sgt exam Flashcards
Handheld Metal Detector
means a portable, handheld security device capable of detecting metal objects authorized for use by the Service.
Assistive/Prosthetic Device
means a device used to replace, compensate for, or improve the functional abilities of people with disabilities or for trans or gender diverse persons to affirm gender identity. Assistive device includes a broad range of items such as mobility and visual/hearing aids, orthotics/prosthetics, speech devices, medical supplies, environmental controls and respiratory devices. Prosthetics used to express gender identity include: breast forms, chest binders, gaffs, packers, prosthetic penises and wigs.
Booking and Search Template
Template means a document created to record the pertinent details of all Frisk & Strip searches and the authorization of a Body Cavity search. The template allows the Service to electronically capture the data required to properly report on all Frisk & Strip searches of persons (including self–identified transgender/transsexual persons) conducted by members. For prisoners that are booked into a police facility
Body Cavity Search Template
means a document created to record the pertinent details of all Body Cavity searches. The template allows the Service to electronically capture the data required to properly report on all Body Cavity searches of persons (including self-identified transgender/transsexual persons) conducted by members.
Search in the Field Only Template
means a document created to record the pertinent details of all Protective and Frisk searches that occur in the field where a person has not been brought into a police facility. The template allows the Service to electronically capture the data required to properly report on all searches of persons (including self–identified transgender/transsexual persons) conducted by members that have occurred in the field where the person was not brought in to a police facility.
Disability
means:
* any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
* a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability;
* a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language;
* a mental disorder, or;
* an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act; (“handicap”). (Source: Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act)
Gender:
the set of socially classified behaviours, attitudes and norms associated with and roles of men, women, trans people, non-binary people and more. Encompasses gender identity, a person’s internal sense of being a man, woman, both or neither.
Gender Expression
is how a person publicly presents their gender. This can include behaviour and outward appearance such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common and important ways of expressing gender.
Gender identity
is each person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is their sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along or beyond the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may be the same as or different from the typical pairing with their birth-assigned sex. Gender identity is fundamentally different from a person’s sexual orientation.
Item of Religious Significance
means any item, article, apparel, or clothing a person identifies as having religious importance
Non-binary
gender identities outside of the expected binary of men and women.
Member
Prisoner Care & Control for the purposes of prisoner transportation, care and control, includes a
a) police officer,
b) court officer, and
c) custodial officer.
Protective Search (Formerly Level 1)
This is used generally during Investigative Detention and involves a limited search of a person who has been detained by police when there is reasonable belief the person poses a safety risk. The scope of the search is limited to exterior patting of clothing such as pockets, waistband or areas that may reasonably conceal such items as weapons or implements that may be used as weapons, usually with open hands to maximize the ability to detect weapons through clothing. This search may also be described as a “safety search”, as that is the purpose and objective
Frisk Search (Formerly Level 2)
This is used generally for Search Incident to Arrest and means a more-thorough search that may include emptying and searching pockets as well as removal of clothing, which does not expose a person’s undergarments, or the areas of the body normally covered by undergarments. The removal of clothing such as belts, footwear, socks, shoes, sweaters, extra layers of clothing, or the shirt of a male would all be included in a Frisk search. A Frisk search may be commenced in the field and concluded at the station.
