Table of Contents
Introduction xi
About Me xvi
About You xvi
The Format of This Book xvii
Section 1 Training 1
1.1 The Bottom Line 1
1.2 The Three Golden Rules 6
Rule #1: You and your partners go home safely at the end of each and every shift 6
Rule #2: The criminal goes to jail 10
Rule #3: Liability free 12
1.3 The Duty to Act 14
Duty to Act When You Can't Do Anything 16
1.4 The Goal 19
1.5 The Threat 21
Levels of Force 23
1.6 The Force Continuum 27
The Levels of the Force Continuum 29
Level 1 Presence 29
Level 2 Verbal 30
Level 3 Touch 34
Level 4 Pain Compliance and Physical Control 35
Level 5 Damage 40
Level 6 Deadly Force 42
1.7 Factors and Circumstances 42
1.8 The Threat Is in Control 49
1.9 Scaling Force 52
1.10 The Final Note 55
Section 2 Neither Here Nor There 59
2.1 Checks and Balances 59
2.2 Skills Taught at the Academy 65
Use of Force 68
Defensive Tactics 69
Firearms 69
Baton, OC, and Taser 70
Confrontational Simulations (ConSim) 70
2.3 Force Law for Civilians 71
Section 3 Experience 75
3.1 Types of Officers 76
Eager Rookie 76
The Lop 77
Average Joes 78
Meat Eaters 79
Posers 80
Burnouts 81
On Burning Out 82
3.2 Concrete Thinkers: The Dilemma 85
3.3 Dark Moments: Will You Act? 91
3.4 What Constitutes a Lethal Threat? 96
3.5 Feelings, Pain, Damage, and Death 101
3.6 The Nightmare Threat 103
3.7 No More Mr. Nice Guy 110
3.8 Cultural Differences 111
3.9 Altered States of Mind 117
3.10 The Threshold 127
3.11 It's an Integrated World 129
3.12 Abuse of Power and Excessive Force 133
Questionable Force 135
Excessive Force 137
Unnecessary Force 141
3.13 Feelings of Betrayal 142
3.14 Totalitarianism 149
3.15 Interview with Loren Christensen 155
Section 4 About You 161
4.1 What You Didn't Know Before 161
4.2 Police Relationships with the Community 163
4.3 Dealing with an Officer 165
4.4 An Outside Perspective 167
The Hard Truths 169
Glossary 171
Annotated Bibliography of Further Reading 177
Index 183
