Officer Safety Manual Flashcards
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Serious bodily injury per 243(f)(4) PC:
- loss of consciousness
- concussion
- bone fracture
- protracted loss of impairment of function of any bodily member or organ
- wound requiring extensive suturing
- serious disfigurement
Use of force: dept personnel may use only that force which is objectively reasonable:
- defend themselves
- defend others
- effect an arrest/detention
- prevent escape
- overcome resistance
Deadly force: LE officers are authorized to use deadly force to:
- defend themselves/others from what is reasonably believed to be imminent threat/death/serious bodily injury
- apprehend person who officer believes has committed felony involving use or threatened use of deadly force, except ADW w/vehicle
- necessary to apprehend when person has committed ADW vehicle and officer believes has resulted in serious injury/death
Use of force options:
- control holds
- ECD
- personal weapons
- deadly force
- baton
- less lethal
- OC
Officers responsibility when witnessing excessive use of force by peace officer:
- officers action must be reasonable and prudent, based upon the circumstances
- officers actions should include verbal and or physical intervention necessary to mitigate use of excessive force
Uniformed employees should not place their finger on the trigger of any firearm during a tactical situation except when:
- actually firing firearm
- when firearm is pointed at an identified target and use of deadly force is justified
Examples of when finger ON trigger is appropriate:
- known/suspected felony refuses to show their hands or follow instructions during felony stop
- while conducting building search a suspect is located but refuses to come out from concealment instructions
- when confronted with suspect who advances toward officer, ignoring all orders and commands, and is armed with weapon capable of causing serious injury/death
Officer may discharge firearm at animal under following conditions:
- self defense or to defend another person from serious bodily harm
- when necessary to destroy a critically injured animal, provided such actions can be accomplished with safety to persons/property
- when necessary to destroy suspected rabid animals or animals attacking livestock
Officer properly engaged in attempting to arrest misdemeanant can resist attack and may take life in own defense when:
Attack is sudden and danger is imminent, even though it may be shown the safety could have been gained in flight
Officer in pursuit of stolen vehicle must consider:
- possibility vehicle is being driven by innocent party against their will
- driver of vehicle does not comprehend nature of evasion
- mere reporting of vehicle as stolen does not automatically equate to a felony (repossessions and other civil actions and domestic disputes often result in reporting a vehicle as stolen)
Shooting of injured animal should be undertaken as last result. Following steps SHALL be taken prior to shooting:
- supervisors approval to destroy animal should be obtained w/consideration of geographical location and employees experience
- if possible, owners permission to destroy
- all bystanders must be protected by removal to a safe area behind shooting officer
- area behind and sides of animal should be protected in event of over penetration
- when shooting in head chances of ricochet are reduce when shot from 90 degree angle
- skull structure of large animals is predominantly thick, thin areas in skill permit bullet to penetrate
Following discharge of firearms incidents SHALL Be reported:
- intentional discharge of firearm by an officer while in duty
- intentional discharge of any firearm, by any officer while off duty, in direction of, causing injury, to any person, or toward property of another person without their specific permission
- accidental discharge of any firearm while on duty
- Off duty accidental discharges of may firearm that may be carried concealed under authority of California peace officer status
- warning shots fired by an officer while off duty in an attempt to apprehend person for any crime
- intentional or accidental discharge of a firearm by non uniformed employee while on duty
Officer SHALL submit memo to their commander after shooting animal according to policy. Memo SHALL be submitted to appropriate division a maintained for ___
Current year plus one year
PVs should only be used in lieu of an ambulance in emergencies where time is of utmost importance and where patient ___
Does not object to such transportation
Examples of Legal intervention/forcible stops are:
- channelization
- roadblocks
- ramming
- hollow spike strip
- boxing in
- use of firearms
Type of unit that SHALL take over pursuit when other units involved:
- marked black and white patrol vehicle
- marked black and white patrol vehicle with overhead emergency lights
- marked black and white PV or specially marked patrol vehicle should take over pursuit from motorcycle unless circumstances are such that M/C is safest means
Circumstances requiring officer to discontinue pursuit:
- known circumstances of pursuit present an extreme safety hazard to public, officer, or suspect (pedestrians/traffic volume, heavy vehicle, school zones, weather, etc)
- information about suspects identity has developed during pursuit which will allow for later apprehension
- pursued vehicles location is no longer definitely known
- allied agency has been notified to discontinue participation but refuses to do so
The stopping of a vehicle under circumstances which give officer reasonable cause to believe that any attempt to stop vehicle will create extraordinary safety risk Is what kind of stop?
High risk
The stopping of a vehicle when the office has advance knowledge or reasonable cause to believe vehicle contains a felony suspect is what kind of stop?
Felony stop
The definition of pursuit is?
Event involving 1 or more LE officers attempting to apprehend suspected or actual violated of the law in a motor vehicle while driver is using evasive tactics, but failing to yield
Minimum number of officers on a felony stop is?
3 officers and 1 may be a sergeant
Use of frontage roads for pacing vehicles on the freeway is ___
Prohibited
Officer SHALL have definite knowledge person being sought is fleeing to avoid prosecution for a _____ felony before employing roadblocks
Violent atrocious
Warming lights should be placed ____ feet ahead of a roadblock
300
