention or is unable to make a rational decision about his need for care.
Incapacitated Person
(11.13) Intoxicated persons who have inflicted, have threatened or attempted to inflict, or are likely to inflict physical harm on themselves or others.
Danger to Themselves or Others