MANAGING THE USE OF FORCE INCIDENT
For Criminal Justice Officers, Supervisors, and Administrators

Author: Howard Webb

Managing the Use of Force Incident is the first treatise written that addresses the proper management of the use of force incident by criminal justice officers and liability management for criminal justice supervisors and administrators. This comprehensive four hundred page text discusses the following:

• Part One: Understanding the Use of Force Incident
  • Chapter One: Lawsuits are Predictable, Preventable, and Winnable
  • Chapter Two: The Importance of Perceptions
  • Chapter Three: Standards Governing the Use of Force
  • Chapter Four: Threat Assessment
• Part Two: Preparing for the Use of Force Incident
  • Chapter Five: Force Continuum: To Use or Not to Use That is the Question
  • Chapter Six: Documenting the Use of Force Incident
• Part Three: Managing the Use of Force Incident
  • Chapter Seven: Managing the Use of Force Incident for Officers
  • Chapter Eight: Managing the Use of Force Incident for Detectives
  • Chapter Nine: Managing the Use of Force Incident for Supervisors
  • Chapter Ten: Managing the Use of Force Incident for Mid-Level Managers
  • Chapter Eleven: Managing the Use of Force Incident for Administrators
  • Chapter Twelve: Use of Force Training

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State Law

• Use of deadly force in self-defense
• Use of force in defense of property
• Use of physical force in self-defense

Use of Force Justification

• Levels of Menace
• Threat Assessment
• Citizen Force Continuum
• Defender vs. Assailant Factors

Post Shooting Protocols

• Request police assistance
• Prepare for the police to arrive
• The police field interview process

Preparation for an Armed Encounter

• Mental Conditioning
• “Win” attitude
• Physical Skill
• Awareness

Firearms Training

• Safety protocols
• Cartridge ballistics
• Handgun nomenclature
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Concealed carry holster selection
• Fundamentals of combat shooting
• Combat, tactical, and one-hand reloading
• Range rules and handgun qualification course

Tactics

• Tactical use of the flashlight
• Building search tactics
• Hallway clearance
• Clearing stairs

Home Safety

• Family familiarization
• Safe storage
• Lead hazard

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Offers information regarding:

• Proper use of non-deadly and deadly force by a citizen in self-defense
• Personal self-defense tactics against unarmed attacks
• Proper use of pepper spray in an assault situation
• Defense against an edged weapon attack
• Proper use of a firearm in self-defense
• Defense against a club attack
• Proper flashlight tactics

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• History of pepper spray
• Citizen force continuum
• Physiological effects of pepper spray
• Reporting a pepper spray incident to the police
• The proper application of pepper spray for self defense
• How to properly maintain and store a pepper spray devise
• How to properly select a pepper spray device for self defense
• How to minimize the criminal and civil liability when using pepper spray as a self defense tool

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Drug Abuse

• Abuse Patterns
• History of drug use
• Narcotics Recognition
• Side effects of drug use
• Types of drug paraphernalia
• Indications of being under the influence of drugs

Drug Recognition

• Meth
• Cocaine
• Heroin
• Inhalants
• Marijuana
• Designer Drugs

Meth Labs

• Types of meth labs
• Indications of a meth lab
• What to do if you think you have discovered a lab

Marijuana Grow

• Types of Marijuana grows
• Indications of an indoor grow
• Indications of an outdoor grow
• What to do if you discover a grow

Narcotics Trafficking

• Transportation methods
• Concealment methods
• Methods of detection

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Analysis of a Shooting

• Columbine High School
• Virginia Technical College
• Ten school shooting myths
• F.B.I. profile of active shooter
• Psychology of school shooting
• Lessons learned from school shootings

Police Tactics

• Police priorities during an active shooter situation
• School “armed intruder” procedures
• Contact and rescue team tactics

Personal Response Tactics

• Workplace
• School
• Mall

Proper Parental Response

• What you should and should not do
• Contacting your child via cell phone
• What to expect at the scene

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Home Safety

• Home Diversion Burglary
• Securing doors and windows
• Contacting unknown visitors at the door
• Sharing information over the telephone

Personal Safety

• In the workplace
• While shopping
• Walking for exercise
• Preventing an assault
• Preventing purse snatching

Fraud Prevention

• Letter scam
• Pigeon drop
• Home repair fraud
• Telemarketing fraud
• Bank examiner scam
• Healthcare fraud and abuse

Elder Abuse

• Neglect or abandonment by caregivers
• Different types of elder abuse
• Financial exploitation
• Indications of abuse
• Preventing abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Reporting abuse
• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Self-neglect

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Cell Phone Reporting Strategies

• Safely reporting crime
• What the police dispatcher needs to know
• Using your cell phone to record your observations

Police Procedure

• “Reasonable Suspicion”
• Investigative techniques
• “Probable Cause”

Reporting Crimes in Process

• Being a good witness
• Reporting a violent crime
• Recognizing criminal activity
• Reporting a theft or shoplifting
• Reporting a burglary in progress
• Reporting a robbery in progress
• Reporting a suspected DUII driver
• Reporting suspicious people/circumstances

Reporting Cold Crimes

• Reporting a cold robbery
• Reporting a cold burglary
• Preserving the crime scene

Reporting Person Crimes

• Domestic Violence
• Reporting sexual assault
• Reporting suspected child abuse

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Seminar Synopsis:
This seminar provides effective inservice corrections and law enforcement defensive tactics training. Multi-officer control tactics and transitional integrated force option training is emphasized. This inservice training program offers instruction in the following areas:

• Neck restraint
• Ground defense
• Expandable baton
• Personal weapons
• Pressure point tactics
• Cross gender searches
• Counter assault tactics
• Physical control tactics
• Edged weapon defense
• Impact weapon defense
• Arrest and control tactics
• Effective simulation training
• Joint manipulation techniques
• Handgun retention and disarming tactics
• Cooperative and high risk handcuffing techniques
• “Pat and Frisk” and intrusive clothing search techniques

ACCJT Criminal Justice Course Registration

Seminar Synopsis:
This seminar is not just a presentation; it is a discussion of the strategies criminal justice officers can adopt to find fulfillment, motivation, and success in their careers without a promotion within the department. In this dynamic presentation, the following topics will be discussed:

• Stop fighting the system
• Losing the “why me” mentally
• Taking control of your destiny
• Creating professional opportunities
• How being a cop sets you up to fail
• Finding fulfillment in a job well done
• Understanding organizational cultural
• Dealing effectively with department politics
• Taking advantages of professional opportunities
• Understanding why management does what they do
• The fatal career damaging or ending mistakes/attitudes
• Methods for effectively coping with career setbacks, disappoints, and discipline
• Guidelines for taking personal control and responsibility for your career success

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