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complex motor skills - โ โ combine fine and gross motor skills using hand and eye coordination timed to a single event, such as driving a vehicle.
occurrences seem to be faster or slower than they really are. - โ โ perceptual time distortion.
objects appear to be closer or father than they actually are - โ โ perceptual space distortion
heuristics - โ โ are mental shortcuts that allow people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently.
the threat awareness spectrum is a color- coded illustration of how survival stress may affect an officer's reaction to perceive a challenge or threat. what condition should an officer be in to do his or her job? - โ โ condition yellow
this is a temporary or sometimes permanent condition - โ โ critical incident amnesia
balance - โ โ maintaining a balanced posture is essential in performing any technique. to achieve balance, your HEAD ANS HIPS must be aligned and you weight distributed evenly between your feet.
Balance displacement - โ โ is controlling technique used to break the subject's balance through the use of leverage.
leverage - โ โ is using a great force against a weaker resistance.
pain compliance - โ โ is a subject's response to a combination of pain and verbal commands to stop resisting.
mechanical compliance - โ โ an officer may gain control over a subject by applying pressure or leverage on a joint by locking it up so that no movement of the joint is possible, causing the subject to comply with verbal direction.
joint manipulation - โ โ an officer may gain control over a subject by bending or twisting a joint in a direction that will cause pain or discomfort to the joint.
motor dysfunction - โ โ an officer may gain control over a subject by using an incapacitation technique that causes temporary impairment of muscular control.
fluid shock principle - โ โ for maximum effectiveness, most strikes are delivered utilizing penetration so that striking object stays on or indented in the target for an instant allowing for energy transfer.
relative positioning - โ โ describes an officer's position in relation to the subject.
The distance you must keep between you and the subject in order to react effectively against a sudden threat is the - โ โ reactionary gap
the area within the reactionary gap is the - โ โ danger zone
visual control - โ โ of the hands is the ability to see both the subject's hands and to know that those hands hold no weapons.
Breathing - โ โ the person should concentrate on breathing to draw his attention from the burning sensation to contaminant cause.
What is an example of opportunity - โ โ a suspect armed with a knife may not be an immediate danger to an officer standing far away.
define intent - โ โ a reasonably perceived, imminent threat to an officer or another person based on subjects actions, behaviors, words, or other indicators. it is a perception derived from the totality of the circumstances.
a term the court uses to refer to all facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time, or reasonably perceived by the officer as the basis for, a use of force direction. - โ โ Define totality OF THE CIRCUNSTANCES
In totality of the Circumstances, what are some situational factors? - โ โ a. severity of the crime
b. subject is an immediate threat
c. subject's mental or psychiatric history, if known to the officer
d. subject's violent history, if known to the officer
e. subject's combative skills
f. subject's access to weapons
g. innocent bystanders who could be harmed
h. number of subjects versus number of officers
I. duration of confrontation
j. subject's size, age, weight, and physical condition
k. officer's size, age, weight, physical condition and defensive tactics expertise
l. environmental factors, such as physical terrain, weather conditions, etc.
what is survival stress? - โ โ a measure of anxiety caused by an appraisal of a stimulus that's leads to an extreme state of arousal.
what is appraisal? - โ โ is the officer's evaluation and assignment of challenge or threat value to a stimulus.
what is arousal? - โ โ the officer's elevated mind-body state that occurs in the presence of a perceived challenge or threat.
define submit - โ โ to comply or relinquish control to another.
the officer can choose to display a higher level of force by elevating voice commands and drawing an intermediate weapon, what is this called? - โ โ Posturing
define limbic system - โ โ (the parts of the brain that are especially focused on emotion and motivation) that provides survival response to the central nervous systems. the central nervous is composed of the sympatric and the parasympathetic nervous system.
what is the sympatric nervous system - โ โ is part of the automatic nervous system that is concerned especially with preparing the body to react to situations of stress or emergency.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system - โ โ sometimes called the rest and digest system, it is part of the automatic nervous
Chapter 776, F.S. - โ โ governs all use of force by criminal justice officers. The statues identifies Two general areas in which an officers use of force is justified: to apprehend a subject and to make arrest or to defend self or others.
section 776.05 - โ โ addresses the issue of an officer using force to make an arrest.
Chapter 944 - โ โ specifically addresses the use of force by state correctional and correctional probation officers.
Chapter 945 establishes that the Department of corrections has jurisdiction over What? - โ โ the supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of inmates and offenders.
Chapter 944.35, F.S. provides: - โ โ An employee of the department is authorized to apply physical force upon an inmate only when and to the extent that it is reasonably and appears necessary.
define objective reasonableness - โ โ to describe the process for evaluating the appropriateness of an officer's response to a subject's resistance.
The U.S Supreme Court said in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S 386 (1989) - โ โ that the reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of how a reasonable officer on the scene would respond, rather than 20/20 perspective of hindsight. Courts recognized that the criminal justice officers must make split- second judgments about the amount of force needed in a particular situation under circumstances that are tense, un certain, and rapidly evolving.
the officer's reasons for using force must be - โ โ consistent with constitutional and statutory law, as well as agency police and trainings guidelines.
When does the authority to use force come in? - โ โ A law enforcement officer's authority to use force is established by the officer's reasonable belief that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed.
Is a verbal and/ or physical yielding to an officer's authority without apparent threat of resistance or violence. - โ โ Definition of Compliance
Is increasing the use of force or resistance - โ โ Definition of escalation
decreasing the use of force or resistance. - โ โ definition od de- escalation
define disengagement - โ โ discontinuing a command or physical use of force, for example, by breaking away from a subject.
Force Guidelines - โ โ provides a framework for making decisions involving the reasonable use of force by criminal justice officers.
is a subject's verbal and/or physical refusal to comply with an officer's lawful directions causing the officer to use physical techniques to establish control. - โ โ What is passive resistance?
What are some examples of passive resistance? - โ โ 1. the subject refuses to move at the officer's directions
perception by the officer that the subject intends to cause and has the capability of causing death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.
What are some examples of deadly force resistance? - โ โ 1. a subject refuses to drop a knife when ordered to by the officer and moves towards the officer.
is achieving compliance or custody through the use of empathy- handed or leverage- enhanced techniques, such as pain compliance, transporters, restraints devices, takedowns, and striking techniques. - โ โ define physical control
a weapon that is fundamentally designed not to cause death or great bodily harm. - โ โ define nonlethal weapon
What are some examples of nonlethal weapon? - โ โ electronic controlled devices (ECD), dart- firing stun guns such as a TASER, expandable batons, flashlight and chemical agent spray.
Define deadly force - โ โ is a force that is likely to cause death or great bodily harm.
What are some examples of deadly force? - โ โ the use of a firearm, eye gouges, empty- handed strikes to the throat, and impact- weapon strikes to the side of the neck.
section 776.06, F.S. States: - โ โ the term deadly force is more LKIELY to cause death or great bodily harm, and includes, but not limited to:
a. The firing of a firearm in the direction of the person to be arrested, even though no intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm; and
b. the firing of a firearm at a vehicle in which the person to be arrested is riding.
The officer must base his or her decision to use deadly force as a - โ โ defensive tactic on a clear , reasonable belief that he or she, a fellow officer, or another person, faces imminent danger or great bodily harm.
define ability - โ โ refers to the subject having the means to carry out his or her intent to cause death.
What is an example of ability? - โ โ a 6'4, 250-lb. muscular man treating to do bodily harm to an officer does not necessarily need a weapon. By virtue his size and physical condition, he has the apparent ability.
define opportunity - โ โ the subject is capable of acting on a plan to cause death or great bodily harm to the officer or others.