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Boarding Team Member Flashcards

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What is jurisdiction?

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The governments power to exercise its authority over its persons, vessels and territory.

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What is authority?

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The governments legal power to act

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Explain the three types of self defense

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Individual self defense
Unit self defense
National self defense

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Individual self defense

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The use of force to defend oneself or others from imminent threat or physical injury.

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National self defense

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Defense of the United States, U.S. Forces and in certain circumstances U.S. persons and their property and/ or U.S. commercial assets from a hostile act or demonstration of hostile intent.

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Explain the six levels of the use of force continuum

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  1. Officer presence
  2. Verbal commands
  3. Control techniques
  4. Aggressive response techniques
  5. Intermediate weapons
  6. Deadly force
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Level 1: OFFICER PRESENCE

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Appearance, demeanor, verbal and non verbal communication that creates an atmosphere of compliance.

Ex: uniform, language, how you present yourself

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Level 2: VERBAL COMMANDS

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Commands in the form of task direction with consequences aimed at the subject.
Ex: “you can be subject to fines or arrest.”

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Level 3: CONTROL TECHNIQUES

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Techniques or actions WITH A LOW PROBABILITY of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin, broken bones .

Ex: pressure points, proper use of restraints

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Level 4: AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE TECHNIQUES

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Techniques or actions LIKELY TO RESULT in connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin, broken bones, or produce irritation of the skin, eye or mucous membranes.

Ex: stunts, kicks, punches, take downs, chemical irritant

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Level 5: INTERMEDIATE WEAPONS

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Techniques or actions WITH A HIGH PROBABILITY of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of skin, or broken bones.

Ex: batons, use of OC spray

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Level 6: DEADLY FORCE

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Any force that is likely to cause death or serious physical injury.

Ex: hitting someone and they don’t recover, gun, loss of limb

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Define the four types of subjects

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Passive compliant
Passive resistor
Active resistor
Active regressor

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Passive compliant

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Follows the officers requests or verbal task directions

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Passive resistor

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Does not follow the officers requests or verbal directions, but offers no physical resistance to the officers attempt to gain control.

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Active resistor

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Does not follow the officers request or verbal directions, offers physical resistance that prevents or may prevent the officer from gaining control, but does not attempt to harm the officer.

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Active aggressor

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Attempts to harm or attack the officer.

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What is 14 USC 89(a)

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The Coast Guard may make searches, examinations, arrests, seizures, inspections, and inquires, upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States.

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Who has authority under USC 89(a) ?

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Commissioned officers
Warrant officers
Petty officers

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What type of authority does the Boarding Team Member have?

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BTM has no authority

BTM works under the boarding officer

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What are the three elements of jurisdiction?

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Substantive law
Vessel/Flag status
Location

*you need these three elements before taking LE action

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Substantive law

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Prohibits certain actions or requires affirmative conduct.

Ex: vessels safety laws 
PWCS 
fisheries 
General criminal laws 
Immigration 
Drug enforcement
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Vessel/Flag Status

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U.S., foreign, without nationality or assimilated to one without nationality.

Ex: commercial, government owned

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Location

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The allowable extent of United States jurisdiction over person, vessels and aircraft determined by character of water over which they are located.

25
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What is a Basic initial safety Sweep? (BISS)

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A quick and limited protective sweep of a vessel for the boarding teams safety.

  • must be done on the start of every boarding
  • checking for the vessels seaworthiness, fire flooding and other safety hazards.
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What is an Extended Initial Safety Sweep? (EISS)

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Is conducted when reasonable suspicion exists that there is a particular hazard that may threaten the boarding team.

Suspected hazards are
•known weapon
•unaccounted for person(s)
•known safety hazards

27
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Six situations where deadly force is authorized

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  1. Self defense
  2. Lawful arrest or prevention of escape
  3. Protection of property
  4. Protection of hazardous material/deadly weapons
  5. Vessel on vessel situations
  6. Deadly force and airspace security
28
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Deadly force triangle

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Weapons, subjects actions and opportunity

29
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Coast Guard policy on warning shots

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Warning shots are never authorized as a boarding team member

30
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Custodial situation

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When a reasonable innocent person in the suspects position feels a restraint on their freedom of movement to such an extent that it approaches a formal arrest.

31
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Confined Space

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Spaces that’s not designed for human occupancy, limited means of entry or exit, limited means of ventilation.

32
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Who may certify a space as gas free?

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Designated competent person, Gas free engineer, industrial hygienist, or certified marine chemist.

33
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Reactionary gap

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Distance between the officer and the subject

•4 to 6ft

34
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Line of fire

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The path of a bullet discharged from a firearm

35
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Triangulation

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Concept of keeping the subject triangulated between officers.

  • allows you to draw your gun without pointing at each other
  • the subject will only be able to attack one officer
36
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Observation

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What you observe before, during and after a boarding.

37
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Cover and Concealment

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Cover- may stop a bullet

Concealment- hide, but will not stop the bullet

38
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Fatal funnel

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Area in front of a door, window or hatch where you are no longer covered or protected.

39
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Weapons awareness

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Knowing where your muzzle is pointed at all times

40
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Personal contact and cover

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Contact is the person who makes verbal, visual or physical contact with the subject
Cover maintains overall cover of the situation

41
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The fourth Amendment

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Searches and seizures

42
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The Fifth Amendment

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Self incrimination 
Due process 
Fair trial 
Double jeopardy 
Grand jury
43
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Asylum

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A specific legal status granted by appropriate authorities to persons requesting protection from persecution or torture.

Appropriate authorities
•district commander
•opcom

44
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Search

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An intrusion or entry by an agent of the government on a quest for evidence into an area where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

45
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Reasonable suspicion

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The belief by a reasonable and prudent person based on articulable facts that something has happened.

46
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Probable cause

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The level of suspicion, which could cause a reasonable and prudent person, given the overall circumstances, to believe a crime has been committed.

47
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What is SMAC

A

Stop
Move Away
Alert
Close off

> 4500 micro rems per hour gamma
20 cps neutrons

48
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5 fundamental sources of enforcement authority

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Maritime Law Enforcement
Customs 
Port, waterways and coastal security 
Assistance 
CGIS (coast guard investigative service)
49
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Three types of contamination

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Air- gaseous
Fixed- radioactive material
Transferable- contamination that can be easily moved

50
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4 Types of Radiation

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Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Neutron

51
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What are atoms made up of?

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Protons- positive chance
Neutrons- no charge
Electron- negative charge, orbits the nucleus

52
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What is a SIA?

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Search Incident to Arrest

A detailed crush and feel search of an arrested individual through outer layer of clothing and the immediate grab area

53
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Use Of Force Policy

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Only that force reasonably necessary may be used. Excessive force may never be used. However nothing states in the CG policy that personally is required to meet force with equal or lesser force.

54
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Explain the six non deadly force circumstances

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  1. individual and unit self defense
  2. To compel compliance
  3. To prevent a federal crime
  4. To effect a lawful arrest or prevent escape when there is probable cause that the suspect committed a federal crime.
  5. To prevent the theft of, intentional damage to, or destruction of property that the CG has authority to protect.
  6. To enforce an order to evacuate a vessel.
55
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Unit self defense

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The act of defending a particular unit of U.S. military forces or law enforcement agency assets from imminent danger.

56
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Six situations where deadly force is authorized

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  1. Self defense
  2. Lawful arrest or prevention of escape
  3. Protection of property
  4. Protection of hazardous material/deadly weapons
  5. Vessel on vessel situations
  6. Deadly force and airspace security

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