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the ability to pay attention to your surroundings, process, what you observe, and make sound decisions based on those observations
Situational awareness
pg127
The radio could be your _______ when dangerous situations arise
Lifeline
pg134
FCC stands for...
Federal Communications Commission
pg134
Situational awareness helps you make good decisions based on your _________ and _________.
pg128
Name 4 pieces of equipment used during searches:
flashlights, screwdrivers, mirrors, probing device, bags/containers, notepads, metal detectors, x-ray scanners, canines and their handlers
pg137
You should make sure your mouth is ____ to ____ inches away from the microphone and speak directly into it.
1 to 3 inches away
pg135
placing yourself in a tactically advantageous location to observe an area
Positioning
pg128
Search area is divided into lanes that are searched by one or more people in both directions until the entire area has been examined
Divides the area into four sections and search using one the other patterns
Strip/line search pattern
zone/quadrant search pattern
pg141
Types of radio codes include:
Signals, phonetic-alphabet, 10 or numeric codes, numeric-alpha codes
pg136
3 types of radios...
Handheld/portable, radio base station, mobile radio affixed in vehicles for transporting of inmates
pg135
What prevents the spread of contraband, weapons, and dangerous items in a facility?
Searches
pg138
Define contraband
any unauthorized article foreign to the facility or any authorized article in excessive quantities or altered from its intended purpose
pg143
Name 4 examples of hard contraband
Firearms, shanks, drugs, alcoholic beverages, toxic materials, prescription meds, inhalants, cell phones, and electronic devices
pg143
holding your body in a manner that shows strength, confidence, interest, and control
Posture
pg129
4 examples of nuisance contraband
Excessive linens, clothes, laundry items, canteen/hygiene items, photos, reading materials, meds, letters
There are 3 primary steps to situational awareness that you must follow:
Observe, understand, decide
pg128
Correctional officers have a duty to ______, ______, and _____ of anything that could be considered contraband through regular and random searches
prevent, control, and dispose
pg143
Radio communication should be kept professional... list the 5 main points regarding professional radio communication
know facilities codes, always secure on your person, keep radio volume loud, keep radio chatter to a minimum in order to keep channels open for use, frequencies are shared...others can hear conversations
pg135
When someone is constantly on guard and fearful that they will be victims of violence
Hypervigilance
pg128
When you focus on being situationally aware, you make the conscious effort to make decisions based on _____ than on _____.
Information than on fear
pg128
Begins at a central point and moves in increasingly larger circles to the outermost boundary of the search area
Spiral search pattern
pg141
To avoid exposure to hazardous material, always use standard precautions and ______
PPE
pg138
T or F... Nuisance contraband be made to create hard contraband?
True
pg143
When inventorying equipment, what are the common equipment and accessories that should be inventoried?
Building equipment, sanitation equipment, health care equipment, and food service equipment
pg131
Positioning allows you to size up a situation while remaining in a safe place, and it includes: (3)
Keeping a safe distance, being familiar with your environment, watching groups and individual people
pg128