Force, Weaponry, and Defensive Tactics

Titles

This program provides a broad overview of the effects of various chemical agents and is designed to 1) familiarize officers with commonly used handheld aerosol chemical agents; 2) raise awareness of chemical agent effectiveness, use, and limitations; 3) present opportunities to observe use of chemical agents in the field and in training environments; 4) aid officers in effective deployment and use of chemical agents and develop skills in their use; 5) address legal and liability aspects of use of chemical agents and demonstrate the importance of proper documentation; and 7) present various medical and decontamination information and issues. The DVD program offers two viewing options: play video in its entirety or select among seven video segments.

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Controlling Violent Subjects, Part 1

Gives officers an understanding of how to identify and control violent people. Focuses on the initial approach to law enforcement contacts and the use of force where the peace officer has to use physical control to overcome resistance or attack. Controlling Violent Subjects, Part II aired in November 1996.

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Controlling Violent Subjects, Part 2

After viewing this telecourse, the peace officer will have a better understanding of the options and tools available to aid in the control of a violent subject. California peace officers will detail their experiences controlling violent people. This telecourse will include recreations of real incidents, actual footage of officers facing violent subjects, and demonstrations of control tools and tactics.

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Controlling Violent Subjects, Part 3

After viewing this telecourse, the peace officer will have a better understanding of the lawful use of deadly force by peace officers and the issues surrounding deadly force. The viewer will also hear from California peace officers who have faced and survived deadly force encounters and who have volunteered to share their thoughts and experiences.

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Electronic and Projectile Weapons

This telecourse familiarizes officers with commonly used electronic and projectile weapons, raises officers' awareness of these weapons, their use, effectiveness, limitations and necessary pre-planning. The program also addresses legal and liability aspects of using these weapons and emphasizes the importance of proper documentation and post-use care on subjects.

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Ethical Use of Force

Presents supervisors and officers with an engaging look at ethical issues related to the use of force with several stand-alone scenarios, plus actual examples of roll-call or line-up training sessions using the scenarios. Includes Supervisor Introduction, Officer Introduction, and several Training Segments for Legal and Judicious Use of Force, Correlating Force Options with Resistance, Managing Emotions, Intervening to Prevent Excessive Force, Role of Training in the Ethical Use of Force, A Reverence for Life and Liberty, Importance of Teamwork in Use of Force Incidents, Documenting Critical Information and Use of Lethal Force as an Option. Also features a printable "Facilitator Guide Document" (PDF Format) on the DVD.

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Firearms Seizure and Disposition

Highlights some new and innovative procedures that can make an investigation more meaningful and ultimately keep more firearms away from those who should not have them. Video segments include: Seizure of firearms in domestic violence and mental health incidents, Documentation of the firearms seizure, Petition for forfeiture, Eligibility check, and Firearm disposition. This special DVD-ROM program includes printable support documents (PDF format), including: ATF firearms identification, Court, prosecutor, and law enforcement agency checklists, Law enforcement gun release application, "No Longer in Possession" and "Receipt and Notice of Rights" forms, and Quick reference guides.

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Managing Civil Disobedience

Provides contemporary training and information to California peace officers in the area of managing and controlling crowd situations. When it becomes necessary to control the actions of a crowd that has unlawfully assembled, the officer is committed to do so with optimal efficiency and minimal impact upon the community. Officers must restrict themselves to use only reasonable force. Persons violating the law may be arrested and order restored as soon practical.

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Special Response Tactics

Catastrophic incidents occurring across the Nation and beyond have made it necessary for small and large departments urban and rural areas of jurisdiction to be familiar with, prepared for, and trained on using special tactics to secure and contain the scene(s) safely. This telecoruse presents information gathered from experts based on training and actual experience with five incidents of threat: High Risk Stops with K-9, Emotionally Disturbed Persons, Officer/Citizen Down Rescue, Active Shooter, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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Tactical Communications

Designed to assist agencies in meeting the POST
Perishable Skills requirement on Communications (either interpersonal or tactical) and may be used by trained Communications Instructors in their instructional blocks at regional academies or for in-service/roll-call training at local agencies. Designed as a revision to the 1993 POST Verbal Judo telecourse and the 2000 POST Verbal Judo Video Series, both featuring Dr. George Thompson and the use of Tactical Communications.

The DVD program offers three viewing options:

1. Play Telecourse in its entirety (155 min.)

2. Select among fifteen Telecourse segments:

• Introduction (12 min.)
• Legal and Policy Issues (3 min.)
• Overview (9 min.)
• Five Conditions When Words Fail - S.A.F.E.R. (7 min.)
• Force Options and Verbal Skills (4 min.)
• Basic Concepts of Communication (9 min.)
• How to Diagnose a Verbal Encounter - P.A.C.E. (9 min.)
• Three Kinds of People (2 min.)
• The Contact Professional and Avoiding Profanity (12 min.)
• The Art of Representation (3 min.)
• De-escalation Concepts (24 min.)
• Five Tools to Generate Voluntary Compliance - L.E.A.P.S. (10 min.)
• 5-Step "Hard Style" Approach (20 min.)
• Tactical 8-Step Approach (21 min.)
• Concluding Statements (10 min.)

