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SFO Benchmark 2 2025/2026
anyone taking opioids, those taking highly daily doses, people using someone else's
prescription, those taking opioids for the first time, people who take opioids with
Who is at risk for opioid overdose? alcohol or other medications that cause drowsiness, young children and the elderly,
those with past or current substance use, including injection drug use
unconscious or unable to be awakened
slow, shallow breathing or not breathing
difficult breathing (choking or gurgling sounds or snoring in someone who cannot be
awakened)
What are the signs of opioid overdose? pinpoint pupils (small)
lips or fingernails turning blue, gray, or purple
it knocks off the opioids receptors and prevents the drugs from attaching for a short
What's Naloxones purpose? time allowing a person to breathe again
narcan nasal spray, intramuscular injectible naloxone (arm/shoulder), and a
What are the different forms of Naloxone? naloxone kit with nasal atomizer
pack joints, tourniquet on limbs
What is the best intervention for bleeding?
How to identify life threatening bleeding? how fast blood is coming out, the color of the blood, and if its squirting/gushing
on broken/fractured limbs only arms and legs
When is a tourniquet used? When pressure does not stop bleed
When is wound packing used? deep wounds, tunnel under skin
when the wound goes deep and the bleeding is going through the gauze being
used,
When do you compress gauze? its used on arms, legs, necks, and groins, and body.
(pressure)
hole in chest anywhere, where there's lungs (deflating tire sound, one side is coming
When do you use a chest seal? up and the other side is not)
Street Encounter
Detention or Stop
What are the three levels of contact? Arrest
level 1 encounter
free and voluntary
What is a street level encounter? cannot make demands
Terry stop, Level 2 Encounter
What is a Detention or Stop? make demands
public space
What are the requirements for a Detention
reasonable suspicion
or a Stop?
What is a Frisk? outer pat down of clothing
lawful terry stop
When can you frisk somebody? evidence of danger
actual restraint
What are the two forms of arrest? submission into custody
articulate facts
evaluate the facts
How to develop Probable Cause? draw a conclusion
Specific articulable facts which would lead a reasonable person to believe that the
What is Probable Cause? person has committed a crime
Domestic Violence
What are the circumstances where an
Protection Order Violations
officer MUST make an arrest?
What is the General Rule for an Arrest? The officer must have a warrant to make an arrest
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SFO Benchmark 2 for a misdemeanor or infraction
2025/2026
When is a citation given?
When is a service allowed for a felony? 24/7 any time
day time 6am-10pm
unless there is a night time warrant
When is service for a misdemeanor its out in public
allowed? regular response/unrelated circumstances
probable cause to believe person to be arrested is there
What are the requirements for Forcible when private: arrest warrant
Entry? 3rd party is arrest warrant and search warrant
Who is a Fresh Pursuit For? outer state departments
Driver license check
motor vehicle license checks
stolen property and criminal history
call and incident information
What are some services available from NCIC
communication centers? Wants and Warrants
Attempt To Locate (ATL) or Be on the Look Out (BOLO)
Dispatch calls with brief description of the call
Officer acknowledges the call and waits for additional information
What is the protocol when being Dispatch gives detailed call information
dispatched to a call? Officer acknowledges information and clarifies details if needed
To and from method
What is the protocol when contacting Pre code (use 10 code or plain text)
dispatch? Ex.) Dispatch car 4 10-4
CYMBALS
Color
Year
Make/Model
Body Style
What is protocol when giving vehicles All other identifying marks
description? License
State
Systematic fashion
personal data: name, sex, race, height, and weight
What is the protocol when giving suspect clothing description head-to-toe outside-to-inside
description? less obvious (tattoos)
What is covering? more than one radio user transmitting at once
What is over modulation? caused by speaking too close to the microphone or yelling from the microphone
caused by any number of reasons including sitting on transmit buttons or bending
What is open microphone? over and pressing on transmit button
occurs when two or more radios are close together and one person tries to transmit
What is feedback?
