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Duty assignment, Updating current stolen vehicles list, Information relative to special events, Circumstances relative to hazardous situations are all elements of
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Shift orientation
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What is the best reason that you should have an intimate knowledge of your assigned area such as the location of streets, businesses, schools, hospitals, main arterial streets, dead-ends, overpasses, back roads, one-way streets, and alley-ways?
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To increase probability of on-site arrest and officer safety
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To increase probability of arrest when warranted, you become familiar with known offenders by learning about their
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Nicknames, habits, types of crime, vehicles.
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Placing yourself, others, or your patrol unit in a position so as to provide a suspect with a definite, identifiable target is the definition of
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Silhouetting
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What are the three major groups of hazards you must constantly guard against for safety reasons?
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Telltale noises, silhouetting, and suspects' hands
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Telltale noises can be generated by
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Vehicle engine and/or door slamming shut, radio volume, safety belts if you pop the buckle, equipment such as keys, whistles, baton, and handcuffs.
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Silhouetting provides suspect(s) with knowledge of officer's
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Numbers, firepower, and approach.
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In using a flashlight to avoid silhouetting, hold the light
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Well in front and away from your body.
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Stand in doorways and hallways or peer openly through broken or otherwise open windows to locate a suspect ______ a safe technique in a potentially dangerous situation?.
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Is not
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Which lane of the roadway lends itself to effective observation that provides a clear view between buildings on both sides of the street as well as oncoming traffic?
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Lane nearest the center of the roadway
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Which lane of the roadway at decreased speed allows a better view of street-front windows, sides of buildings, and potential hiding places?
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Lane nearest the curb
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A skilled observer can
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Take in everything around a given situation and then sort out the relevant from the irrelevant.
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When one officer is dealing with two or more people, he or she should avoid
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Being surrounded by people being interviewed.
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When two officers are dealing with two people, the second or guard officer
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Assumes a position that allows maximum visibility of the people and communicates any threat or hazard to the primary officer.
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Probable negative consequence of ineffective public service results in
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Increased citizen complaints.
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