officer safety

what is a safety hazard you might have as an officer?

• not enough staff to supervise inmates

• not enough food

• too much yard time

• not enough employees in the building

what type of stress is particularly distracting?

• environmental

• work-related

• self-induced

• personal

what are the stages of situational awareness?

• keeping a safe distance, being familiar with your surroundings, watching groups

• being alert, identifying a potential threat, responding to a threat

• positioning, posture,observing

• active listening, stress, complacency

what is a type of valid personal identification?

• library card

• credit card

• info handwritten onto a piece of paper

• drivers license

what is some common information found on a valid identification?

• email, phone number,school attended

• height, birthday,name

• clothes size, shoe size,type of clothes worn

• type of crime, favorite color, favorite food

what are some of the security features on a valid id?

• hologram, watermark, barcode

• phone number, fake number, fake name

• expired date, fake picture, no watermark

• no raised areas, fake watermark, discolored

what are some methods of manipulation?

• distracting staff, attempting to create a false bond with staff

• visiting with family during visitation

• playing games with other inmates

• sleeping

what are 3 behaviors officers should display to minimize inmate manipulation and deception?

• supplying inmate with contraband, extra yard time, extra food and favors

• document incidents,follow rules and procedures, learn to say"no" and mean it

• play games with inmates, bring inmates gifts, tell inmates personal information

• look the other way, let inmates do what they want, tell inmates yes to everything they ask

when can a birth certificate be accepted as a valid id?

• when a person is drunk

• when a minor is younger than 12

• when person is over 50

• when person is from another state

which of the following types of contraband require special disposal?

• candy

• magazines

• biohazardous materials

• cellphones