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Question 1

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Handcuffs colors?

Answer 1

Chrome or Black

Question 2

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Annual required handcuff training hours?

Answer 2

2 per quarter for a total of 8

Question 3

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Officers ______ handcuff all persons ________ as soon as possible.

Answer 3

Will

Arrested

Question 4

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Are people transported to Detox facilities placed in handcuffs?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

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Security has a subject detained and handcuffed for petit larceny. Upon Officers arrival, they ________ place the subject in handcuffs.

Answer 5

Should NOT

Question 6

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What is discouraged from being used as an impact tool in policy?

Answer 6

Firearm

Question 7

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Officers should avoid striking where with the baton on a non-DF situation?

Answer 7

Head, Neck Sternum, Spine, Groin, Kidneys

These are deadly force uses of the Baton

Question 8

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OC spray is NOT authorized to be used at a protest or demonstration without authorization from?

Answer 8

The IC

Question 9

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When can OC be used on a subject inside of a vehicle?

Answer 9

An Officer is attempting to secure an aggressive resistant subject.

Question 10

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If OC is used by a civilian, what happens?

Answer 10

An Officer and SGT will respond to the scene to assist.

Question 11

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LVNR will not be used on?

Answer 11

Subjects who have been exposed to OC or

Having difficulty breathing.

Question 12

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T/F Officers will not use ANY armbar that involves a neck restraint?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

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Spark displays, Touch stuns and _________ from the ECD are Reportable applications?

Answer 13

Probe Mode

Question 14

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Reasons an ECD will NOT be used?

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1. Flammable
2. The elevated position of the subject
3. To Coerce
4. Escort/Jab
5. Pregnant
6. To wake a sleeping/intoxicated person
7. A merely passive resistant person.
8. Fleeing as a sole justification

Question 15

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Reasons an ECD SHOULD not be used

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1. Subject in handcuffs
2. Subject operating a vehicle
3. Subject holding a firearm
4. Extreme ages
5. When deadly force is authorized. Unless another officer is present and capable of providing deadly force.

Question 16

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ECD areas to avoid

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Head, neck, groin, chest

Question 17

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An ECD is deemed ineffective after _______?

Answer 17

3 complete (5 second) cycles unless exigent circumstances exist

Question 18

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K9’s on a leash are approved for?

Answer 18

Active resistance where a subject’s actions are to prevent being taken into custody, but not harming the officer.

Question 19

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When is PIT considered deadly force?

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1. At or over 40mph
2. Motorcycles
3. High center of gravity vehicles (Vans, SUV’s)
4. If there is a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury

Question 20

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If an officer initiates contact during a Blocking maneuver it is considered ___________. If a suspect initiates contact with, it will be ___________?

Answer 20

Reportable Force and UOF is completed

Investigated as a traffic incident (LVMPD 42 done by traffic).

Question 21

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In order to use PIT not only does the subject need to attempt to evade, but the ___________ need to be present.

Answer 21

Elements of an approved pursuit.

Question 22

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Circumstances warranting PIT include?

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1. Continued pursuit puts others in danger.
2. The risk of harm to citizens outweighs the risk of harm to occupants in the vehicle.
3. other means of apprehension have been considered and rejected as impractical.

Question 23

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Who directs the Airport Officers to open carry rifles

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Airport bureau Commander

Question 24

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Two things a Rifle deploying Officer NEEDs to understand?

Answer 24

Terminal Ballistics and

Limitations of the Rifle

Question 25

Tools: T/F Officers Deploying the Rifle will announce their intent to deploy the rifle, and then attempt to obtain a second officer, and developing a two-person team?

Answer 25

False, they must announce over the radio AND receive an acknowledgment back.

Question 26

Tools: | The LL or 40MM, SHOULD NOT be used:

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1. Extreme ages 2. Elevated position 3. Subject is handcuffed 4. Breeching tool

Question 27

Tools: | Officers should not fire the LL through?

Answer 27

Barriers such as glass or chain link fences

Question 28

Tools: When doing a blue team for a rifle deployment, ______ Officer(s) will complete a blue team listing _________ deploying rifles as ________?

Answer 28

One All Involved Officers

Question 29

Tools: | T/F, medical conditions will not override the need to handcuff a prisoner?

Answer 29

False, if a medical circumstance makes it unreasonable an arrestee will NOT be handcuffed.

Question 30

Tools: | T/F, If an arrestee complains of cuff tightness, per policy you are required to check the handcuffs ASAP?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Tools: | "Stirring the pot" is considered a baton ___________ and is ________?

Answer 31

Escort/Control technique | NOT reportable

Question 32

Tools: | T/F, OC spray should be used when upwind and at a relatively distant position to the subject?

Answer 32

False, relatively close position to subject.

Question 33

Tools: | AD of an ECD will be documented how?

Answer 33

On an Officers Report

Question 34

Tools: | Distance for Deadly or Non-Deadly force using LL or 40MM?

Answer 34

Less than 5 yards is Deadly | 5 yards or more is non-deadly.

Question 35

Tools: Non-uniformed Commissioned personnel the rank of ________ and ______ are required to carry at least one intermediate force option?

Answer 35

LT | Below

Question 36

Tools: | Defensive tactics proficiency testing will (start) be required when?

Answer 36

The quarter following graduation from the academy

Question 37

Tools: | Articulable reasons to handcuff during "terry stops"

Answer 37

1) Physically uncooperative 2) Physical danger if not restrained 3) Possibility of flight 4) Armed 5) Matches the description of a violent crime 6) Violence is about to occur 7) Discretion for extreme ages/pregnant/disability 8) If the circumstances end = the handcuffing ends

Question 38

Tools: | T/F, OC spray is NEVER authorized to be used on handcuffed subjects?

Answer 38

False, if they are aggressively resisting then yes it may be used.

Question 39

Tools: | Annual ECD training time?

Answer 39

2 hours a year

Question 40

Tools: | Preferred frontal shot placement for the ECD is? The overall preferred target area is?

Answer 40

Lower center mass | Back

Question 41

Tools: | Any injuries caused by a police service dog to a person who is not the subject of a search is documented how?

Answer 41

In an OR

Question 42

Tools: | T/F, The target aiming area for the LL/40 is Center mass?

Answer 42

False, lower abdomen

Question 43

Tools: T/F, When a deadly force situation allows for an Officer to fire from a patrol vehicle at a moving vehicle. The purpose must be to disable the vehicle?

Answer 43

False, the force option is applied to the individual driving the vehicle (no shooting tires)

Question 44

Tools: | The LL, or 40 MM, WILL NOT be used?

Answer 44

1. Civil unrest situation w/o IC approval, and specific target, no one else may be struck 2. Pregnant unless DF situation