Boarding Operations and Tactical Concepts Flashcards
What LE equipment is required on your belt?
- PDW
- Expandable baton
- OC pepper spray
- Minimum 2 magazines
- Handcuffs and key
- Flashlight
- Keepers, pouches and holders for gear
Explain actions during a hostage situation.
Notify TACON and request negotiator Document events Create security perimeter Do not solicit demands Do not make promises Do not offer to speak face to face or trade hostages Do not give orders to the hostage taker
Explain actions if you are taken hostage.
Do not panic
Nurture the Stockholm Syndrome
Present yourself as a person
Escape if given the opportunity
Discuss procedures for asylum.
Coast Guard personnel can not grant asylum. Notify OPCON with request.
When is a statement required?
Anytime a civil or criminal case could go to trial.
What is diplomatic immunity?
form of legal immunity that ensures diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country’s laws, although they can still be expelled.
Diplomatic Identification Cards
Blue - diplomatic officers and their families
Green - embassy administrative and technical staff
Red - career consular officers, immunity for official acts only
Reactionary Gap
Distance between the officer and the subject.
Line of Fire
The flight path of a bullet discharged from a firearm.
Triangulation
The concept of keeping the subject “triangulated” between the officers.
Fatal Funnel
The area in front of a door, window, or hatch, where you are no longer behind cover or concealment.
Cover
An area that the officer can hide behind which may stop a bullet.
Concealment
An area that the officer can hide behind, but will not stop a bullet.
Contact and Cover
Contact makes verbal, visual, or physical contact with a subject.
Cover maintains overall cover of the situation.
