March 8th - Class cancelled - worked on an essay at home
March 15th - Pulling over a car
This class was awesome. At first we were in the class room and were talking about pulling cars over and the dangers of it as well as how we think the best way to go about it is. After a bit we went out into the parking lot and had two cars ( Brians and another students) positioned as if one was pulling the other over. As we stood there and talked about, Brian had students get in the 'police car' and move it to how they think the best way to park the car behind the other car would be.
We then talked about the different pros and cons of each position ( was moved into 3 different positions). Finally Brian got in and move it to how he preferred it then we talked about it. He also showed us that sometimes its good to switch it up and when you exit your car, to walk back behind your car and come up to the passenger side window of the pulled over car to throw the people in the car off.
After we discussed this, Brian picked a few people to practice pulling him over and he presented them with different situations, such as,
- Completely cooperate
- Yelling and swearing while finally jamming his ID out the barely cracked car window
- Running away immediately
- Having 4 big guys jump out of the back of the truck and surround the 'offcier'
Things that we should try to take notice of
- Tinted windows
- Person watching you the whole time in the side mirror
- License plate history
- People in the car
- Weapons when the bend over to grab insurance
Also important to stand in a position not to allow the person in the car to open the door and hit you.
Friday, 17 March 2017
Class 7
February 22nd - Class cancelled for reading week
March 1st - Class 7 : Use of Force Model
Brian made it very clear that this idea of the use of force was very important because it helps us as police officers understand what we are allowed to do and why it allows us to act.
We learned that there are always situational factors that must be thought about before entering an unknown situation. This helps us be aware and prepared for what possible problems could be encountered. You must think ahead about things like,
- weapons
- number of family members
- drugs or alcohol
- history
- gender
- animals
- number of police with you
- weather
- environment
We talked about each section in depth and under the resistant sections, we discussed that there will be factors that can alter how you perceive resistance such as,
- size/gender
- ability level ( marital arts, hand to hand, etc)
- time and distance
- previous experience
It was a very informational class. It helped me start to understand when I would be allowed to use different tactics and weapons to control the situation. Brian shared some great stories to help understand this as well as videos of inappropriate use of force, but also situations that once you know the whole of it, the force they used was appropriate. It was a very cool class.
March 1st - Class 7 : Use of Force Model
Brian made it very clear that this idea of the use of force was very important because it helps us as police officers understand what we are allowed to do and why it allows us to act.
We learned that there are always situational factors that must be thought about before entering an unknown situation. This helps us be aware and prepared for what possible problems could be encountered. You must think ahead about things like,
- weapons
- number of family members
- drugs or alcohol
- history
- gender
- animals
- number of police with you
- weather
- environment
We talked about each section in depth and under the resistant sections, we discussed that there will be factors that can alter how you perceive resistance such as,
- size/gender
- ability level ( marital arts, hand to hand, etc)
- time and distance
- previous experience
It was a very informational class. It helped me start to understand when I would be allowed to use different tactics and weapons to control the situation. Brian shared some great stories to help understand this as well as videos of inappropriate use of force, but also situations that once you know the whole of it, the force they used was appropriate. It was a very cool class.
Class 5-6
February 8th - Class 5 - I missed this class due to family issues
February 15th - Class 6 - Presentations
Was an interesting class. Groups of 3-4 gave presentations on different topics. Was nice to see not every presentation was just powerpoint.
My group presented on how to tactically communicate with someone wielding a weapon, so we had one of our group mates run in the run as we introduced ourselves with a nerfgun. He proceeded to yell and point the nerf gun at people in the class while a group member and I pulled out our nerf guns and proceeded to tell him to lower his weapon and drop it on the ground. We ended it with him shooting at us and we retaliated and shoot back killing him so show what would be considered the most extreme action to result from this.
