Pike’s Pique (Firedoglake)
What social or psychological dysfunctions led UC-Davis police lieutenant John
Pike to brutally assault some sitting, non-threatening protestors with
chemical pepper spray?
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Tactical Assault
Tactical Assault(1999)
Implementing Tactical Checklists In Your Institution
I have been thru 2 checklists during the last few days, and it has confirmed my belief in their efficacy as a communication tool. See, there are at least a couple of ways that we can view checklists : in the strategic and tactical senses. One nice illustration of the utilising of checklists would be if your organization is trying to achieve ISO 22000 certification. You can doubtless recognize the tactical advantages of using checklists : a clear and logical, as well as cost-effective, way to draft.
However let us take a gander at checklists from the strategic point of view these days, and explore them as a tool for completing our aims. Specifically, that suggests we'll think of utilizing them to strengthen or alter the perceptions of others. As an example, if you write down info regarding something that must be done, a tick list sends a couple of messages. First, that you are a well-organized person, and that your communication is quite sane.
The development of a checklist, in itself, must send a message that you have given more than brief attention to the message. It implies that you have considered the method you are asking others to follow. It also suggests that you have taken extra time to create your message ; you have added price by adding extra structure. The receiver of your message, then, will have the way that you take the message seriously, because you have taken additional trouble to develop it in an orderly way. And, that sort of perception, in turn will make the receiver more willing to agree with your commands. Having asserted all that, we must sit back and ask ourselves where we will use checklists efficiently.
As I have written this piece, I have asked myself if it should not be in a checklist format. But , apparently not ; at least I can not see how it work fine. That is due to the fact that checklists work well for terribly linear types of information delivery. The instructions for starting a computer or piece of equipment, as an example. In these cases, there's no room for nuance or fine excellences, versus a list involved in food certification. A switch turns on, or it turns off ; we don't discuss the way in which the switch looks or sounds. Hence think about checklists as tools for developing lists or describing sequential actions.
This context also leads to another strategic use for checklists, which is to ensure nothing is forgotten and nothing extra goes into the instructions. Make a check list of the steps concerned in a method and you have got a tool for seeing that it stays on track. You may use checklists for inclusion and exclusion. The implementation of 22000 food safety employs heavily the utilising of checklists, as well as less complicated systems. For example, when I travel, I print a packing checklist to make sure I pack the things I need, and maybe of equal importance, don't pack items I don't need.
In this case, the check list also acts a memory jogging tool. Having began on the packing list, some non-list items may be recalled. For instance, if I'm making a note to include a mag to read on the aeroplane, then I might not forget to stop delivery of the papers while I'm away. That's then something new to add to the subsequent iteration of the check list.
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