3.540 Multi-Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities (MACTAC) Response Policy Flashcards
What is an active assailant?
Active assailant is one or more persons who are randomly or systematically involved in the act of using deadly force on others, that the suspect will not stop their aggressive hostile actions without immediate and direct law enforcement intervention. Overriding objective of the assailants appears to be committing mass murder or terrorism rather than other criminal conduct.
What are the assault team goals?
Assault team aims to isolate, contain, or neutralize the threat and create a warm zone.
What is a Casualty collection point?
Casualty collection point is a location established at the scene of the incident where injured victims will be taken prior to a formal triage, treatment, and transport (TTT) area by medical personnel. This is managed by the fire branch of the unified command.
What is a cold zone? (MACTAC)
Any area with dedicated law enforcement protecting a defined geographic area(s) that has been cleared and secured. To establish a cold zone, arriving officers and personnel clear and secure all perimeters. The command post, triage, treatment, and transport area(s) and staging area are examples of areas inside the cold zone.
What is the goal of containment teams?(MACTAC)
Containment teams are Assigned to prevent a threat from expanding or retreating from an area of the initial threat or contained area. These teams should be no smaller than a buddy team (two officers).
What is the Hot Zone? (MACTAC)
Hot zone is a geographic area with a known threat. Only law enforcement or armed personnel attempting to isolate, contain, or neutralize hostile threats are allowed in this area.
What is a MACTAC Alert?
MACTAC alert is a report of a MACTAC incident occurring or potentially occurring. IN the box squads may be placed on alert in preparation or as a reserve. Respond to rally point, prepare, and await further.
What is a MACTAC Activation?
MACTAC Activation is a MACTAC incident that is confirmed, compelling the affected area command to respond directly.
What is a MACTAC Incident?
MACTAC Incident is an extraordinary incident, even by law enforcement standards, and/or an unusual occurrence that exceeds conventional law enforcement tactics and resources.
What is a MACTAC Notification?
MACTAC notification is a general notification for area commands that are not affected. Patrol squads do not need to respond to a rally point but should orient themselves if they are placed on alert. In any confirmed MACTAC incident, the Communications Bureau should broadcast a valleywide MACTAC notification.
What do reconnaissance teams do? (MACTAC)
Reconnaissance teams obtain information about the activities and resources of a potential suspect (e.g., moving a two-officer team to a location where they can monitor security cameras or oversee an area of operation or incident command area).
What is a MACTAC Response?
MACTAC response is a controlled, aggressive employment of law enforcement resources to an in-progress, life-threatening situation where any delay will clearly result in death or serious bodily harm to innocent persons.
What is a rescue task force? (MACTAC)
Rescue task force Mission assignment that consists of four law enforcement personnel and four fire department/medical personnel who will enter the warm zone of a hostile mass casualty incident to begin medical intervention and sifting/sorting of patients. Southern Nevada Fire Operations Hostile Event Policy states a minimum of two law enforcement officers are required to enter a warm zone. LVMPD MACTAC encourages a minimum of four officers. This is managed by the fire branch of the unified command.
What is a transition area? (MACTAC)
Transition area designated as an area designated as a delineation between the clean (unaffected) and dirty (affected) areas of an event. THIS AREA SHOULD HAVE OFFICERS PRESENT TO SWEEP EVERYONE FOR WEAPONS. The injured will be swept and moved to the formal triage, treatment, and transport area(s), while uninjured/witnesses will be swept and moved to a refuge area.
What is a warm zone?(MACTAC)
Warm zone is an area where law enforcement has passed through and swept for immediate hostile threats and where a threat is not expected but cannot be ruled out completely.
What is a QRF? (MACTAC)
QRF should be capable of rapidly responding to a developing situation. These teams should have necessary equipment on hand and be staged away from affected areas but close enough to respond quickly to mitigate the threat
What acronym will the first arriving officer on a MACTAC event utilize?
The 4 A’s concept: assess, announce, assemble, and act
If arriving on a MACTAC Incident with two or three officers what response protocal can be used to address the threat?
one, two, or three officers may utilize the limited resource response if their immediate action can stop the threat and save lives. Assess the threat and available resources in the deployment of a limited resource response prior to the arrival of additional resources. Change the call sign if feasible, including the original call signs of officers (e.g., “2C1, 2C2, 2C3, making entry, change our call sign to Assault 1”).
If utilizing the limited resource response, direct additional arriving units to the proper location to establish a link-up to form a four- to five-officer element if feasible.
*Be cognizant of victims who may be hiding, confused, frightened, and who may not respond to directions from uniformed officers. Communicate location of victim(s) and/or those sheltered in place to Communications and the IC. Communicate and establish the delineation of a warm zone from the hot zone when the suspect is isolated, contained, or neutralized
What will the assault team aim to do on a MACTAC response?
If time allows, establish a four- to five-officer assault team. The assault team will make entry to interrupt, interdict, or neutralize the threat
*Be cognizant of victims who may be hiding, confused, frightened, and who may not respond to directions from uniformed officers. Communicate location of victim(s) and/or those sheltered in place to Communications and the IC. Communicate and establish the delineation of a warm zone from the hot zone when the suspect is isolated, contained, or neutralized
What acronym will the first arriving supervisor on a MACTAC event utilize?
the 4 C’s concept: contain, control, communicate, coordinate.
