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Law Enforcement Officer Survival (Live To Retire)

Length of Seminar: 2 Days
Instructor: Doyle T. Wright

Course Overview:
Law Enforcement officers can no longer consider any citizen contact or call for service “routine.” Police officers have been murdered by teenagers they were simply giving a ride home; by subjects they were serving civil processes; by persons whom they were checking the welfare of; by drivers they had pulled over for minor equipment violations and even after stopping to help motorists whose car had broken down.

Of course, there are some calls that must be classified as high risk, such as crimes in progress, man with gun, shots fired, domestic disputes and any incident involving mentally unstable persons and those under the influence of drugs or alcohol. It is these types of calls that are most likely to result in a barricaded suspect situation - potentially the most dangerous.

At best, every contact and call should be considered as an “unknown risk.” You just don’t know what you have until you conduct an on-scene preliminary investigation, and in doing so, exposing yourself to danger.

Your goal is to minimize the exposure to yourself, your co-workers and the public. Proper pre-planning and the implementation of scene management techniques best accomplish this.

Law enforcement is an increasingly dangerous vocation. Is it because the core values of people have declined due to erosion of the family unit? Is it because drug use has become so prevalent? Is it because much of society has lost faith in government entities and no longer respects law enforcement? There are as many explanations as there are “experts,” but the bottom line remains the same, regardless of the size of the agency or jurisdiction where you serve, and whether the citizens consists of peace-loving, God-fearing, country folks or hard-core gang-bangers, you must be prepared mentally and physically to survive.

New legislation enacted in many states has actually made the crime fighter’s job more dangerous. The “Three Strikes Initiative” is intended to put career criminals in prison for twenty-five years to life upon a third conviction. “Three Strikers” therefore have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. If they escape by assaulting or killing an officer, they gain freedom, at least temporarily. If they murder a cop and get caught, the prison sentence will be no harsher, and cop killers are looked upon as the heroes of the prison population.

Students will receive knowledge and instruction in the proper methods of tactical scene response and survival based on the tactical considerations:

The Unfortunate Truth - A Review of Officer Killed Statistics
Legal Considerations-Legal Body Armor
Proper Mental Attitude and Preparation The Awareness Spectrum Mastering the Basics
Tactical Response to “High Risk” Situations Handling Diminished Capacity Persons
Risk Assessment
Resource Deployment and Coordination The “Four C’s” of Tactical Condition Response
Scene Containment and Isolation
Less-Lethal Options
The Patrol-Specific Problem
Munitions Display and Discussion
Tactical Considerations
Implementation of Critical Incident Procedures Individual Responsibilities
Activation of Special Teams

If you have an immediate need for information, please contact us by phone at: 317-733-1971 or we can be reached by email at: dtw169@livetoretire.com