BTM PQS Basics

Question 1

Authority is drawn from…

Answer 1

14 USC 89(a): “The Coast Guard may make inquirires,examinations, inspections, earches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of the laws of the Untied States.”

Question 2

Customs authority is drawn from…

Answer 2

14 USC 143: “Commission, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are deemed to be officers of the customs..”

Question 3

Define “authority”

Answer 3

Authority is the government’s power to act

Question 4

Define “jurisdiction”

Answer 4

Jurisdiction is the government’s right to exercise legal authority over its persons, properties, and vessels.

Question 5

4 types of vessels

Answer 5

Government (Non-commercial), warships, commercial, recreational.

Question 6

Jurisdiction comprises

Answer 6

1: Location
2: Vessel status/flag
3: Substantive law

Question 7

Define “substantive law”

Answer 7

Laws that prohibit actions or require affirmative actions

Question 8

4 Types of subjects

Answer 8

Passive compliant
Passive resistor
Active resistor
Active aggressor

Question 9

UoF Cont. Level 1

Answer 9

Officer Presence:

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

Question 10

UoF Cont. Level 2

Answer 10

Verbal Commands:

These are in the form of task direction with consequences aimed at the subject.

Question 11

UoF Cont. Level 3

Answer 11

Control Techniques:

Techniques with a low probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations to the skin, or broken bones.

Question 12

UoF Cont. Level 4

Answer 12

Aggressive Response:
Techniques with a high probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations to the skin, broken bones, and irritation to skin, eyes, or mucus membranes by use of kicks, stuns, punches, chemical irritants, and/or take-downs.

Question 13

UoF Cont. Level 5

Answer 13

Intermediate Weapons:

Techniques with a high probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations to the skin or broken bones.

Question 14

UoF Cont. Level 6

Answer 14

Deadly Force:

Techniques likely to to cause death or serious physical injury by using PDW,

Question 15

When is it appropriate to draw your weapon

Answer 15

• When deadly force is authorized.

- There’s a reasonable possibility that deadly force may have to be used.

Question 16

Elements that must exist prior to using deadly force:

Answer 16

• Probably cause that the suspect has committed a felony involving the use or threatened use of deadly force
• The suspect is armed or poses and imminent threat of death or serious physical injury to another person
• The suspect has failed to obey an order or halt

(Stop and say “woa!”)

Question 17

Define “serious physical injury”

Answer 17

Actual physical injury to the body that results in: (a) unconsciousness; (b) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or (c) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.

Question 18

Examples of tactical questions:

Answer 18

Tactical questions:
Where are you coming from?
Where are you heading/
How many crew member aboard?
What is your job/are their jobs?
Did any crew members come aboard recently

What cargo do you have? Where did you load it? When did you load it? Who was here when you loaded it?

Question 19

Define “confided space”

Answer 19

a. It is large enough to allow a person to enter and perform work;
b. It has limited or restricted means for entry or exit; and
c. It is not designed for continuous human occupancy.

Additionally: confined or enclosed spaces may have one or more of the following characteristics:

a. Contains or has the potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere;
b. Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant;
c. Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross section; and
d. Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.

Question 20

Coast Guard LE Responsibilities

Answer 20

MLE
Customs
PWCS
Assistance to mariners
Assistance to CGIS

Question 21

EISS is conducted to find:

Answer 21

Unaccounted for people
Known weapons
Known hazards

Question 22

Define “evidence”

Answer 22

Anything including testimony, documents and tangible objects that tend to prove or disprove a fact in issue

Question 23

Define “frisk”

Answer 23

The crushing and passing of hands over the outer clothing of a person in search of weapons, when the officer suspects an individual may have a weapon that poses a threat to the boarding team or others.

Question 24

Define “SIA”

Answer 24

Search Incident to Arrest: A detailed “crush and feel” search of an arrested individual’s person and thorough search of outer clothing.

Question 25

Define “search”

Answer 25

An entry or intrusion by a government agent (including any person acting in a governmental capacity) on a quest for evidence into an area where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Question 26

UOF Guiding Principle

Answer 26

Only that force reasonably necessary under the circumstances may be used. Force shall not be used where assigned duties can be discharged without it. Excessive force may never be used; however, nothing in the application of the Coast Guard Use of Force Policy shall be construed as to require personnel to meet force with equal or lesser force.

Question 27

Six Deadly Force Situations

Answer 27

1) Self-defense
2) Lawful arrest and to prevent escape
3) Protection of property
4) Protection of hazardous materials or deadly weapons
5) Deadly force in vessel-to-vessel situations
6) Deadly force and airspace security

Question 28

Six Non-deadly Force Situations

Answer 28

1) Individual self-defense
2) To compel compliance with an order the CG has authority to use
3) To prevent a federal crime
4) To affect a lawful arrest or prevent escape
5) To prevent theft of, damage to, or destruction of property.
6) To enforce an order to evacuate a vessel

Question 29

Rad Pager Limits

Answer 29

4,500 urem

20 cps