3.510 Hostage Plan Flashcards
An incident in which a hostage taker has taken hostages
Hostage incident
A person who seizes unwilling persons to affect an escape, commit crime, or further a cause, and poses a clear and present danger to the hostages and to the public at large
Hostage taker
A secured, centralized location where SWAT team supervisors, crisis negotiation team, patrol liaison, and an investigative services division representative control tactical operations and coordinate negotiations
Tactical Operations Center (TOC)
In hostage situations, it is the policy of this department to prioritize life safety through de escalation tactics or alternative approaches and to make every reasonable effort to affect the _____________ should communications fail.
Safe release of the hostages
In the case of a hostage situation, the department will, through the deployment of _______ and ____________, attempt the safe rescue of hostages and apprehension of the hostage taker. Nothing in this plan will preclude the use of necessary force by officers in protecting themselves and others from death and substantial bodily harm
Resources and use of tactics
In a confirmed hostage situation, the SWAT commander or designee will be immediately notified by Communications. Once the SWAT commander and team arrive at the scene, the SWAT commander (captain) or the SWAT tactical commander (SWAT lieutenant) will assume command of all tactical operations, inner perimeter control, and will coordinate all contact with the hostage taker through the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT). The patrol supervisor will also retain command of the incident command post (ICP), staging area, secondary perimeter, and other police operations. The mere presence of senior officers will not ___________________.
Imply the assumption of command
Once the SWAT team deploys and takes command of the inner perimeter, or if the hostage taker becomes mobile, the deployment of tactical assets, apprehension of the hostage taker, and rescue of the hostages is maintained by the _____________ until the situation is resolved.
Swat commander
Hostage plan - Patrol officer will:
- Arrive at the incident scene and take steps to slow the momentum, de-escalate, and protect human life. Attempt to avoid confrontation in favor of controlling and containing the situation.
- Seal off the area as soon as possible. Isolate the critical zone to the smallest possible area by creating an inner perimeter.
- Advise dispatch of critical information.
Hostage plan - patrol supervisor will:
- Upon arrival, assess the situation and take command by prioritizing and communicating objectives.
- Reinforce the inner perimeter and establish a secondary perimeter based on the nature of the incident.
- Direct units to stop any inbound foot or vehicle traffic.
- Assign officers as an immediate-action team (designating roles such as verbal communication, low lethality options, hands on, etc.) to control the subject should the subject surrender, release the hostage, or exit the structure.
- Evacuate or shelter-in place bystanders and injured persons from the vicinity around the suspect’s location.
- Designate an officer with strong verbal skills to make contact with the hostage taker to determine their intent and solicit information on the well-being of hostages. If contact is made with the subject, ensure officers remain in a tactically sound position, using effective cover and concealment. Efforts should be made to persuade the suspect to voluntarily surrender.
a. Prior to the arrival of SWAT/CNT, there will be no negotiations for the supply of weapons, ammunition, drugs, alcohol, or exchange of hostages. - Request a dedicated radio channel with a dispatcher, if required.
- Communicate with and direct subsequent arriving supervisors to perform other tasks that require handling.
a. Any subsequent arriving supervisor will assess and determine where they are needed and establish communication with the first arriving supervisor to provide support. All supervisors on-scene have a responsibility in the command and control process. - Designate an officer to record names and addresses of persons and residences evacuated.
Hostage plan - Patrol LT will:
- Ensure officers and patrol supervisor are addressing the situation to a standard and make adjustments as needed.
- Designate a location for evacuated citizens to gather that is safe and has facilities (e.g., schools or shopping centers).
- Establish an ICP that:
a. Is secured and is close in proximity to the scene, but is not in the line of sight of the suspect;
b. Has an area for responding units to stage; and
c. Has unobstructed radio and telephonic communications. - Establish ingress/egress routes.
- Request fire and medical support to the command post.
- Assign an officer to function as recorder to maintain a chronological log of events.
- Advise Communications of the command post phone number.
- Assign a patrol supervisor or designee to the Tactical Operations Center (TOC), if necessary.
- Request the Traffic Section supervisor to take control the outer perimeter and any travel routes, thereby relieving patrol personnel.
- Maintain control over the relief and deployment of patrol officers.
- Function as or designate a media liaison, unless the Public Information Office (PIO) sergeant is present.
- Plan for the availability/use of pursuit/surveillance vehicles and control of travel routes, if appropriate.
- Notify the Emergency Management coordinator when appropriate.
On a hostage incident, who’s responsibility is it to obtain a search warrant if applicable?
Crisis negation team. The investigative unit will assist the TOC when necessary
Hostage plan - Unit supervisors will ensure all reports are completed and copies sent to what section for completion of the after action report?
SWAT
