Edged Weapons and Safely Escorting Prisoners.7 Guidelines to Ensure Your Safety:

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1) Since some people who illegally carry a knife or bladed weapon frequently carry several concealed in a number of places on their body, any individual who has been restrained following being involved in a bladed weapon incident should be thoroughly and “carefully” searched. Take care not to suffer a dangerous “needle stick” injury by concealed syringes that may be infected through blood borne disease.

2) Make certain the individual is securely restrained and is unable to switch his own weapons with makeshift weapons that are lying about. (Ashtrays, drinking glasses, bottles, pens, pencils, or anything that may be in arms reach that could be used against you or people around you in a violent fashion

3) If it is necessary to transport everyone inside a venue or on the street past any members of the public, avoid doing it with out an associate unless it is absolutely crucial. A lot of members among the armed gang culture who may still be in the immediate vicinity may be carrying bladed and edged weapons and might come to their friend’s aid, given the opportunity.

4) If the person is especially violent, it may be that they are likely to have equally violent associates in the immediate vicinity. Unless it is completely essential, wait to move the individual until sufficient back up is present and preferably wait for the police force to arrive.

5) Be watchful of the fact that many people could be under the influence of drugs or suffering from a mental illness. Whilst you should apply the appropriate methods of restraint according to assignment instructions and legal privileges of the person, do not provide them any opportunity to renew an assault upon you or others with an improvised weapon or potentially dangerous object that may be inadvertently left in their reach.

6) Determine the potential dangers to yourself or the person before starting the escort and should violent confrontation develop during the escort, act upon them quickly and safely using restraining methods which are approved by state or federal regulations. Remember that once you have apprehended the person that they're under your duty of care.

7) Acceptable Use of Force.
The concept of use of force in a knife attack is somewhat clear-cut, with some exceptions. Security officers can be punished in the courts for using disproportionate force when managing offenders where their physical response is not appropriate to the level of danger that the offender is presenting in the course of the incident.
The security officer is very often using a very different mindset to an offender and will engage in a violent encounter with a different set of objectives. It is also true that offenders have a distinct psychological advantage over security officers by virtue of the fact that they've frequently already formed an attack mindset before the security guard is conscious that trouble is on the horizon. Even though security officers constantly need to be thinking of the legal ramifications of their behaviour in reaction to an confrontation, a bladed weapon assault leaves no scope for this sort of divided thinking, as deadly consequences could occur as the results of indecision to defend oneself instantly. The offender is not going to be constrained by this kind of reasoning as the very nature of a edged weapon attack is a pitiless and possibly lethal act. For that reason, professional security officers need to be particularly alert and both physically and psychologically prepared for such potentially deadly armed confrontations. You will need to understand that as a security officer it's not your job to punish offenders, but then again, a knife or bladed weapon confrontation needs to be treated with the utmost gravity. Protecting yourself legally before a situation turns violent is in many ways as important as not being injured during an actual encounter.

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Iza Scott has 35 years experience in the Martial Arts and Security Industry. For more information and a free video instructional course that instantly reveals the Seven Greatest Martial Art Combat Myths of edged weapon defense, please follow this link: www.martialartcombat.com

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