NCJ Number
198658
Date Published
March 2003
Length
137 pages
Annotation
This monograph offers community corrections agencies, officers, and trainers current information on staff safety to assist agencies in better determining their respective training needs, evaluate the most current information in various safety areas, and explore a variety of information and resources to obtain training or help in developing their own training programs.
Abstract
In 1993, the National Institute of Corrections published New Approaches to Staff Safety, helping corrections practitioners evaluate their training needs related to officer safety and relevant to a broader spectrum of community corrections, such as pretrial services officers, electronic monitoring coordinators, and halfway house workers. This monograph is a new expanded edition of the original publication focusing on current concepts and standards in officer safety training. It provides information to enable an agency to become an “educated consumer” and better to evaluate the quality of training programs offered or develop its own training package to meet its specific needs. It brings to the practitioner updated information, statistics, concepts, and safety training programs. To develop a total staff safety program, the following areas were determined to be of the greatest need and importance and are presented in this monograph: (1) use-of-force continuum; (2) crisis prevention, (3) self-defense and physical fitness; (4) oleoresin capsicum; (5) body protection; (6) safety in the office; (7) protection from disasters; (8) arrest, search, and seizure; (9) field work; (10) canine considerations; (11) scenario training; and (12) a critical incident program. Appendices A-F and exhibits