Name (including middle initial)
What information is required for driver give last name first
license records? date of birth
License Plate number
State or providence issuing plate
What information is required for motor Vehicle Identification numbers (VIN)
vehicle registered owner? Insurance information
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SFO Benchmark 2 2025/2026
anyone taking opioids, those taking highly daily doses, people using someone else's
prescription, those taking opioids for the first time, people who take opioids with
Who is at risk for opioid overdose? alcohol or other medications that cause drowsiness, young children and the elderly,
those with past or current substance use, including injection drug use
unconscious or unable to be awakened
slow, shallow breathing or not breathing
difficult breathing (choking or gurgling sounds or snoring in someone who cannot be
awakened)
What are the signs of opioid overdose? pinpoint pupils (small)
lips or fingernails turning blue, gray, or purple
it knocks off the opioids receptors and prevents the drugs from attaching for a short
What's Naloxones purpose? time allowing a person to breathe again
narcan nasal spray, intramuscular injectible naloxone (arm/shoulder), and a
What are the different forms of Naloxone? naloxone kit with nasal atomizer
pack joints, tourniquet on limbs
What is the best intervention for bleeding?
How to identify life threatening bleeding? how fast blood is coming out, the color of the blood, and if its squirting/gushing
on broken/fractured limbs only arms and legs
When is a tourniquet used? When pressure does not stop bleed
When is wound packing used? deep wounds, tunnel under skin
when the wound goes deep and the bleeding is going through the gauze being
used,
When do you compress gauze? its used on arms, legs, necks, and groins, and body.
(pressure)
hole in chest anywhere, where there's lungs (deflating tire sound, one side is coming
When do you use a chest seal? up and the other side is not)
Street Encounter
Detention or Stop
What are the three levels of contact? Arrest
level 1 encounter
free and voluntary
What is a street level encounter? cannot make demands
Terry stop, Level 2 Encounter
What is a Detention or Stop? make demands
public space
What are the requirements for a Detention
reasonable suspicion
or a Stop?
What is a Frisk? outer pat down of clothing
lawful terry stop
When can you frisk somebody? evidence of danger
actual restraint
What are the two forms of arrest? submission into custody
articulate facts
evaluate the facts
How to develop Probable Cause? draw a conclusion
Specific articulable facts which would lead a reasonable person to believe that the
What is Probable Cause? person has committed a crime
Domestic Violence
What are the circumstances where an
Protection Order Violations
officer MUST make an arrest?
What is the General Rule for an Arrest? The officer must have a warrant to make an arrest
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SFO Benchmark 2 for a misdemeanor or infraction
2025/2026
When is a citation given?
When is a service allowed for a felony? 24/7 any time
day time 6am-10pm
unless there is a night time warrant
When is service for a misdemeanor its out in public
allowed? regular response/unrelated circumstances
probable cause to believe person to be arrested is there
What are the requirements for Forcible when private: arrest warrant
Entry? 3rd party is arrest warrant and search warrant
Who is a Fresh Pursuit For? outer state departments
Driver license check
motor vehicle license checks
stolen property and criminal history
call and incident information
What are some services available from NCIC
communication centers? Wants and Warrants
Attempt To Locate (ATL) or Be on the Look Out (BOLO)
Dispatch calls with brief description of the call
Officer acknowledges the call and waits for additional information
What is the protocol when being Dispatch gives detailed call information
dispatched to a call? Officer acknowledges information and clarifies details if needed
To and from method
What is the protocol when contacting Pre code (use 10 code or plain text)
dispatch? Ex.) Dispatch car 4 10-4
CYMBALS
Color
Year
Make/Model
Body Style
What is protocol when giving vehicles All other identifying marks
description? License
State
Systematic fashion
personal data: name, sex, race, height, and weight
What is the protocol when giving suspect clothing description head-to-toe outside-to-inside
description? less obvious (tattoos)
What is covering? more than one radio user transmitting at once
What is over modulation? caused by speaking too close to the microphone or yelling from the microphone
caused by any number of reasons including sitting on transmit buttons or bending
What is open microphone? over and pressing on transmit button
occurs when two or more radios are close together and one person tries to transmit
What is feedback?
Name (including middle initial)
What information is required for driver give last name first
license records? date of birth
License Plate number
State or providence issuing plate
What information is required for motor Vehicle Identification numbers (VIN)
vehicle registered owner? Insurance information
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