Interacting with your community
What techniques are used to maintain peace and prevent a situation from escalating
P- practice calming
A- assess the situation
C- consider the environment
_____ is a potentially hazardous part of your duties as a law enforcement officer, but also one of your most important duties
crisis intervention
Florida gangs are overwhelmingly compromised of young males between the ages of __ and __
13, 23
Many people who are homeless have committed what are considered ____ _____ such as thefts, burglaries, and other crimes of opportunities
Imprisonable offenses
______ provides people who have a mental
illness, or who may harm or neglect themselves or others, with an emergency service and
temporary detention for psychiatric evaluation and voluntary or involuntary short-term
inpatient treatment.
Baker Act
What are the common characteristics of an elderly person
Limited mobility, Vision, or hearing, lack of strength, bone deterioration, and memory loss
What are all the factors that may influence how a person responds to a crisis
economic, personal, and social dynamics, psychological elements and physical considerations
Individuals join gangs for a variety of reasons, including
psychological needs
safety
social acceptance
self esteem
fame
According to the ADA a person with a _____ is someone who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity, has a record of impairment, or is regarded as having an impairment
Disability
you may have to resort to deadly
force. Some people may attempt to end their lives by intentionally provoking officers to use
deadly force. what is this
Suicide by cop
A juvenile under what age may not be arrested? What are the provision to that
7
Forcible felony, 3rd degree felony of burglary, and trespassing with burglary tools
Avoid using ____ to deal with difficult people; instead, use it for people who you have determined are a danger to themselves or others
Baker Act
what is a common terrorist group in the united states
white supremacist groups
What crimes are autistic people are frequently the victims of
abuse, neglect, sexual battery,
and robbery
what is a sensory experience in which
a person can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something that is not there.
hallucination
Because of their exposure to traumatic experiences, some veterans may have pronounced stressors cause by what
Musculoskeletal injuries, neurological injuries, or psychological disorder.
what are the many factors that could lead someone to consider suicide
a person despairing over the loss of a loved one, someone depressed by life stressors, or feels their future is hopeless
____ ______ are known for clogging the courts by filing hundreds of documents containing unintelligible language, a practice known as ___ ____
Sovereign citizen, paper terrorism
______ _______ is a restriction of the way,
condition, or amount of time in which a person can perform major life activities compared
to non-impaired people.
substantial limitation
what is a person 18 or older whose ability to perform the activities of daily
living or to provide for their own care or protection is impaired
Vulnerable adult
People with intellectual disabilities may not be able to distinguish between ____ and ____ ____ and might confess to crimes they did not commit
abstract, concrete thoughts
Illnesses and medical conditions that have symptoms that mimic characteristics of substance abuse
diabetic shock
epileptic episodes
high blood pressure
stroke
head injury
parkinsons disease
cerebral palsy and wernicke syndrome
Alzheimer's and dementia
____ view law enforcement officers as representatives of the government, which they feel is controlled by people who can not be trusted to preserve law and order
Militias
what is the primary crime committed against juveniles and what is a growing issue
Physical assault
bullying via social media
what is a disorder or syndrome that is
attributable to cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, Down syndrome, Phelan- McDermid
syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, or an intellectual disability; it is a disability that
manifests before the age of 18, constitutes a substantial handicap, and continues
indefinitely.
Developmental disability