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De-escalation training |
a method to resolve situations peacefully without force being used by police or suspect |
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2 concepts for de-escalation |
reasoning with enraged person not possible. First/only objective is to reduce level anger to have discussion de escalation tecniques abnormal. Normal reaction it to fight, flight, freeze. Officers must be calm. |
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3 Dimensions to successful verbal de-escalation |
self control posture and stance desecaltion discussion (way an officer speaks to subject) |
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frequency of sexual harassement |
53-77 percent female officers report have experienced at least one sexually harassing behavior in career |
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top stressors of officers |
killing someone in line of duty having fellow officer killed being physically attacked investigating a battered child high speed pursuit shift work using force inadequate departmental support incompentent partner squad accident |
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reasons for police leaving their job |
1. volunatirily 2. age relatated 3. fired 4. medical related probationary period dismissal |
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education requirements for new officers |
high school diploma (84%) two year college (10%) some college (4) no requirements (2) four year (1) |
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characterisitics of subjects in deadly force indcidents |
threat posed: subject fired shots, attacked before being shot race: white, black gender: 96 percent male |
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felonious/ accdiental officer deaths |
more commonly accidental killings from 2004-2010 2009- where it started to change (equal) |
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effectiveness of body armor |
saved over 3000 police harm still possibel doesnt protect from stabbing doesnt protect head 79% of officers killed wearing armor |
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stresses of shift work |
1st-days 2nd- afternoons 3rd- nights (disrupts circadian rhythum) stress most high with 3rd, however 2nd isnt much better. stress leads to other health problems, familiy issues |
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decision vs discretion |
decision is a choice between options based on ino discretion is ones own judgement used to make a decision |
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nature of police discretion |
police have substantial discretion diffiuclt to define linen between discretion and discrimination amount/nature of discretion available increases as you move down hierarchy many discretionary decisons not visable many made on the spot |
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how can dscretion be controlled? |
law organizational rules and policies pd transparency incentives and discipline selection of officers tehcnology ethical standards of conduct and police culture |
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4th ammendment |
need search warrant in order to conduct a search with probable cause |
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exceptions to search warrant requirement |
emergency situations (exigent vehicles other places and things exception hot pursuit search incident stop and frisk plain view consent search |
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vehicle 4th ammendment exception |
to stop vehicle- reasonable suspicion to order person out of vehicle- reasonable sus search for weapons- reasonable sus, safety search for evidence- probable cause |
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other places and things exception |
garbage left outside, open fields, extinguish a fire, DNA (need warrant unless under arrest) |
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hot pursuit exception |
if suspect enter house to avoid arrest police may enter without warrant |
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search incident to arrest |
if arrest made, police can search within the area within control of suspect |
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stop and frisk |
reasonable suspicion of criminal acitiviy police can stop and frisk outer clothing to discover weapons |
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plain view exeption |
if police see evidence in plain view can be seized without a warrant |
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consent search exception |
with consent fromn suspect police can conduct a search (knock and talk) |
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exclusionary rule |
if evidence seized in violation of 4th ammendment cant be used against defendant in court |
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5th ammendment |
protects against self incrimination |
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6th amendment |
right to an atorney |
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exceptions for miranda warnings |
public safety if police undercover roadside questioning volutnary statements |
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miranda warnings |
right to remain silent right to attorney anything you say can be held against you in court of law cant afford an attorny will be porvided one |
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burnout |
rolonged response to stress, overwhelmed, hopeless, emotionally exausted similiar causes as with stress |
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PTSD |
response to stressful event of exceptionally threatening catastrophic nature (7-29% officers_) more common among officers than other members of different occupations |
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stress |
experience physio and psycho demand that causes person to adjust to demand phuscio or psycho |
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BFOQ |
bona fide occupational qualifications qualifications such as skills, traits or abilities that are required to correctly perform a certain job |
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major subject areas in Acadmeny training |
operations (resport, patrol, first aid) weapons/self defense legal (criminal law self improvement (ethics, fitness, stress mgmt, foreign language) community policing-diversity, dediation sills juviniles, domestic preparedness, violence hate crimes |
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what does a miranda waiver form contain? |
incident # defendant address charge miranda warnings stating wish to waive constitutional rights sgnature witness statement |
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where did police fall in the top 10 most dangerous jobs? |
they didnt fall in the top 10 |
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recruitment is desinged to create a pool of applicants that_______ |
includes the best and most diverse individuals well suited for law enforcement interested in working in police dept |
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3 common reasons for becoming an officer |
get to help others job benefits job security |
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most common methods for recuriting |
newspaper, internet, personal contact/refferels |
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community service officer programs |
police aid programs, hire college kids and handle different things (cop wanna bes) |
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do officers tend to move dept over their career? |
no, many stay in the same dept they were hired in their entire career |
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controlling discretion |
selcting qualified and capable officers history of integrity cirtuous culture in a police org so everything done is done through integrity |
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honesty and ethics of police rating |
about 56% beliecve that police have high ethical/honest standards |
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americans rating of honesty and ethics of plice |
generally increased, but has its ups and downs |
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honesty/ethic ratings of police by race |
it is found that nonwhites generally have a lower ratings for police than whites |
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selection standards for departments |
written tests oral interview background check medical exam physical fitness exam psychological exam |
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types of police officer training |
academy training-classroom lessons field training- begin to work and do duties of police in service training- teaching things such as use of force |
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stress based academy training vs non stress |
stress is like military with drills and phsucal demands non stress is relaxed and headed towards academic achievement |
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characteristic of ideal police officer |
initiative sensense of ethics respect and knowledge communication skills common sense civility service mentality humility controlled temper thirst for knowlege |
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dangers of police work |
using force, arresting people, injuries, weapons, foot pursuits, vehicle accidents |
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police vehicle accidents |
9% off all injuries come from car accidents, most common-----> getting rear ended by a car sprains and soft tissue tears most common type of injury |
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use of force |
officer presence verbal commands control talk, hands on bodily force impact weapons- batons, taser, spray deadly force |
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Gps monitoring law |
us v. jones gps evidence is violation of fourth amendment rights.because he was being monitor wihtout his knowlege |
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ferguson effect |
police enforce the law less often in order to avoid ahving to use force and that lower levels of law enforcement have led to an increase in crime (unsupported) |
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code of silence |
unwritten rule in police culture that says that officers should not report misconduct to fellow officers |
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21 foot rule |
guideline used by some dept stating that a subject can pose a sig threat to an officer when that person is within 21 foot boundeary of the officers |
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continuum of force |
police can and should only use as much force necessary to overcome the resistance offered by subject |
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limitations to using continuum of force |
subject resistance-not clear what to use when when it comes to citizen resistence age, size, strength,, skill, backup(?), weapon, stabilitly |
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brady v maryland |
if ther eis evidence in a n officers personal file that they were untruthful reguarding anything police related, evicence is admissible in court |
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types of injures sustained by police |
lacerations/abrasions sprains, strains, contact infectious disease contusion broken bones human bite gunshot burns |
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noble cause corruption |
belief that police may take illegal action to achieve a greater good |
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factors that influence decisions of officers |
determined by outcome bad decisions have bad outcomes, good have good seldom outcome of decision known at the time |
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early intervention system |
early warning system designed to monitor perfomranc eo fofficers and identity officers who show at risk behaviors. |
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legal reaons for stopping vehicles |
must have probable cause |
