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By Brian Willis
Is it reasonable for an officer to punch a handcuffed prisoner?
Is it reasonable for an officer to shoot an unarmed person?
Is it reasonable for an officer to shoot someone with a knife?
Is it reasonable for an officer to spray a subject who is handcuffed, on his back with the officer sitting on top of them with OC?
For the answer to these and many similar questions remember adult diapers. Adult diapers? Yes, they are called Depends and Depends is the answer to these questions. When your officers ask you these questions in class looking for a definitive answer, the answer is depends. You need to teach your officers that when someone asks them these questions, the answer is depends. When an investigator or administrator calls you and asks these questions, the answer is depends.
Too many people think these are simple yes or no questions. They are not yes or no questions, they are adult diapers questions and the answer is depends..
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by Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith
Reprinted from Offficer.com
Celebrating the Reduction in LODD's by Stepping Up Your Own Game
Line of duty police deaths are down significantly this year. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, automobile deaths are down 26%, gunfire deaths are down 55%, and overall line of duty fatalities are down by nearly half. This is great news for American law enforcement. However, like anything else in life, when things are going well, human nature takes over and we often become complacent. The best way to celebrate these statistics is to re-examine your own physical, tactical, and mental preparation each and every time you hit the street.
Physical Considerations:
Physical readiness isn't just about being "in shape," but that's a great place to start. Take a good look at yourself and your fitness routine. Do you run a few miles a day but never pick up any free weights? Can you bench press 300 pounds but can't run more than a block or two? Or worse, does your 'fitness routine' involved hours of "Call to Duty" on X-Box or is your strongest muscle the one that pushes the button on the remote control? Overall physical fitness is a key component to officer safety, and there are so many great programs available that there really are no excuses to be out of shape. In fact, this could be a good time to try something new. Add some free weights to your aerobic routine, join a boxing gym, or do what I did and embarrass your teenager by jumping into a "Zumba" class. If time is an issue, take a look at the many high-intensity routines that take a short amount of time to complete. Anything that helps improve your strength, your cardiovascular capacity, your speed and your flexibility will help make you a safer (and healthier!) crime fighter.
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by Charles Remsberg
Reprinted from PoliceOne.com
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Often fellow officers unwittingly inflict secondary assaults because they don't know how to appropriately relate to a colleague who has been involved in an OIS or other critical incident.
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An officer whose shooting I've written about has taken medical retirement because his wounds were so devastating that he hasn't been able to heal from them completely. He told me recently that "what hurts the most" is not his persistent physical damage but the critical comments he's heard from other officers about his tactical errors in handling a dangerous suspect moments before the shooting. None of these critics, it should be pointed out, were present at the incident.
"It would be nice if every officer could do everything perfectly every time," he says dryly. "That way none of us would get hurt. I spent 24 years helping people and arresting hundreds of bad guys and all that doesn't seem to matter because I made a mistake and got shot."
That's the veteran of a "secondary assault" speaking. Police psychologist Dr. LaMaurice Gardner used that term in addressing a session at the IACP annual conference last fall, and unfortunately it's a common phenomenon in the cop world.
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