WEEK 3 NOTES Flashcards
Hours most likely to get killed?
8pm-2am
Most Dangerous type of call?
Suspicious Person
Distance Majority of Officers get killed
0-10 feet
Effects to Mental system
- 175 BPM: HARD TO REMEMBER
- 185-220 BPM: hypervigilance (deer in the headlights)
Effects to Visual system:
- 115 BPM: Untrained fine motor skills difficult to complete, gross skills become more efficient
- 145 BPM: Untrained complex motor skills difficult to complete (hearing) AUDIOTORY EXCLUSION
- 175 BPM: visual tracking becomes difficult (tunnel vision), PUPILS FLAT
- 185-220 BPM: CRITICAL INCIDENT AMNESIA, hypervigilance (deer in the headlights)
What has to be your BPM for “Deer in the headlights”?
185-225bpm
Cover
Things that stop bullets
Concealment
Obscures us from lines of sight
Distance, Angles, Barriers
Time
What’s Important Now
Hostages
Innocents
Officers
Suspects
Recognizing Danger
Target gazing
Grooming
Escape planning
What are the 5 Cs?
- Contain
- Control
- Communicate
- Call Swat
- Create a plan
3 zones for barricaded suspect scenes
- Outer Perimeter
- Inner Perimeter
- Sterile Zone
Primary duties of a Law enforcement officer in Hostage Situations
- Arrive safely
- Invisible deployment
- Quickly assess & gather intel; communicate concisely
- Begin establishing inner perimeter
first responder sets up where
The inner perimeter
Barricaded Suspect Outcomes
Talk them out - Talk
Force them out – Chemical agents, noise, lights to create an uncomfortable yet safe environment
Take them out – Physical force may be required
5 Type of Hostage Situations
- Caught in the act of the offense (Most common)
- Domestic or Workplace violence offenders
- Mentally disturbed individuals
- Prison/jail riots
- Domestic or Foreign Terrorist
percentage of LEO killed in the line of duty by firearms occurred in ambush situations?
20% of LEO that are killed in line of duty by firearms occurs in an ambush situation
2 types of Ambush
- Spontaneous: Unprovoked, usually a handgun, crime of opportunity, no planning
- Entrapment: “Traditional”, premeditated, preplanned, luring of an officer to the attack site. Commonly accomplished by long guns. (Rifles, shotguns)
4 Factors to define ambush
- Element of surprise
- Concealment of their assault, weapons & intentions
- Suddenness of the attack
- Lack of provocation
What do we never trade for?
Weapons & Ammo
TCA 38-8-119
All police officers shall annually be provided with training in proper procedures to respond to persons with mental illnesses
TCA 33-6-401
A 33-6-401 Emergency detention
4 major categories
- Psychotic
- Mood
- Anxiety
- Personality
Schizophrenia
brain disorder; hear voices, disorganized thinking, paranoid delusions
Excited Delirium
brain disorder, often 105 internal body temperature, aggressive behavior, hypothermia, death
Autism
- Verbal and non-verbal interactions
- Process slowly, inability for social engagement
- Boys are 4 times more likely to have Autism than girls
- 1/36 children are diagnosed with Autism
Elopement- Tendency to leave safety
90% of deaths are from Elopement
Stimming
self-stimulatory behavior: repetitive body movements or noises
PECS Cards
Picture Exchange System, used for nonverbal
De-escalation tactics
- Tone
- Demeanor
- Projected security
4 Steps of CIT
- Introduce your self
- Ask their name
- Express what you see
- Summarize what you learned/heard
Types of stops
High risk
- Felony Stop 30-40 Feet - Un-ass car, control hands, back to the unit, search them, search car
Unknown risk
- Assess the risk
- Position the vehicle 15-20 feet from the suspect vehicle
3 Steps to making a good, educated decision
Observe - observe a legal reason for a stop
Evaluate - justified? Location? backup?
Implement - will the vehicle evade? pursuit? Before stopping, get the license plate, yr./make/model/location/occupants
Four Checkpoints of Vehicle
- Trunk area
- Rear Passenger
- Door Divider area/ also called B pillar
- Vin number area
What’s the purpose for level 4 on a vehicle?
Checking VIN numbers
Checking VIN numbers
- Presents the greatest risk for officers
- Initial contact with driver
3 E’s of crash reduction
- Education
- Engineering
- Enforcement
3 Major Parts (Elements needed for a crash)
- Road
- Vehicle
- Driver
2 types of Evidence
- Very short lived: BAC, Ice on road, water on road
- Shot lived: Skid or braking marks, vehicles
Point of possible perception
Where a normal person could perceive a hazard
Types of Skid Marks
- Off set
- Skip Skid
- Gap shed
2 types of damages
- Contact
- Induced
Measuring a scene
- Accuracy
- Precise
Measuring and recording Methods
- Coordinate Method
- Triangulation Method
55-8-108
- Gives us the right to pursue
- Gives immunity from suspects, immunity from 3rd parties unless -negligent in conduct (includes parking vehicle)
- Negligence: Foreseeable
- Gross Negligence: Preventable
- Negligence Per Se: negligent act that violates the law
1994 Haynes vs Hamilton Co
The determination of whether such a decision is reasonable must weigh the risk of injury to the third party against the interest in apprehending suspects
Factors of Pursuit
- speed/area of pursuit
- weather and road conditions
- presence/absence of traffic/pedestrians
- alternative methods of. apprehension
- applicable regulations/dept. policy
- Danger to public by suspect being pursued
Negligent Criteria for lawsuit
- Duty of care
- Conduct falling below…
it’s a breach by failing to do what we are supposed to
- Injury or loss
- Causation & Fact
