Physical Evidence
What is outer perimeter?
Surrounding area which includes any entry and exit points. Should be at least 50% larger.
What are chemical abusers?
People who abuse alcohol or other drugs, or both.
What is control?
A perception based on an officer's training, experience and the fact situation.
What is mental rehearsal?
A method for visualizing performance before physically performing the task.
What is considered an open field?
Pastures, wooded areas, open water, and vacant lots need not comply with the requirements of warrants and probable cause. May not legitimately demand privacy for activities conducted out of doors in fields, except in the area immediately surrounding the home.
Who plays a major role in investigations that have little or no physical evidence?
Victims and witnesses
What is a crisis?
An overwhelming reaction to a threatening which a person's usual coping mechanisms fail.
What are the categories that use of force must fit into?
1. A trained technique
2. A dynamic application of a trained technique
3. A technique not trained, but justifiable under the circumstances
Where have suspects been known to run to?
-run to their cohorts or co-conspirators
-ambush
-flee to a cache site where the suspect stashed a weapon
-lead an officer to locations familiar to the offender but that present significant environmental risk to the officer
Can parents give consent to a search of their minor child's property?
Yes
What are ways that you can be exposed to hazards at the crime scene?
1. Inhalation
2. Skin contact
3. Ingestion
4. Injection
What are the 3 different types of crisis situations?
1. Situational crisis
2. Normal life changes perceived as a crisis
3. A loss or deprivation or some kind
What are the intervention options?
1. Presence
2. Dialog
3. Control alternatives
4. Protective alternatives
5. Deadly force
What is the most important aspect of any foot pursuit?
Communication
What is the plain view doctrine?
Allows officers to seize any contraband in sight if the officer has the right of access to the place where the contraband is located.
What are the 3 primary purposes for collecting evidence?
1. To prove an element of the offense.
2. To connect the suspect to a particular person or place.
3. To help reconstruct or corroborate account of events.
What is creative confusion?
You appear as though you do not understand something and ask the other person to help you understand.
What are the types of control alternatives?
1. Escort hold
2. Compliance holds
3. Control devices
4. Passive countermeasures
When immediate intervention is not required, what is the best technique for handling high risk calls?
1. Contain
2. Communicate
3. Call
What is curtilage?
The area immediately surrounding a dwelling, and it counts as part of the home for many legal purposes, including searches and many self-defense laws.
What is adipocere?
Spongy look to the skin with prolonged exposure to moisture.
What are the 5 other names given to depression?
Serious, clinical, severe, biological, vital
What are the follow through considerations?
1. Stabilize
2. Monitor/debrief
3. Search
4. Escort
5. Transport
6. Turn-over/release
What is the plus one rule?
Assume there is at least one more hazard than already known.
What is the automobile exception (Carroll Doctrine)?
Based on probable cause, an officer may search any place in an automobile that is reasonable to believe the object of the search might be located. This includes searching a container, closed, locked, or open. The officer may search any place a judge could give him or her a warrant to search.