QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Veterans Administration Created by What Exectutive Order? - ANS Executive Order 5398
3 Major Branches of the VA - ANS VHA, VBA, NCA
Date Congress passed the "Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Act"? - ANS Oct 28 1988
Responsible to the President, members the cabinet, full authority of VA - ANS Secretary of
VA
Shares Responsibility, directs policy & Ops of VA on daily basis. - ANS Deputy Secretary of VA
facilitates & integrates VA's comprehensive emergency management "All Hazards Program" -
ANS Asst. Secretary for operations, security and preparedness
Top Cop, Oversees VA Police nationwide, directs policy and operations of police. -
ANS Frederick Jackson
Director of Police Services - ANS Michael Franklin
Director of LETC. - ANS Dr. James Ward
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, ICARE(Integrity,Commitment,Advocacy,Respect and excellence) - ANS 5 Core Values
Process of meeting the legal requirements of a wrong doing by the persons own free will.
Getting people to do what you want them to do because its the right thing to do. -
ANS Voluntary Compliance
a MISDEMEANOR is committed in the presence of the ofcr. or when a FELONY has been
committed & probable cause exists that the person arrested committed it. - ANS VA police
can make an arrest when :
Treat all contacts with dignity & Respect - ANS Universal Truth 1
Ask Don't demand - ANS Universal Truth 2
Tell People Why - ANS Universal Truth 3
Give Options - ANS Universal Truth 4
Give 2nd Chances - ANS Universal Truth 5
5 times when words fail - ANS S.A.F.E.R
Security, Attack,Flight,Excessive Repetition, Revised Priorities - ANS S.A.F.E.R Defined
Daily operations - ANS 8 Tactical Steps are used when?
Greeting,ID yourself/Dept.,Explain reason for contact,Justifiable reason, ask for ID,Decison
Stage,close - ANS 8 Tactical Steps are
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