Stress Immunity in High-Risk Patrol Situations

The presentation will be directed towards the primary types of patrol duty or scenarios that present increased risks for an officer to become injured or killed and how the psychological state of the officer is the apex determinant to their decision making and actions on scene. Presentation topics focus on how the development of stress immunity will optimize the patrol outcomes associated with people under the influence of an intoxicating substance, terrorist threats, vehicle stops and contacts, emotionally disturbed and mentally ill persons, domestic violence, burglaries and structure searches, barricades and hostage-takers, defusing disturbances, prisoner control and transport, call indicating a "man with a gun," vehicle pursuits, "stickup" in progress, suspicious persons and incidents, ambush attacks, off-duty confrontations, and more.