Our groups presented on topics such as,
- How to communicate with dispatch
- How to communicate with a perpetrator
- How to communicate with press/media
- How to assist/deal with an intoxicated person
It was overall a fun class and informative. I enjoyed learning from the other class mates
February 15th - Class 6 - Presentations
Was an interesting class. Groups of 3-4 gave presentations on different topics. Was nice to see not every presentation was just powerpoint.
My group presented on how to tactically communicate with someone wielding a weapon, so we had one of our group mates run in the run as we introduced ourselves with a nerfgun. He proceeded to yell and point the nerf gun at people in the class while a group member and I pulled out our nerf guns and proceeded to tell him to lower his weapon and drop it on the ground. We ended it with him shooting at us and we retaliated and shoot back killing him so show what would be considered the most extreme action to result from this.
Our groups presented on topics such as,
- How to communicate with dispatch
- How to communicate with a perpetrator
- How to communicate with press/media
- How to assist/deal with an intoxicated person
It was overall a fun class and informative. I enjoyed learning from the other class mates
Class 4
February 1st - Class 4 - Listening
"Listening is hard. It is a learned skill"
1) To be a good listener
- Focus on the speaker
- Dont interupt
- Empathy
- Sympathize
- Listen to the words
- Keep on tract
- Be patient
- Tone of their voice
- Dont make it about yourself
- Engage
- Non-verbals
- Ignore personal prejudice
- Prepare to listen
2) Barriers to listening
- Noise
- Environment
- Mental State
- Prejudice
- Language barriers
- Age
- Information overload
- Eye contact
- Relationship with the person speaking
- Attractiveness
- Pre-disposition
- Stereotype
- Snap judgements
- Different beliefs
You have to choose to participate in listening
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better
We watched this video in class and it made me realize that i can always get better at listening and to try to rid myself of barriers when engaging in conversation with others, because that will be vital in my field of work. I enjoyed the video, it gave me ideas on how to improve my hearing abilities.
"Listening is hard. It is a learned skill"
1) To be a good listener
- Focus on the speaker
- Dont interupt
- Empathy
- Sympathize
- Listen to the words
- Keep on tract
- Be patient
- Tone of their voice
- Dont make it about yourself
- Engage
- Non-verbals
- Ignore personal prejudice
- Prepare to listen
2) Barriers to listening
- Noise
- Environment
- Mental State
- Prejudice
- Language barriers
- Age
- Information overload
- Eye contact
- Relationship with the person speaking
- Attractiveness
- Pre-disposition
- Stereotype
- Snap judgements
- Different beliefs
You have to choose to participate in listening
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better
We watched this video in class and it made me realize that i can always get better at listening and to try to rid myself of barriers when engaging in conversation with others, because that will be vital in my field of work. I enjoyed the video, it gave me ideas on how to improve my hearing abilities.
Class 1-3
January 11th - Class 1 - Missed it due to being in Disney world on my honeymoon.
January 18th - Class 2 - Missed because i got sick at the end of my trip and was still to sick to attend classes this week.
January 25th - Class 3 - Body Language
"Don't implant information that could give somebody a way out of a situation."
Key points to be aware of with Body language
Facial cues :
Eyes - making eye contact is very significant (connect or avoid)
Jaw - clenched shows tension
Mouth - smile vs sneer
Hands:
Fingers - pointing, challenging
Fist - clenched shows aggression
We also learned about different proximities to make people feel uncomfortable in an interview.
Intimate : 0-18"
Personal : 18"- 4ft
Social : 4- 12ft
Public : 12- 20ft
Haptics : physical touch
Para-language : using hand gestures to communicate emotion
Oculesics : study of eye movement
Chronemics : study of role of timing when speaking
Kinescis : how body movements and gestures commune information
Object communication : using an object to explain what something is
Interview stance should be at a 45 degree angle
The last important part we learned in this class was about content and relationship messages. The content message is what legally must be said and the relationship message is how it is said.
As my first class, i quite enjoyed it. My teacher Brian keeps us very engaged and shares his career stories which always brings some laughs and lessons to be learned.
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