Chapter 7, 10 barricades and bombs

Question 1

1. What is the primary objective of barricade?

Answer 1

a. Safe release of hostages

Question 2

1. What is secondary objective of barricade?

Answer 2

. Apprehension of suspects or recovery of ransom

Question 3

1. Upon arriving to a barricade, officers shall do what 9 things?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

1. When a barricade stabilizes, officers shall attempt to gather the following intelligence (9 things):

Answer 4

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

Question 5

1. If sector supervisor arrives before any command officer, they shall assume command and do what 9 things?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

1. Officers on a barricade with adequate cover shall only fire their weapons when:

Answer 6

1. Visible target creates imminent danger to human life
2. Directed by on-scene commander

Question 7

1. Officers shall exercise discretion in determining the scope of negotiations on a barricade, officers shall not:

Answer 7

. Engage in protracted negotiations with hostage-takers or barricaded suspects
b. Conduct tactical assaults

Question 8

1. Should an officer engage in negations if they are the ranking officer on scene?

Answer 8

a. no

Question 9

1. who determines whether to relieve an untrained negotiator?

Answer 9

a. On-scene commander or a conflict negotiation team member

Question 10

1. Who is the on-scene command officer for a barricade?

Answer 10

a. Command officer assigned to SOD

Question 11

1. If any other command officer besides on-scene commander orders a tactical assault, what must happen?

Answer 11

Document reasons in writing to deputy chief BOP

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Who has primary jurisdiction in hostage incidents involving foreign officials

Answer 13

FBI

Question 14

1. The following notifications shall be made involving a hostage situation with an official of a foreign govt by the OIC

Answer 14

a. US Dept of state DSS command center

b. USSS

Question 15

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:

Answer 15

5 working days of incident

Question 16

1. Who handles bomb investigations?

Answer 16

a. HSD

Question 17

1. An employee who receives a bomb complaint shall obtain as much info as possible, including (4 things):

Answer 17

1. Name, location, phone number
2. Location and description of suspected explosive bomb / device
3. How device was discovered
4. Alleged det time

Question 18

1. If complaint taker talks directly to suspect making threats, should note:

Answer 18

1. Sex
2. Age
3. Speech characteristics
4. Other Identifying characteristics
5. Phone number on caller ID

Question 19

1. Complaint taker shall also attempt to determine the following:

Answer 19

1. Location of device
2. Time of detonation
3. Type of explosive device
4. Callers affiliation with a group or organization

Question 20

1. When shall radio transmissions cease when responding to a bomb threat?

Answer 20

a. 600 feet

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

1. Some factors to consider when responding to a bomb threat and assessing the validity are:

Answer 21

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

Question 22

1. Who shall be notified prior to arriving at bomb threat?

Answer 22

a. PGFD bomb squad
b. HSD

Question 23

1. First arriving officer shall not order evacuation on bomb scene without consulting who?

Answer 23

1. Supervisor and pgfd bomb tech

Question 24

1. At conclusion of incident, officer shall notify who for response?

Answer 24

a. HSD

Question 25

1. What reports must be done at conclusion of bomb threat? a. Case record and SARS

Answer 25

a. Case record and SARS

Question 26

1. Who evaluates the need to search a location?

Answer 26

a. Supervisor

Question 27

1. When determining the need for a search, the supervisor shall consider the following:

Answer 27

1. Time until alleged detonation 2. Size of building or area to be searched 3. Validity of threat

Question 28

1. Supervisor may direct a preliminary search be conducted prior to arrival of bomb squad, true or false

Answer 28

a. True

Question 29

. How shall searches be conducted on bomb calls?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

a. 30 minutes

Question 31

1. The fire dept bomb squad shall be notified for all bomb threats, suspicious packages, and bomb related incidents, true or false?

Answer 31

a. True

Question 32

1. When an explosive device is found, the following shall respond:

Answer 32

1. Sector supervisor 2. Shift commander 3. District commander 4. Homeland security division fire marshal arson task force

Question 33

1. The PSC supervisor will notify the ATF when any of the following occurs:

Answer 33

1. Explosive / incendiary device is located 2. Explosive / incendiary device is detonated 3. Threat is made against fed govt facility

Question 34

1. What are some characteristics of mail bombs?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

1. When confronted with suspected mail bomb, the employee shall:

Answer 35

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

Question 36

1. Upon notification of mail bomb, supervisors shall:

Answer 36

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

Question 37

1. By when must the fire marshal notify PGPD of all arsons within the county?

Answer 37

1. no later than 10th of the preceding month

Question 38

1. REVIEW EXPLOSIVE EVACUATION DISTANCE MATRIX