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Chapter 7, 10 barricades and bombs Flashcards

Barricades and Bomb Incidents

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  1. What is the primary objective of barricade?
A

a. Safe release of hostages

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  1. What is secondary objective of barricade?
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. Apprehension of suspects or recovery of ransom

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  1. Upon arriving to a barricade, officers shall do what 9 things?
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  1. Verify incident
  2. Find cover / concealment
  3. Determine and communicate location of suspects
  4. Id types of weapons involved
  5. Request sufficient personnel to ensure containment, secure scene, and establish traffic and crowd control
  6. 6determine what emergency and supper equipment is required
  7. Advise dispatcher of safe route to scene
  8. Id and determine status of any hostages
  9. Locate and detain witnesses for debriefing
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  1. When a barricade stabilizes, officers shall attempt to gather the following intelligence (9 things):
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  1. Floor plans
  2. Diagrams of the neighborhood and apartment complexes
  3. Suspect id, physical description, mental history
  4. Info regarding phones, including phone numbers and locations inside target location
  5. Info regarding pets and location in home
  6. Reason for incident
  7. Weapons involved
  8. Location of officers on perimeter (names, id’s, cruiser numbers)
  9. Id of hostages + physical descriptions
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  1. If sector supervisor arrives before any command officer, they shall assume command and do what 9 things?
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  1. Confirm need for conflict management team and request response
  2. Establish inner and outer perimeters: prohibit ingress of persons and vehicles inside outer perimeter
  3. Deploy personnel and equip to control scene prior to conflict management team
  4. Compile detailed list of officers on scene and their exact locations
  5. Assign officer to maintain radio coms
  6. Designate staging area but not command post
  7. Ensure all officers remain on originating radio talkgroup
  8. Ensure intel gathering provisions are met
  9. Prepare to brief conflict management
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  1. Officers on a barricade with adequate cover shall only fire their weapons when:
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  1. Visible target creates imminent danger to human life
  2. Directed by on-scene commander
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  1. Officers shall exercise discretion in determining the scope of negotiations on a barricade, officers shall not:
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. Engage in protracted negotiations with hostage-takers or barricaded suspects
b. Conduct tactical assaults

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  1. Should an officer engage in negations if they are the ranking officer on scene?
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a. no

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  1. who determines whether to relieve an untrained negotiator?
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a. On-scene commander or a conflict negotiation team member

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  1. Who is the on-scene command officer for a barricade?
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a. Command officer assigned to SOD

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  1. If any other command officer besides on-scene commander orders a tactical assault, what must happen?
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Document reasons in writing to deputy chief BOP

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. If a suspect takes a departmental vehicle, on-scene commander shall:

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direct officers to change to a radio channel not available to suspect

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Who has primary jurisdiction in hostage incidents involving foreign officials

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FBI

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  1. The following notifications shall be made involving a hostage situation with an official of a foreign govt by the OIC
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a. US Dept of state DSS command center

b. USSS

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  1. All supervisory and command officers involved in a barricade shall submit a written AAR in the form of a memo to the on-scene commander within:
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5 working days of incident

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  1. Who handles bomb investigations?
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  1. An employee who receives a bomb complaint shall obtain as much info as possible, including (4 things):
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  1. Name, location, phone number
  2. Location and description of suspected explosive bomb / device
  3. How device was discovered
  4. Alleged det time
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  1. If complaint taker talks directly to suspect making threats, should note:
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  1. Sex
  2. Age
  3. Speech characteristics
  4. Other Identifying characteristics
  5. Phone number on caller ID
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  1. Complaint taker shall also attempt to determine the following:
A
  1. Location of device
  2. Time of detonation
  3. Type of explosive device
  4. Callers affiliation with a group or organization
20
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  1. When shall radio transmissions cease when responding to a bomb threat?
A

a. 600 feet

20
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  1. Upon arrival to a bomb threat, officers shall:
A

a. Assess the situation and evaluate the validity of the threat

21
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  1. Some factors to consider when responding to a bomb threat and assessing the validity are:
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  1. Details provided by caller when threat was made
  2. Type of place threatened
  3. Type of events held at located
  4. Notoriety of person threatened
  5. Number of prior false threats received
  6. Caller’s stated affiliation with group or organization known to carry out bombings
  7. Current events
22
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  1. Who shall be notified prior to arriving at bomb threat?
A

a. PGFD bomb squad
b. HSD

23
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  1. First arriving officer shall not order evacuation on bomb scene without consulting who?
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  1. Supervisor and pgfd bomb tech
24
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  1. At conclusion of incident, officer shall notify who for response?
25
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  1. What reports must be done at conclusion of bomb threat?
    a. Case record and SARS
A

a. Case record and SARS

26
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  1. Who evaluates the need to search a location?
A

a. Supervisor

27
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  1. When determining the need for a search, the supervisor shall consider the following:
A
  1. Time until alleged detonation
  2. Size of building or area to be searched
  3. Validity of threat
28
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  1. Supervisor may direct a preliminary search be conducted prior to arrival of bomb squad, true or false
29
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. How shall searches be conducted on bomb calls?

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a. Eyes and ears, no transmitting on radio / cell phones and don’t move objects

30
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  1. No search shall be conducted how many minutes before and after alleged detonation?
A

a. 30 minutes

31
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  1. The fire dept bomb squad shall be notified for all bomb threats, suspicious packages, and bomb related incidents, true or false?
32
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  1. When an explosive device is found, the following shall respond:
A
  1. Sector supervisor
  2. Shift commander
  3. District commander
  4. Homeland security division fire marshal arson task force
33
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  1. The PSC supervisor will notify the ATF when any of the following occurs:
A
  1. Explosive / incendiary device is located
  2. Explosive / incendiary device is detonated
  3. Threat is made against fed govt facility
34
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  1. What are some characteristics of mail bombs?
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  1. Overseas postmark
  2. Cancellation mark different from return address
  3. Endorsements (fragile, rush)
  4. Excessive postage
  5. Fictitious non-existent or missing return address
  6. Irregular shape, soft spots, bulges
  7. Misspelled common words
  8. Oil stains or discoloration
  9. Pressure or resistance when removing contents
  10. Protruding wires or tin foil
  11. Restricted endorsements such as “personal” or “private”
  12. Rigid, uneven, lopsided appearance
  13. Ticking buzzing or sloshing sounds
  14. Unprofessional wrapping, excessive tape or string
35
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  1. When confronted with suspected mail bomb, the employee shall:
A
  1. Notify supervisor
  2. Notify PSC
  3. Notify all persons in immediate area to evacuate to distance of at least 2000 feet
  4. If possible, obtain label info
  5. Remain available for interview by bomb squad tech
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  1. Upon notification of mail bomb, supervisors shall:
A
  1. Ensure building is evacuated
  2. Ensure psc notified
  3. Provide psdc with phone number so pgfd bomb squad may call them
  4. Ensure HSD notified
  5. Ensure reporting employee is available for interview
  6. Ensure case record, SARS, completed forwarded to commander, submitted and approved prior to eos
37
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  1. By when must the fire marshal notify PGPD of all arsons within the county?
A
  1. no later than 10th of the preceding month
38
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  1. REVIEW EXPLOSIVE EVACUATION DISTANCE MATRIX

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