· · · · · · · · Develop and maintain the necessary technical and tactical skills to enable you to carry out arrests expertly, discreetly and with due respect for human dignity Develop and maintain skills in the use of handcuffs and other means of restraint Develop your self-confidence, including through self-defence skills Study carefully the chapter on the use of force, as it applies to arrests Seek an arrest order/warrant whenever possible Carry a small card in your uniform, setting out the rights of an arrestee, and read those rights, verbatim, to the arrestee once he or she has been secured Study conflict-resolution techniques, through inservice training or community education programmes Keep careful arrest records, with detail as the first rule of thumb Command and supervisory officials · · Issue and enforce clear standing orders on arrest procedures Provide continuous training to all officers on procedures for arrest, the rights of the arrested, and techniques for effecting arrest safely and humanely 16