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Qualified Immunity

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protects the officer from personal liability. Agencies pay up to 200,000 in compensatory damages

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Civil Rights Violation

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UNLAWFUL interference within the fundamental rights of another person (DUE PROCESS/EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW)

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Sovereign Immunity

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Protects individual officers and agency employees from personal liability from defendants in state civil lawsuits.

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Acts Done in Good Faith

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Officers remain FAITHFUL to their duties and honest to avoid taking undue advantages of others. (NO MALICE, ILL, WIll, INTENT TO UNJUSTLY HARM ANYONE)

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Acts Within the Scope of Employment

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Reasonable and foreseeable activities an officer does while carrying out the agency’s business.

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Objective Reasonableness

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Was the action reasonable and necessary? Was the amount of force applied reasonable and necessary?

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Testimonial

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VERBAL evidence from the victim, witness, or suspect.

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Acts Done in A Reasonable Manner

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Acting professionally within law and agency policies and procedures. First aid is knowing what level of force is needed given the situation.

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Negligence

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FAILURE to use due or reasonable care. The officer has a duty to act; results in harm to another.

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Chapters 944 and 766 Florida Statute are

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GOVERN all use of force by a CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.

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Reasonable Force

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Type of force an officer reasonably believes to be necessary to overcome resistance.

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Civil Liability

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Responsible for a wrongful act or failure to do an act.

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Graham v. Conner.

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that law enforcement use of force cases are to be judged by objective reasonableness. (4th amendment).

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Acts Justified Under the Law

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Case law or statutory law provides a defense for an officer’s actions. Seemingly offensive, but officer actions justified under the law.

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Direct

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PROVES a fact without interference or assumption. (DNA SAMPLES, or STABBING).

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Florida Statute 943.10

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The officer fails to document a use of force.

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Emergency Doctrine

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An officer is not required to use the same degree of care as when there is time to reflect.

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Liability

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Allow officers to stay up to date on practices and awareness of changes in the legal practice guidelines.

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Compensatory Damages

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When a victim is physically injured or suffers a property loss, they shall be PAID for the actual loss.

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Circumstantial or Indirect

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Inference, not personal knowledge through observation, tends to be true.

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Hudson v. McMillian

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Determines reasonableness of use-of-force situations in correctional settings.

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Criminal Liability

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The officer is FOUND guilty of committing a crime.

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Physical

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Material objects such as weapons, drugs, and MONEY.

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Documentary

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Printed or written evidence such as call logs, written property receipts, letters, or recordings.

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Chain of Custody
Evidence that is passed on. (when, why, and what changes).
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Fruits of a Crime
GAINED or OBTAINED by committing a crime.
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First Amendment
Protects freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, and religion. (LIMITED TO ACCESS TO RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND PRESS).
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Fourth Amendment
unreasonable search and seizure. Protects people from governmental intrusion in areasre there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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Fifth Amendment
Prohibits self-incrimination. Prohibits double jeopardy and deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
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Sixth Amendment
Speedy and public trial, counsel, impartial jury. ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL.
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Eighth Amendment
Prohibits excessive bails and fines and cruel and unusual punishment. EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE WITHHOLDING MEALS
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Miranda Warning
Protection of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while a suspect in custody is interrogated criminal investigation.
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Privileged Communication
Relationships are considered protected between inmate and attorney.
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Contraband
Unauthorized articles or any authorized article in excessive quantities or altered.
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Values
PRINCIPLES, STANDARDS, or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable.
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Introduction of Contraband (944.47)
Crime punishable designates introduction, taking, or sending of articles defined as contraband into correctional facilities as felony offense.
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Professionalism
Behavior demonstrates good behavior and is marked by PRIDE in self and career.
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Florida Model Jail Standards
Provides authority to county facilities. Establishes policies and procedures relating to contraband.
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Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
Address the problem of sexual abuse of persons in custody of U.S. federal, state, or local correctional agencies.
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Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The right to privacy and health information is protected.
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Organization
A group of TWO OR MORE people who cooperate to accomplish an objective or multiple objectives.
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Seizure
Act of taking possession of contraband or evidence for a violation of rule of law (INMATED DIMINISHED SENSE OF PRIVACY)
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Search
Governmental INTRUSION into a place where a person has reasonable expectations of privacy.
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Items identified as contraband in corrections (944.47 and 951.22)
Currency or coins, tobacco products, controlled substances, non-prescribed drugs, articles of clothing or food that are altered or excessive amounts, firearms/dangerous weapons, cell phones and portable communication devices, and items to prevent escape.
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Probable Cause
Probability or reasonable grounds to believe that a crime was committed based on the totality of circumstances.
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Three Main Components of Criminal Justice System
Law Enforcement, Court System, and Corrections.
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Law Enforcement
Responsible for ENFORCING the law and civil order.
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Corrections
Responsible for enforcing penalties defined as the court system.
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Court System
Responsible for the interpretations of the law.
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Chain of Command
Order of authority within an organization.
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Stereotyping
Making a generalization about a person and/or group.
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Correctional officers are service-oriented and are trained to respond to needs _____ and ______ manner.
Time and Efficiency.
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Ethics
Defined as principles of honor, morality, and ACCEPTED RULES OF CONDUCT direct an individual or group.
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The rank of the Correctional Agencies
Warden/sheriff, assistant warden/undersheriff, colonel/chief of security, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, and officer/deputy.
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Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC)
Oversee certification, employment, training, and conduct of Florida law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers.
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Juvenile Assessment/Detention Center
Juvenile suspects are taken to a center for processing and pretrial detention.
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Probation
Court-ordered sentence that places a person under the supervision of a probation officer.
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Prisons
Correctional institutions are held by federal and state governments for the confinement of convicted felons.
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Parole
Inmate release from a correctional institution prior to the inmate's court-imposed sentence.
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Probation, Parole, and Community Control
Supervise the enforcement of restrictions on individuals who received alternatives to incarceration.
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Treatment and Evaluation Centers
Facilities designed to meet special needs of particular offenders.
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Community Control (HOUSE ARREST)
Community supervision is closely monitored and more restrictive than probation/parole.

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