Tonights class we learned all about Teamwork, we discussed what components are involved in teamwork such as:

- Co-operation
- Leadership
- Respect
- Skills
- Motivation

In order for a team to suceed all the members must work together in order to accomplish a goal.

Brian then got us to take part in a teamwork exercise where we had to get into groups of 5 and build the tallest tower possible only using spaghetti and marshmallows. For each team a member was assigned to be the leader, I was one of them.

I will be 100 % honest, I believe that I did not perform the best I could at being a successful leader. Looking back on the exercise, if I had the chance to redo it, I would completely change my strategies and tactics in order to be a successful leader. Although, this was a great chance for me to learn and practice skills I never had before, being the youngest member in the program I can be intimidated at some times when working with some of the older students. I should not become accustomed to this, wanting to be a police officer I will be dealing with people that are twice my age, so it is best that I get used to it now and practice in order for me to become better.

One last thing when the teams were done building the towers, I realized what the best architectural design would have been in order for my team to win. Next time !

Conflict

Definition: A disagreement that is expressed in the form of an emotional or physical struggle.

Top 4 reasons for conflict for police

- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Fear
- Anger

Two basic types of conflict

NEGATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE

- When the parties involved resort to accusations, threats and personal attacks

POSITIVE OR CONSTRUCTIVE

- When the parties listen to each others point of view and work together to bring about mutually beneficial solution

4 basic propositions

1. Conflict is a magnified difference of opinion
2. It takes two to tango
3. Each party in a conflict has the choice to end it
4. An invisible third party lies at the heart of many disputes

Dangerous Behaviours

1. Victimizer
- Intimidation
- Overwhelm people in their path with
   - Abuse
   - Accusations
   - Anger

2. Bomber
- Short fuse
- Loose control even during small threat
- Tantrum = Great equalizer
  - Reduces other adults to silence or surrender

3. Mini Bomber
- Take post shots from behind cover
-Favorite weapons
  - Not-to subtle digs
  - Innuendoes
  - Sarcasm
  - Painful Teasing

Contact & Cover Officers when arresting an individual 

Contact- Talking

Cover- Protecting

Nelson Mandela 

1918-2013

For those of you who don't know, this is Nelson Mandela, he was the president for South Africa from 1994 - 1999.  Nelson Mandela was a leader in South Africa who opposed apartheid, the racial segregation of black citizens. He served a total of 27 years in a South african prison for sabotage. Many world leaders vouched for his release, and countless South African civilians admired him. Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa on the 10th of May 1994. Nelson Mandela shows many great leadership traits, due to the fact that in my opinion he was the greatest most inspirational leaders of the 20th century. For instance he was defiantly courageous, not only did he abolish black racism in his country but he also led his people against the white apartheid. Mandela was very strong willed he set goals and got them accomplished and for that people looked up to him, through his presidency, during his imprisonment and still to this day even though he has past away. He also wasn't afraid, while he was younger he had the guts to rise up against the government, unfortunately this resulted in him being imprisoned for almost a quarter of his life but he did not give up. On the day of his release from prison, Mandela gave a speech in Cape Town addressing the African community, if you wish to see the video of his speech here is the link 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qj4e_q7_z4

Tonights class was very inspiring, we learned all about leadership and what its is. To start off the class Brian had us get into groups of 5 and amongst the group discuss and define what leadership is and what kind of people are defined as being leaders.

There really is no exact definition to leadership but in my opinion I believe that leadership is:

"The ability to make quick and effective decisions in certain situations that influence a group of people or an organization in order to make drastic measures to resolve a conflict"

We then finished off the class by learning about the 5 propositions of leadership, they are:

1. there are very few people born leaders
-people make people leaders

2. a leader must be trusted
-a leader must also trust its followers

3. a leader must always remember the bigger picture

4. leadership can be a lonely place

5. leadership and management are not the same thing

*these five points are very important to remember*

to finish off the night we watched a twenty minute video about a music teacher that is very knowledgeable about leadership skills.

This class was very enjoyable, I would really enjoy more classes or workshops about great leadership skills.

Id like to welcome Brian back to the class after three weeks to start off, tonight we talked about various subjects that related to making an arrest. We first learned how to make a proper arrest, there are 4 steps to make a proper arrest such as;

-why the person is under arrest
-right to remain silent
-to obtain council without delay
-a toll free # to call

*when an officer states all of these he or she should ask the person if they understand, if not, ask again.

When making an arrest the officer's position should be taken into account, for officer safety, the officer should be positioned in the interview or escort stance at a 45 degree angle.

After learning all of this Brian had us all practice with partners to get a feel for the process.

We then talked about verbal and non verbal communication in policing such as object communications. Some object communication are:

-The most common form of object communication is clothing, wether it be a police officer or a patched hells angels member.
-The types of clothing that people wear are often used to determine their personality, though this is considered a form of stereotyping.
-Another form of Object communication is certain tattoos for example; gang related tattoos are a key indicator ( tear drops, gang colours or emblems )

To finish the class off we learned about 6 very important definitions to remember

1. Oculesics-Oculesics, a subcategory of kinesics, is the study of eye movement, eye behaviour, gaze, and eye-related nonverbal communication. 
2. Para-language-the non-lexical component of communication by speech, for example intonation, pitch and speed of speaking, hesitation noises, gesture, and facial expression.
3. Chronemics-Chronemics is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication. The way that one perceives and values time, structures time and reacts to time frames communication. Across cultures, time perception plays a large role in the nonverbal communication process. Time perceptions include punctuality, willingness to wait and interactions.
4. Kinesics-Kinesics is the interpretation of body motion communication such as facial expressions and gestures, that is, nonverbal behaviour related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. 
5. Proxemics-Proxemics is one of several subcategories of the study of nonverbal communication. Prominent other subcategories include haptics (touch), kinesics (body movement),vocalics (paralanguage), and chronemics (structure of time). 
6. Haptics-Haptics is any form of interaction involving touch.