3. Select among fourteen scenarios:

• Stolen Car - P.A.C.E. (3 min.)
• Landlord/Tenant Dispute - De-escalation/L.E.A.P.S. (13 min.)
• Citizen Complaint - L.E.A.P.S. (4 min.)
• Domestic Violence Call - 5-Step w/Follow-up Testimony (8 min.)
• Refusal to Leave Court - 5-Step (1 min.)
• Meeting Disruption: Cooperative - 5-Step (2 min.)
• Meeting Disruption: Uncooperative - 5-Step (1 min.)
• Booking Drunk: Cooperative - 5-Step (2 min.)
• Booking Drunk: Uncooperative - 5-Step (1 min.)
• Vehicle Stop: Wrong Way (3 min.)
• Vehicle Stop: Correct Way - 8-Step (2 min.)
• Vehicle Stop - 8-Step > 5-Step > 8-Step (4 min.)
• Bag Search Refusal - Modified 8-Step > S.A.F.E.R. (1 min.)
• Noting Tactical Communication Steps in Reports (1 min.)

The Tactical Communications DVD Reference Guide publication is available online for viewing and printing at the POST website:

www.post.ca.gov/training/cptn/ref_guides.asp

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Tactical Communications: Additional Scenarios

Provides nine scenarios that may be used in addition to the Tactical Communications telecourse program of April 2007 (see April
2007 Program Guide). Contains additional scenarios produced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 1991 and by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in 2000 reflecting the use of Tactical Communications. Serves as an additional training tool for instructors teaching Tactical Communications. Previously distributed to all attendees of the POST Tactical Communication Instructor Courses presented by George Thompson,Ph.D. from September 2006 through May 2007. Additional copies available to Tactical Communications instructors at law enforcement agencies in the California POST Program. Not available for sale nor distribution outside California.

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Use of Force by Peace Officers

Designed to reinforce the law and case decisions related to peace officers’ use of force, and provide practice and train in cognitive areas in the use of force. Includes discussion of what “force” and “force options” means, how “reasonable force” is defined, how a peace officers’ use of force is regulated and reviewed from a legal perspective, what role “reasonable fear” plays in use of force, and the role of agency policy in use of force situations.

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Warrant Service and Building Entry Tactics

Provides the fundamental elements of warrant service and safe building entry tactics with emphasis on officer safety. After an introductory segment, part one gives an overview of the major phases of making a building entry or serving a warrant, including planning, briefing and staging, making the entry, evidence, documentation and debriefing. Part two of the telecourse contains scenarios illustrating proper planning and executing of entries and warrants.

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Weapons Law

Weapons law in California can be quite complicated, especially when it comes to firearms. This program teaches law enforcement officers the techniques to best recognize, evaluate, and respond to incidents that involve weapons. Key topics covered include: Prohibited weapons (firearms, blade weapons, dirk and daggers); possession of firearms; concealment of firearms; possession of firearms by restricted persons or within restricted locations; and unlawful use of weapons.

The DVD program offers two viewing options:

1. Play Telecourse in its entirety (107 min.)

2. Select among ten Telecourse segments:

• Introduction (2 min.)
• Rural Shooting (24 min.)
• Juvenile in the Park (14 min.)
• Parolee on a Bike (8 min.)
• Gang Stop (11 min.)
• CCW Permit (11 min.)
• Systems (11 min.)
• Automatic Weapons Demo (9 min.)
• Prohibited Weapons Demo (8 min.)
• Summary (9 min.)

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K-9 Unit Operations

Police service dogs (K-9s) are a unique, highly effective tool for peace officers and provide valuable service to law enforcement in areas of suspect apprehension, building searches, tracking persons, drug or explosives detection, and evidence searches. K-9s help to protect officers and others in confrontations with suspects, may sometimes deter confrontations from taking place, and often are able to search better and faster than officers.

This telecourse is tailored for viewing by up to four different audiences depending on the viewers' role in K-9 operations, and includes a special community relations K-9 segment appropriate for public viewing. The DVD program offers the following viewing options:

1. Play Telecourse in its entirety (105 min.)

2. Select among four main Telecourse segments depending on your role:

• General Enforcement Officers
- Introduction (13 min.)
- Apprehension K-9s (27 min.)
- Detection K-9s (23 min.)
- Wrap-Up and Credits (7 min.)

• Supervisors and Administrators
- Introduction (13 min.)
- Apprehension K-9s (27 min.)
- Detection K-9s (23 min.)
- Supervisors and Administrators (15 min.)
- Wrap-Up and Credits (7 min.)

• Prosecutors
- Introduction (13 min.)
- Apprehension K-9s (27 min.)
- Detection K-9s (23 min.)
- Prosecutors (5 min.)
- Wrap-Up and Credits (7 min.)

• K-9 Handlers (All Segments)
- Introduction (13 min.)
- Apprehension K-9s (27 min.)
- Detection K-9s (23 min.)
- Supervisors and Administrators (15 min.)
- Prosecutors (5 min.)
- K-9 Handlers (15 min.)
- Wrap-Up and Credits (7 min.)

3. K-9 Community Relations Video (4 min.)

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