06-12-2007, 02:25 PM
12 + 1 DEADLY ERRORS
1. Your Attitude-If you fail to keep your mind on the job while on patrol or you carry home problems into the field, you will start to make errors. It can cost you or other fellow officers their lives.
2. Tombstone Courage-No one doubts that you are a person with courage. Any situation where time allows, wait for back-up. There are few instances where alone and unaided you should try to make a dangerous apprehension.
3. Not Enough Rest-To do your job you must be alert. Being sleepy or asleep on the job is not only against regulations, but you endanger yourself, the community, and all your fellow officers.
4. Taking A Bad Position-Never let anyone you are questioning or about to stop get in a better position than you and your vehicle. There is no such thing as a routine call or stop.
5. Danger Signs-As a law enforcement officer, you will get to recognize ?danger signs.? Movements and strange cars are warnings that should alert you to watch your step and approach with caution. Know your patrol area and your community, and watch out for what is ?out of place.?
6. Failure to Watch Hands Of A Suspect-Is he or she reaching for a weapon or getting ready to strike you? Where else can a potential killer strike but from his or her hands.
7. Relaxing Too Soon-The ?rut? of false alarms that are accidentally set off. Walking in and asking if the place is being held up. Observe the activity. Never take any call as routine or just another false alarm.
8. Improper Use Or No Handcuffs-Once you have made an arrest, handcuff the prisoner and properly see that the hands, that can kill, are safely cuffed.
9. No Search Or Poor Search-There are so many places to hide weapons that your failure to search is a crime against fellow officers. Many criminals carry several weapons, and they are able and prepared to use then against you.
10. Dirty Or Inoperative Weapon-Is your firearm clean? Will it fire? How about your ammunition? When did you qualify last? Can you hit the target in combat conditions? What's the sense of carrying a firearm that may not work?
11. Failure to wear body armor.
12. failure to carry back up/ secondary firearm.
13. Good old common horse sense! Last but not least, if you don't have this forget it.
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1. Your Attitude-If you fail to keep your mind on the job while on patrol or you carry home problems into the field, you will start to make errors. It can cost you or other fellow officers their lives.
2. Tombstone Courage-No one doubts that you are a person with courage. Any situation where time allows, wait for back-up. There are few instances where alone and unaided you should try to make a dangerous apprehension.
3. Not Enough Rest-To do your job you must be alert. Being sleepy or asleep on the job is not only against regulations, but you endanger yourself, the community, and all your fellow officers.
4. Taking A Bad Position-Never let anyone you are questioning or about to stop get in a better position than you and your vehicle. There is no such thing as a routine call or stop.
5. Danger Signs-As a law enforcement officer, you will get to recognize ?danger signs.? Movements and strange cars are warnings that should alert you to watch your step and approach with caution. Know your patrol area and your community, and watch out for what is ?out of place.?
6. Failure to Watch Hands Of A Suspect-Is he or she reaching for a weapon or getting ready to strike you? Where else can a potential killer strike but from his or her hands.
7. Relaxing Too Soon-The ?rut? of false alarms that are accidentally set off. Walking in and asking if the place is being held up. Observe the activity. Never take any call as routine or just another false alarm.
8. Improper Use Or No Handcuffs-Once you have made an arrest, handcuff the prisoner and properly see that the hands, that can kill, are safely cuffed.
9. No Search Or Poor Search-There are so many places to hide weapons that your failure to search is a crime against fellow officers. Many criminals carry several weapons, and they are able and prepared to use then against you.
10. Dirty Or Inoperative Weapon-Is your firearm clean? Will it fire? How about your ammunition? When did you qualify last? Can you hit the target in combat conditions? What's the sense of carrying a firearm that may not work?
11. Failure to wear body armor.
12. failure to carry back up/ secondary firearm.
13. Good old common horse sense! Last but not least, if you don't have this forget it.
www.tacticaltalk.com (http://www.tacticaltalk.com)