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TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE CPO
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Officer safety - ✔✔a concept that combines command presence, situational awareness, and a survival
mindset
Command presence - ✔✔projecting a positive self-image that earns the respect of offenders and the
public you serve; the way your carry yourself
Situational awareness - ✔✔the understanding of the totality of your cirucmstances and surroundings, it
also contributes to officer safety and requires maintaining a high level of alertness at all times
Positioning - ✔✔placing yourself in a tactically advantageous location where you can best use your
senses to determine what is occurring in your vicinity, while remaining in a safe place
Complacency - ✔✔an overly comfortable or relaxed state of mind, which may lull you into a false sense
of safety and security
Survival mindset - ✔✔a mental attitude to manage stress during dangerous situations, requiring you to
actively control yourself by being prepared to survive, being able to control your fees, managing your
emotions, and putting your ego aside
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Cover - ✔✔such as automobile engine blocks, brick walls, dirt embankments, concrete, steel, and thick
wood which can protect you from incoming gunfire
Concealment - ✔✔can provide camouflage but will not stop incoming gunfire
Community-policing - ✔✔promotes organizational strategies that support the systemic use of
partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address public safety issues such as crime,
social disorder, and fear of crime
Organizational Transformation - ✔✔the orientation of command staff at all levels to support community
partnerships and practice problem-solving
Community-policing problem solving - ✔✔the proactive examination of community problems to develop
and evaluate effective criminal justice responses
Community-policing partnerships - ✔✔increase understanding and trust between you and community
members which may include law enforcement, government, and community representatives
Interagency agreement - ✔✔a formalized agreement template that contains the principles of the
community-policing partnership
Local criminal justice partnerships can include: - ✔✔police departments,
sheriff's offices,
code enforcement,
animal control
State criminal justice partnerships can include: - ✔✔FDLE,
FHP,
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DCF,
FWC
Federal criminal justice partnerships can include: - ✔✔ICE,
Department of Treasury & Secret Service,
United States Marshals Service,
FBI
Planned compliance initiative - ✔✔a planned community corrections initiative that often involve other
criminal justice agencies and targets specific groups of offenders to determine if they are complying with
their terms of supervision
Community control planned compliance initiative - ✔✔conducted at atypical hours to ensure offender
compliance with house arrest and other special conditions imposed by statute or supervision order
Sec offender planned compliance initiative - ✔✔conducted for residence verification and include walk-
through visual inspections and searches of living quarters to ensure compliance with conditions of
supervision and to ensure that offenders are not in possession of pornography, children, or items that
attract children
Ride-alongs - ✔✔refers to a probation officer riding in a patrol car in the field with a law enforcement
officer
Physical signs of substance abuse can include: - ✔✔bloodshot eyes,
sudden weight loss/gain,
deterioration of physical appearance,
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poor grooming habits,
tremors, slurred speech, or impaired coordination
Behavioral signs of substance abuse can include: - ✔✔poor work and school performance,
financial problems,
sudden change in friends, family, and hobbies,
frequently engaging in fights and illegal activities
Psychological signs of substance abuse can include: - ✔✔unexplained change in personality and attitude,
sudden mood swings and irritability,
lack of motivation, appearing lethargic
fearful, anxious, paranoid
Examples of depressants include: - ✔✔Xanax, valium, GHB
Examples of stimulants include: - ✔✔amphetamines, cocaine, crystal meth
Examples of inhalants include: - ✔✔glues, aerosols, vapors
Examples of hallucinogens include: - ✔✔LSD, PCP
Substance use - ✔✔can include having a casual drink with friends, taking a prescribed drug according to
label directions, or taking aspirin daily to prevent heart disease
Substance abuse - ✔✔the continued misuse of substances that negatively affect the mind and body and
adversely affects an individual's social or occupational life and psychological or physical health
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