BTM PQS Basics Flashcards
Authority is drawn from…
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.”
Customs authority is drawn from…
14 USC 143: “Commission, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are deemed to be officers of the customs..”
Define “authority”
Authority is the government’s power to act
Define “jurisdiction”
Jurisdiction is the government’s right to exercise legal authority over its persons, properties, and vessels.
4 types of vessels
Government (Non-commercial), warships, commercial, recreational.
Jurisdiction comprises
1: Location
2: Vessel status/flag
3: Substantive law
Define “substantive law”
Laws that prohibit actions or require affirmative actions
4 Types of subjects
Passive compliant
Passive resistor
Active resistor
Active aggressor
UoF Cont. Level 1
Officer Presence:
Appearance, demeanor, and verbal/non-verbal communication that creates an atmosphere of compliance.
UoF Cont. Level 2
Verbal Commands:
These are in the form of task direction with consequences aimed at the subject.
UoF Cont. Level 3
Control Techniques:
Techniques with a low probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations to the skin, or broken bones.
UoF Cont. Level 4
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.
UoF Cont. Level 5
Intermediate Weapons:
Techniques with a high probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations to the skin or broken bones.
UoF Cont. Level 6
Deadly Force:
Techniques likely to to cause death or serious physical injury by using PDW,
When is it appropriate to draw your weapon
- When deadly force is authorized.
- There’s a reasonable possibility that deadly force may have to be used.
Elements that must exist prior to using deadly force:
- 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!”)
Define “serious physical injury”
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.
Examples of tactical questions:
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?
Define “confided space”
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.
Coast Guard LE Responsibilities
MLE Customs PWCS Assistance to mariners Assistance to CGIS
EISS is conducted to find:
Unaccounted for people
Known weapons
Known hazards
Define “evidence”
Anything including testimony, documents and tangible objects that tend to prove or disprove a fact in issue
Define “frisk”
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.
Define “SIA”
Search Incident to Arrest: A detailed “crush and feel” search of an arrested individual’s person and thorough search of outer clothing.
Define “search”
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.
UOF Guiding Principle
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.
Six Deadly Force Situations
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
Six Non-deadly Force Situations
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
Rad Pager Limits
4,500 urem
20 cps
