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This is one version of the slides I show to police departments for training on dealing with veterans. It looks simple, relies mostly on pictures, but it is PACKED with lots of information.TRANSCRIPT
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Police are AwesomePolice are Awesome
Take Home Take Home MessageMessage• Aggression is met with aggression
• Emotions override rational thinking
• Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs
• We are on the side of right and will not give up
• We are on the side of wrong and there is no turning back
• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our situation
• Aggression is met with aggression
• Emotions override rational thinking
• Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs
• We are on the side of right and will not give up
• We are on the side of wrong and there is no turning back
• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our situation
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Suicide Call
Home Argument
Traffic Stop Ontario
Angry Vet at College
Stories
People sometimes imagine that
soldiers alone are both victims and perpetrators.
- Jonathan Shay
People sometimes imagine that
soldiers alone are both victims and perpetrators.
- Jonathan Shay
THE UNNATURAL ACT OF THE UNNATURAL ACT OF KILLING ANOTHERKILLING ANOTHER
Lt Col Dave Lt Col Dave GrossmanGrossman
The aim of military training is not just to prepare men
for battle, but to make them long for it. ~Louis Simpson
The aim of military training is not just to prepare men
for battle, but to make them long for it. ~Louis Simpson
OffenseOffense
If you find yourself in a fair If you find yourself in a fair fight... your tactics are lousy.fight... your tactics are lousy.
defensedefense
NeverNeverNeverNeverNeverNever QuitQuitNeverNeverNeverNeverNeverNever QuitQuit
Military Culture•Ends justify the means
•Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6
•Better to be carried by 6 than to surrender.
•Never back down
•Hit hard, hit fast... Double Tap
•360 SECURITY
•Weapons are an extension of our will
Paul Kivel
passiveaggressive
Three Reactions to Stressful Event
Fight Flight Freeze
Three Reactions to Stressful EventMove To Move Away
Move Nowhere
The Amygdala exerts more up than the Cortex exerts down
A CAggravatin
g Event
Emotional Consequenc
e
What makes you
angry?
A CAggravatin
g Event
Emotional Consequenc
e
BBeliefs
about Event
Stupid People
Doing Stupid Things
bomb
angernight
crying
uniform
stress level
B E
Body and Emotion Influence Each Other
Amy Cuddy TED Talk
Emotional numbing
Reduced awareness of surroundings
Derealization
Depersonalization
Reduced ability to recall details of event
Dissociative Symptoms
Good Soldier Qualities
Emotional numbing
Reduced awareness of surroundings
Derealization
Depersonalization
Reduced ability to recall details of event
Trouble falling or staying asleep
Increased irritability and anger outbursts
Difficulty concentrating
Hyper-vigilance
Exaggerated startle response
Increased ArousalGood Soldier Qualities
Trouble falling or staying asleep
Increased irritability and anger outbursts
Difficulty concentrating
Hyper-vigilance
Exaggerated startle response
B Buddies VS Withdrawal
A Accountability VS Controlling
T Targeted VSInappropriate Aggression
T Tactical Awareness VS Hyper-vigilance
L Lethally Armed VS Locked and Loaded
E Emotional Control VS Detachment
M Mission Operational Security
VS Secretiveness
I Individual Responsibility VS Guilt
N Non-defensive Driving (combat)
VS Aggressive Driving
D Discipline and Ordering VS Conflict
AMBIGUOUSAMBIGUOUS
BATTLEMIND
PTSD
How do you act if you
feel
powerless?
How do you act if you
feel
powerless?
Behavior is often misinterpreted
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A typical case
Rate Your Anger• Ears are hot• Skin is red• Gritting your teeth• Staring down the other person• Balled-up fists• Cursing
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Two Populations
Beliefs about men and women. Patterns of control and abuse.
Trained in automatic aggressive response to any perceived threat.
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At least One Act Reported Among Couples-Seeking-Therapy in Past Year
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no screening for psychopathology
122,407
Interpersonal Violence and the Military
Help-Seeking Vietnam Veterans
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22 0.2
VETERANS MADE UP NEARLY 20 VETERANS MADE UP NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF (OREGON’S) PRISON PERCENT OF (OREGON’S) PRISON POPULATION IN 2012, COMPARED TO POPULATION IN 2012, COMPARED TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT (EIGHT) YEARS ABOUT 10 PERCENT (EIGHT) YEARS BEFORE.”BEFORE.”
Melody Finnemore Melody Finnemore Basic Training: Military & Basic Training: Military & Veterans Law Section Seeks Better Education, Veterans Law Section Seeks Better Education, Training & Engagement for Attorneys as Veterans’ Training & Engagement for Attorneys as Veterans’ Demand for Legal Services GrowsDemand for Legal Services Grows
VETERANS WERE 8.4 PERCENT OF VETERANS WERE 8.4 PERCENT OF OREGON’S GENERAL POPULATION. OREGON’S GENERAL POPULATION. VETERANS’ 18.9 PERCENT SHARE OF VETERANS’ 18.9 PERCENT SHARE OF THE STATE’S 2012 PRISON THE STATE’S 2012 PRISON POPULATION MEANS THEY WERE POPULATION MEANS THEY WERE OVERREPRESENTED IN THE ODOC BY OVERREPRESENTED IN THE ODOC BY A FACTOR OF 125 PERCENT.A FACTOR OF 125 PERCENT.
IN 2012, OREGON HAD 328,138 IN 2012, OREGON HAD 328,138 VETERANS, 2,682 OF WHOM WERE VETERANS, 2,682 OF WHOM WERE LIVING IN PRISON. THIS GAVE LIVING IN PRISON. THIS GAVE OREGONOREGON THE THE HIGHESTHIGHEST KNOWN KNOWN VETERAN-VETERAN-IMPRISONMENT RATIO IMPRISONMENT RATIO IN THE NATIONIN THE NATION, OF 817-TO-, OF 817-TO-100,000.100,000.
OREGON CRIMINAL DEFENSE OREGON CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S LIBRARY OF LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S LIBRARY OF DEFENSE PROVIDES BASIC DEFENSE PROVIDES BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT DEFENSE AND INFORMATION ABOUT DEFENSE AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN VETERAN-MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN VETERAN-DEFENDANT CASES.DEFENDANT CASES.
VET
VET
VET
✦ How long were you in the military? Are you still in?
✦ What was your military occupational specialty?
✦ How long have you been back? What is it like to be back?
✦ Are you in contact with fellow veterans?
FBI Law Enforcement BulletinFBI Law Enforcement Bulletin““Police Negotiations with War Veterans: Police Negotiations with War Veterans:
Seeing Through the Residual Fog of Seeing Through the Residual Fog of War”War”
by Douglas Etter, Liane B. McCarthy, and Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.by Douglas Etter, Liane B. McCarthy, and Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.
✦ Were you ever deployed? How long?
✦ How many times were you deployed?
✦ Where were you deployed?
✦ What was it like for you?
✦ Do you miss it?
•Use the tools you already have
•identify WITH, not against
•‘you’re right, I don’t understand. Help me understand’
•Use your rank
•Don’t ‘box them in’
•Perimeter is secure, you are safe.
•“Radio Someone”
•3x3 tool
•Identify the veteran’s mission and work with it
Take Home Message• Aggression is met with aggression
• Emotions override rational thinking• Our behavior aligns with our deepest
beliefs• We are on the side of right and will
not give up• We are on the side of wrong and
there is no turning back• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve
control of our situation