TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE CPO Study Guide
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Officer safety
Ans: a concept that combines command presence, situational
awareness, and a survival mindset
Command presence
Ans: projecting a positive self-image that earns the respect of
offenders and the public you serve; the way your carry yourself
Situational awareness
Ans: the understanding of the totality of your cirucmstances
and surroundings, it also contributes to officer safety and
requires maintaining a high level of alertness at all times
Positioning
Ans: placing yourself in a tactically advantageous location
where you can best use your senses to determine what is
occurring in your vicinity, while remaining in a safe place
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Complacency
Ans: an overly comfortable or relaxed state of mind, which may
lull you into a false sense of safety and sec urity
Survival mindset
Ans: a mental attitude to manage stress during dangerous
situations, requiring you to actively control yourself by being
prepared to survive, being able to control your fees, managing
your emotions, and putting your ego aside
Cover
Ans: such as automobile engine blocks, brick walls, dirt
embankments, concrete, steel, and thick wood which can
protect you from incoming gunfire
Concealment
Ans: can provide camouflage but will not stop incoming gunfire
Community-policing
Ans: promotes organizational strategies that support the
systemic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to
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proactively address public safety issues such as crime, social
disorder, and fear of crime
Organizational Transformation
Ans: the orientation of command staff at all levels to support
community partnerships and practice problem -solving
Community-policing problem solving
Ans: the proactive examination of community problems to
develop and evaluate effective criminal justice responses
Community-policing partnerships
Ans: increase understanding and trust between you and
community members which may include law enforcement,
government, and community representatives
Interagency agreement
Ans: a formalized agreement template that contains the
principles of the community-policing partnership
Local criminal justice partnerships can include:
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Ans: police departments,
sheriff's offices,
code enforcement,
animal control
State criminal justice partnerships can include:
Ans: FDLE,
FHP,
DCF,
FWC
Federal criminal justice partnerships can include:
Ans: ICE,
Department of Treasury & Secret Service,
United States Marshals Service,
FBI
Planned compliance initiative
Ans: a planned community corrections initiative that often
involve other criminal justice agencies and targets specific
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