Officer Safety Tactics

More control in the beginning of a police-citizen encounter often results in less force used at the end. Unfortunately, due to recent events over the past few years, many officers have inadvertently sacrificed their safety and tactics due to the creation of an “Occupational Liability Perspective.” The creation and persuasion of this mindset has caused law enforcement officers to react slower, use less reasonable control techniques, and place themselves and citizens into more dangerous outcomes. This class will break down case studies, research, criminal case law, mental mindset, and physical performance habits that allow current law enforcement officers to still incorporate proactive criminal enforcement techniques and safety tactics, while maintaining the trust and legitimacy to the citizens they protect and serve every day.

This class is intended for law enforcement officers assigned to patrol, tactical teams, specialized investigative teams, and street enforcement teams. Officers that attend this class will examine with the instructor how their body physiologically reacts to occupational stressors and violent force encounters. The instructors will detail the science behind how an officer’s performance will be impacted by the mental management of these stressors, and tips to control the physiology of their nervous system.

Criminal suspects display these same traits when they are attempting to avoid police contact and police apprehension. This class will break down a Behavioral Threat Assessment of a criminal suspect as they illustrate emotional leakage and mentally manage their way through a “Plan A, to Plan B” to avoid arrest. The instructors will detail search and seizure case law, case study examples of Investigative Detention, and High Liability Use of Force Tactics for law enforcement officers to control a subject during this type of encounter.

When an officer is involved in Tactical Street Enforcement, or a Violent Force Encounter, they need to describe and document reasonable details of what they experienced. These reasonable details are a necessity during administrative review, criminal court proceedings, and civil court depositions. This course will break down important details that need to be included and explained in a police report, and on the witness stand when involved in these types of complex incidents.

Course Objectives:

• Human reaction to stress and inoculation during violent force encounters.
• Threat assessments based on subject behavior, and reasonable Use of Force options.
• 4^th amendment search and seizure tools to control the environment.
• Tactical considerations for Traffic Stops, Calls for Service, and Subject Encounters.
• Communication tactics for subject control and compliance.
• Detailing a reasonable picture of your experience in your Police Report.
• Use of Force training considerations and training scars at your agency.
• Mental mindset and mental preparation to win at work, and at home.

TEXT

Hand out containing pertinent course topics and information.

ATTENDANCE

Participants are expected to be punctual, prepared, and take an active role in participation for the duration of this course.  

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

Attendees must sign in each day of training and be present during instruction periods to receive a course certificate of completion.      

DISCLAIMER

Information contained in this syllabus was, to the best knowledge of the instructor, considered correct and complete when distributed for use.  The instructor reserves the right, acting in accordance with any standing departmental policies, to make changes in course content or instruction techniques without notice or obligation.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

Identification, Notebook, and a pen/pencil.