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Officer safety a concept that combines command presence, situational
awareness, and a survival mindset
Command presence projecting a positive self-image that earns the respect of
offenders and the public you serve; the way your carry
yourself
Situational awareness the understanding of the totality of your cirucmstances and
surroundings, it also contributes to officer safety and
requires maintaining a high level of alertness at all times
Positioning placing yourself in a tactically advantageous location where
you can best use your senses to determine what is occurring
in your vicinity, while remaining in a safe place
Complacency an overly comfortable or relaxed state of mind, which may lull
you into a false sense of safety and security
a mental attitude to manage stress during dangerous
situations, requiring you to actively control yourself by being
Survival mindset
prepared to survive, being able to control your fees,
managing your emotions, and putting your ego aside
,Cover such as automobile engine blocks, brick walls, dirt
embankments, concrete, steel, and thick wood which can
protect you from incoming gunfire
Concealment can provide camouflage but will not stop incoming gunfire
Community-policing promotes organizational strategies that support the systemic use
of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively
address public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and
fear of crime
Organizational the orientation of command staff at all levels to support
Transformation community partnerships and practice problem-solving
Community-policing the proactive examination of community problems to develop
problem solving and evaluate effective criminal justice responses
Community-policing increase understanding and trust between you and community
partnerships members which may include law enforcement, government,
and community representatives
Interagency agreement a formalized agreement template that contains the principles of
the community-policing partnership
Local criminal justice police departments, sheriff's
partnerships can include: offices,
code enforcement, animal
control
State criminal justice FDLE,
partnerships can include: FHP,
DCF,
FWC
ICE,
Federal criminal justice Department of Treasury & Secret Service,
partnerships can include: United States Marshals Service,
FBI
,Planned compliance a planned community corrections initiative that often involve
initiative other criminal justice agencies and targets specific groups of
offenders to determine if they are complying with their terms of
supervision
Community control conducted at atypical hours to ensure offender compliance with
planned compliance house arrest and other special conditions imposed by statute or
supervision order
initiative
Sec offender planned conducted for residence verification and include walk-through
compliance initiative visual inspections and searches of living quarters to ensure
compliance with conditions of supervision and to ensure that
offenders are not in possession of pornography, children, or
items that attract children
Ride-alongs refers to a probation officer riding in a patrol car in the field
with a law enforcement officer
Physical signs of substance bloodshot eyes, sudden
abuse can include: weight loss/gain,
deterioration of physical appearance, poor grooming
habits, tremors, slurred speech, or impaired
coordination
Behavioral signs of poor work and school performance, financial
substance abuse can problems, sudden change in friends, family, and
include: hobbies, frequently engaging in fights and illegal
activities
Psychological signs of unexplained change in personality and attitude,
substance abuse can sudden mood swings and irritability, lack of
include: motivation, appearing lethargic fearful, anxious,
paranoid
Examples of depressants Xanax, valium, GHB
include:
Examples of stimulants amphetamines, cocaine, crystal meth
include:
, Examples of inhalants glues, aerosols, vapors
include:
Examples of hallucinogens LSD, PCP
include:
Substance use can include having a casual drink with friends, taking a
prescribed drug according to label directions, or taking
aspirin daily to prevent heart disease
Substance abuse the continued misuse of substances that negatively
affect the mind and body and adversely affects an
individual's social or occupational life and psychological
or physical health
Substance dependence the compulsive abuse of substances, where the use has
no choice but to continue to consume the substance
because of uncontrollable physical or psychosocial
addiction
Drug tolerance occurs when a person needs to increase the dosage of the
drug to produce the same effect as the initial dosage, often
leads to substance dependence
Psychological dependence occurs when a person feels that he or she needs drugs to
cope with problems function better in life, or feel happier
Physical dependence occurs when a person is chemically and physically
dependent upon the substance to maintain normal
functioning, not just of the central nervous system, but of all
systems
Addiction a state of physical or psychological dependence on a substance
refer to the physical and mental symptoms that occur after a
Withdrawal
person stops or reduces the chronic use of a drug