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)