50.5 Civil Disturbance Planning and Operations Flashcards
The CHP will normally respond to what type of incidents involving civil unrest/disobedience?
Those affecting state property where the Department has primary investigative authority.
(HPM 50.5, Chapter 1)
The CHP will respond to official requests for mutual aid assistance made by an allied agency in accordance with existing policy and the ______________.
California Office of Emergency Services Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Plan
(HPM 50.5, Chapter 1)
According to NIMS and SEMS standards, a request for mutual aid by an allied agency for a Mobile Field Force is defined as a minimum of _______ CHP uniformed personnel to be dispatched in _______ general purpose patrol vehicles.
52; 14
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
True or False: departmental personnel committed to the support of local law enforcement agencies during civil disturbance or crowd control incidents shall remain under CHP command and control.
True
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
Uniformed employees of the Department shall use the _________ as the personnel and management protocol for all emergency incidents occurring within CHP jurisdiction.
Incident Command System
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
HPM 50.5, Civil Disturbance Planning and Operations Manual, Chapter 2, Operational Guidelines, shall be reviewed by each uniformed employee on a _______ basis.
Quarterly
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
All uniformed employees shall demonstrate knowledge of all tactical formations described in HPM 50.5, Chapter 5 (Tactical Formations) on a ________ basis.
Annual
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
All uniformed employees shall demonstrate proficiency in the distractions/arrest and control techniques for demonstrators engaging in civil disobedience on a _________ basis.
Annual
HPM 50.5, Chapter 1
All persons have the right to assemble, demonstrate, protest, rally, or perform other activities protected by the __________.
First Amendment of the US Constitution
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
“Passive resistance protesters” refer to persons who intentionally and unlawfully oppose a lawful order of a peace officer during an arrest situation but do not engage in ___________.
Physical resistance
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
Bracing, tensed muscles, interlocking arms, and running away in response to lawful orders from peace officers are characteristics of _________.
“Active resistance protesters”
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
Aggressive or combative behavior that attempts or threatens to assault an officer or another are characteristics of _________.
“Assaultive resistance protesters”
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
According to Graham v. Connor, the use of force must be _________ under the totality of the circumstances.
Objectively reasonable
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
Personnel are authorized to carry the side-handled baton in what two positions during civil disturbance/crowd control situations involving “passive resistance protesters.”
1) Secured in the ring
2) Basic tuck position
(HPM 50.5, Chapter 2)
True or False: uniformed employees are authorized to strike demonstrators with the side-handled baton when the demonstrators are seated or standing and entangled.
False
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
When uniformed personnel are engaging “active resistance protesters,” they are authorized to carry the side-handled baton on the _________ position.
Long extended
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
What force options are authorized against “assaultive resistance protesters” attempting to strike officers with their hands, kicking with their feet, or throwing objects at the officers.
1) Baton strikes
2) ECD (Taser)
3) Aerosol subject restraint
4) Specialty munitions weapons
(HPM 50.5, Chapter 2)
Section 407 PC defines a/an ___________ as “whenever two or more persons assemble together to do an unlawful act, or do a lawful act in a violent, boisterous, or tumultuous manner.”
Unlawful assembly
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
Section 404(a) PC defines a/an ________ as “any use of force or violence, disturbing the peace, or any threat to use force or violence accompanied by immediate power of execution by two or more persons acting together, and without the authority of law.”
Riot
HPM 50.5, Chapter 2
The primary purpose of a/an ___________ is to control or move a crowd by using only those tactics and the amount of necessary force to cause the desired response or movement.
Tactical unit
HPM 50.5, Chapter 5
Effective formations should create both a _________ and a _________ deterrent.
psychological; physical
HPM 50.5, Chapter 5
A _________ is usually composed of a leader (preferably a sergeant) and 11 officers.
Squad
HPM 50.5, Chapter 5