SIA Physical Intervention 3

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of physical intervention in door supervision?

Accepted Answer

To protect people from harm and prevent crime

Answer

Physical intervention is solely for protection and crime prevention, never for punishment. The SIA code of conduct requires proportionate, justified action.

Question 2

What is a 'compliant escort'?

Accepted Answer

Guiding a willing person to the exit using light physical contact

Answer

A compliant escort uses minimal physical contact (e.g., light hand on shoulder/upper arm) to guide a cooperative person. Excessive force on a compliant person is not justified.

Question 3

What is 'duty of care' in relation to physical intervention?

Accepted Answer

The legal obligation to take reasonable steps to avoid causing harm to others

Answer

Duty of care means you must take reasonable steps to avoid causing foreseeable harm. This applies during and after restraint — including calling medical help if needed.

Question 4

What factor does a court consider when deciding if force was reasonable?

Accepted Answer

What a reasonable person would have done in the same circumstances with the same knowledge

Answer

The 'reasonable person' test asks what someone with the same knowledge and circumstances would have done. Hindsight is not applied — it's based on what you knew at the time.

Question 5

When should physical intervention be terminated?

Accepted Answer

As soon as the threat has been neutralised or the person has been safely removed

Answer

Continuing to use force after the threat has ended or the objective has been achieved makes the force unreasonable and potentially unlawful.

SIA Door Supervisor Practice Test

SIA Door Supervisor Practice Test

SIA Physical Intervention 3