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VIEW POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
In recent years, correctional administrators
and training officers have become
increasingly aware of the liability issues
regarding officer conduct. As our
institutions become more sophisticated in
their structure and philosophy of detainment
and rehabilitation, their concepts of
prisoner control have also evolved. As
concerns rise about maintaining the safety
of inmates as much as possible, even when
they are engaged in hostile acts towards
other inmates or towards officers, the
correctional industry has looked to
innovations in less-than-lethal tactics.
One important aspect of this use of force
issue is the technological advancements in
less-than-lethal weapons systems. Another
necessary component in the use of force
issue for corrections is the manual inmate
control process. The Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Defensive Tactics
Training Programs contain tactics and
techniques that are suitable for all
correctional applications, including
juvenile offender control, court security,
adult inmate control, high-profile control,
crowd control, and cell extraction.
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CONTROLLED F.O.R.C.E. FOR CORRECTIONS
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Training Systems
utilizes a series of Mechanical Advantage
Control Holds™ (M.A.C.H.) as its foundation
for subject control. Our M.A.C.H. techniques
give the correctional officer the skills
needed to safely and effectively control and
detain an unruly inmate. By focusing on body
movement, leverage, joint manipulation, and
mechanical advantage, our M.A.C.H.
techniques allow an officer to control an
inmate without injury regardless of the size
or strength of either person.
Non-Compliant Inmates
The M.A.C.H. techniques are extremely
effective in dealing with all levels of
non-compliant inmates because mechanical
advantage establishes inmate control without
using pain as the control tool.
Pain-compliance techniques are generally
useless when used to control a resistant
individual who is motivated by fear, drugs,
alcohol, anger, medication, or lack of
medication. In fact, the introduction of
pain may only intensify their motivated
resistance. Mechanical Advantage redirects
the inmate’s motivation enhanced strength
against himself or herself. Basically, when
an officer places an inmate into a M.A.C.H.
hold, the inmate’s own resistance increases
the amount of pressure on his or her joints,
which allows the officer to manipulate the
inmate’s movements with little or no effort,
without pain or injury to the inmate.
Demands of the Correctional Setting
The very environment that the corrections
officer works in poses a unique set of
problems for inmate control tactics. The
correctional officer must be able to control
an inmate in small, enclosed areas (such as
a cell) or in open, heavily populated areas
with increased risk of secondary attack.
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. provides a viable
solution to both of these concerns. Because
our system focuses on both the control holds
as well as the transitions between holds,
increased emphasis is placed on body
movement. This means that the system was
designed to easily move a subject from one
location to another in a highly controlled
manner. The M.A.C.H. techniques can be used
to move an inmate from his or her cell to
the hallway. Or they can be used to fend off
a secondary attack by allowing the officer
to use the controlled inmate as a buffer
between himself or herself and the second
attacker until assistance arrives.
Confidence Building
Perhaps the most important benefit of the
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. System is that it
builds confidence in oneself and in one’s
partner or teammates. Officers working in
maximum-security facilities are dealing with
very dangerous criminals, and their
confidence in themselves and their team to
manually control a violent inmate is
critical to the safety and success of their
job. Alternately, officers working in
juvenile justice facilities must have
confidence in themselves and their team to
control a juvenile without using too much
force and causing injury or death.
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. techniques cover the
full spectrum of the manual control process.
Our Team Arrest Tactics further improves
confidence because officers gain the tools
needed to effectively communicate with each
other and work together to control an
inmate. Because Controlled F.O.R.C.E.
teaches the officer how to use skills such
as mechanical advantage, body momentum, and
leverage rather then strength and
pain-compliance to control an inmate,
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Certified corrections
officers have increased confidence in
themselves and their team.
Solutions
Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Training Systems
provides a comprehensive program of
controlled defense that is applicable to
corrections. This program can stand alone,
or be fully integrated into any inmate
control training program that a correctional
system already uses. Please review our
training schedule to find a course near you,
or call a Controlled F.O.R.C.E.
Representative for more information on how
we can provide your Corrections or Juvenile
Justice Department with effective inmate
control solutions.
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