Chapter 38: Defensive Tactics and Officer Safety

Caution should be used at all times.

• True

• False

Additional support will never be required if

you are cautious.

• True

• False

It is always wrong to withdraw from a

situation.

• True

• False

Firearms are the final phase (highest level) of

the range of response.

• True

• False

The critical factors when designing a

training program are:

• Realism

• Repetition

• Neither a nor b

• Both a and b

The possession and use of weapons are

dependent upon which policies?

• The employer

• The client

• Applicable law

• All of the above

The three basic factors of combat include:

• Weapon selection

• Control over space

• Body armor

• None of the above

Points of consideration when entering into

physical confrontation include:

• Limits of physical ability

• Number of potential opponents faced

• Legal restrictions

• All of the above

Never get close to an aggressor, no matter

what the weapon.

• True

• False

Training that is going to help every day in a

security job is:

• Communication skills

• Maintaining physical fitness

• Written documentation

• Knowing the company policies and law

• All of the above