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Officer safety - Answers -a concept that combines command presence, situational
awareness, and a survival mindset
Command presence - Answers -projecting a positive self-image that earns the respect
of offenders and the public you serve; the way your carry yourself
Situational awareness - Answers -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 - Answers -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 - Answers -an overly comfortable or relaxed state of mind, which may lull
you into a false sense of safety and security
Survival mindset - Answers -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
Cover - Answers -such as automobile engine blocks, brick walls, dirt embankments,
concrete, steel, and thick wood which can protect you from incoming gunfire
Concealment - Answers -can provide camouflage but will not stop incoming gunfire
Community-policing - Answers -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 - Answers -the orientation of command staff at all levels
to support community partnerships and practice problem-solving
Community-policing problem solving - Answers -the proactive examination of
community problems to develop and evaluate effective criminal justice responses
,Community-policing partnerships - Answers -increase understanding and trust between
you and community members which may include law enforcement, government, and
community representatives
Interagency agreement - Answers -a formalized agreement template that contains the
principles of the community-policing partnership
Local criminal justice partnerships can include: - Answers -police departments,
sheriff's offices,
code enforcement,
animal control
State criminal justice partnerships can include: - Answers -FDLE,
FHP,
DCF,
FWC
Federal criminal justice partnerships can include: - Answers -ICE,
Department of Treasury & Secret Service,
United States Marshals Service,
FBI
Planned compliance initiative - Answers -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 - Answers -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 - Answers -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 - Answers -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: - Answers -bloodshot eyes,
sudden weight loss/gain,
deterioration of physical appearance,
poor grooming habits,
tremors, slurred speech, or impaired coordination
Behavioral signs of substance abuse can include: - Answers -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: - Answers -unexplained change in
personality and attitude,
sudden mood swings and irritability,
lack of motivation, appearing lethargic
fearful, anxious, paranoid
Examples of depressants include: - Answers -Xanax, valium, GHB
Examples of stimulants include: - Answers -amphetamines, cocaine, crystal meth
Examples of inhalants include: - Answers -glues, aerosols, vapors
Examples of hallucinogens include: - Answers -LSD, PCP
Substance use - Answers -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 - Answers -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
Substance dependence - Answers -the compulsive abuse of substances, where the use
has no choice but to continue to consume the substance because of uncontrollable
physical or psychosocial addiction
Drug tolerance - Answers -occurs when a person needs to increase the dosage of the
drug to produce the same effect as the initial dosage, often leads to substance
dependence
Psychological dependence - Answers -occurs when a person feels that he or she needs
drugs to cope with problems function better in life, or feel happier
Physical dependence - Answers -occurs when a person is chemically and physically
dependent upon the substance to maintain normal functioning, not just of the central
nervous system, but of all systems
Addiction - Answers -a state of physical or psychological dependence on a substance
Withdrawal - Answers -refer to the physical and mental symptoms that occur after a
person stops or reduces the chronic use of a drug
, Detoxification - Answers -the process of allowing the body to rid itself of a drug while
managing the symptoms of withdrawal and is often the first step in a drug treatment
program
Overdose - Answers -the accidental or intentional use of a dangerously large amount of
a substance that leads to death
Which Florida Statute outlines The Marchman Act, which provides for the involuntary or
voluntary assessment and stabilization of a persona allegedly abusing substances, such
as drugs or alcohol, providing treatment for substance abuse? - Answers -397.675, F.S.
Which Florida Statute places all substances regulated under existing federal law into
one of five schedules according to its medicinal value, harmfulness, and the potential for
abuse and addition? - Answers -893, F.S.
Schedule I substances - Answers -have a high potential for abuse, have no currently
accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and in their use under medical
supervision do not meet accepted safety standards
examples include: marijuana, LSD, GHB, Heroin, MDMA
Schedule II substances - Answers -have a high potential for abuse and have a currently
accepted but severely restricted medical use in treatment in the United States. Abuse of
these substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
examples include: meth, opium and prescription drugs
Schedule III substances - Answers -have less potential for abuse than the substances
contained in Schedules I and II, have a currently accepted use in treatment in the
United States, and their abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or
high psychological dependence.
examples include: barbiturates, ketamine, testosterone
Schedule IV substances - Answers -have a low potential for abuse relative to the
substances in schedule III, have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the
United States, and their abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological
dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III
examples include: valium, ambient, Xanax
Schedule V substances - Answers -the classification for a substance, compound, or
mixture that has a low potential for abuse and has a currently accepted medical use,
though abuse may lead to physical or psychological dependence
examples include: Robitussin, atropine, pseudoephedrine