Editor’s note: This series of articles is intended to be used as quick topic discussions at the beginning of any meeting. They are meant to create discussion among your teams and to get your officers thinking on their feet about training topics, in order to encourage learning and training.
What are the end goals during a fight? Real fights are dynamic, and a lot of stuff is going on, but the goal is to gain tactical advantage and keep everyone safe.
Deputies must be mobile and nonrestrictive with gear on for an extraction.
Handcuff in a four person control position:
Inmate’s head
Arm vertical post—Primary handcuffing
Off side vertical post
Figure-4 leg lock—leg shackles
WHEN YOU APPLY THE SECOND HANDCUFF: YOU ARE DEMONSTRAING TO THE INMATE, THE TEAM, AND THE CAMERAS THAT THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL. YOU ARE DONE USING FORCE:
Rotate the inmate up to his feet in the PPCT correct manner.
Escort using control tactics
Utilize the restraint chair
Remove restraint in a stepped-down system to ensure compliance and no recurrence of incident.
GAINING THE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE:
SHOW OF FORCE—EXTRACT TEAM
PEPPER SPRAY
TASER
Once the tactical advantage has been achieved – anything else may be considered excessive and malicious by the courts.
ALL STAFF need to be trained in the procedures and expectation in the event of an extraction or incident. Most Deputies are not hurt by the inmates, but by each other. Examples:
Being kicked in the head;
Team drives the melee onto a single deputy against a hard point;
Too many deputies—someone is pinched against floor.
