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Question 1

Is building clearing fast and chaotic or slow and methodical?

Answer 1

Slow and methodical

Question 2

What should you be thinking when considering clearing a building?

Answer 2

Do we have legal authority to enter
Is this a known occupied space

Question 3

If known and occupied, do we clear?

Answer 3

No, not unless exigent

Question 4

What does policy say for how many to clear a building? A room?

Answer 4

5 in policy but can be done in 4
2 per room

Question 5

What do you say when about to clear?

Answer 5

Calgary police
We know you are in there
Come out with hands up
Do it now

Question 6

Do you just barge through doors?

Answer 6

No. Step up, present, pause then proceed

Question 7

What about locked doors in homes?

Answer 7

Plan, pause, guard the door

Question 8

What if you encounter someone. What would you say? Do?

Answer 8

Police don’t move
Call them to you
Not compliant - new plan and mitigate risk

Question 9

If you are told to clear a building but then something changes, do you continue clearing?

Answer 9

Intel drives tactics. You should continuously be asking is clearing this structure still necessary.

Question 10

RIT - active assailants with GBH/death possibilities. What’s your mission?

Answer 10

Locate, isolate, stop the threat - save the most lives

Question 11

What is contact team?

Answer 11

Group of 1-4 members. You go in to locate, isolate and stop the threat. You’ll radio info and updates, route etc.

Question 12

If your call sign was 1125 but then you are part of a Contact Team, what is your new sign?

Answer 12

Contact Team 1, 2, 3…

Question 13

What type of formation do you clear as Contact?

Answer 13

Flexing T
Point, 2 Flanks, Rear

Question 14

What’s a barricaded gunman or assailant?

Answer 14

Someone who has barricaded themselves in a room, are threatening violence, possible hostages,

No indication of immediate threat or death GBH to innocents

Static

Question 15

What is an active assailant?

Answer 15

Someone trying to kill other humans

Question 16

What is rapid intervention?

Answer 16

Swift immediate replaying of officers to an ongoing life threatening situation whereas delaying a response could result in GBH or death

Question 17

When do you voice over radio?

Answer 17

When you’ve teamed up
Where you’ve teamed up

Question 18

What does Incident Command give you? Once you formed up.

Answer 18

Contact Team or Rescue Team number

Mission

Question 19

What’s a mission for first officers at scene?

Answer 19

360 of 540 checks
Locate, isolate, stop the threat
Bypass injured people

Question 20

What are the police priorities for active assailants?

Answer 20

1. Stop action of the subject
2. Protect lives of people in close proximity to subject
3. Safety of citizens in the area
4. Safety of police officers
5. Containment
6. After event investigation

Question 21

As Contact Team, if you stop threat do you hold or press on?

Answer 21

Hold and await further instructions unless you hear more shots

Question 22

Do we want to direct attention to other people or to us?

Answer 22

Us - yells CPS, we know you are in there, make yourself known, do it now

Question 23

What is a Contact Team Response?

Answer 23

Mission: locate, isolate, stop threat
4 people (if available)
1 team leader (point)
Bypass injured or barricaded people
Communicate with other teams and rescue teams
Continue past explosives
Watch for and report any traps

Communicate: start, end of area

Room entry: zipper

Question 24

Once offender is down, what do you do?

Answer 24

3Cs,
Control and cuff
Cover weapon
Secure the room
PESC checks
Tactical reloads
Communicate location
Protect crime scene
First aid
Assess- stay or leave room

Question 25

Does Contact Tram move when suspect location is unknown

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

Rescue Team - response looks like?

Answer 26

Tell people to hide or run away
Consist of 5 people, medic or higher trained first aid
Identify suspect

CPS - rescue Team, here to help, make yourself known

Performs thorough search

Question 27

Is breaching a use of force?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

What type of reporting requirements for breaching?

Answer 28

Must be able to articulate breaching

Sentry, SBOR, notebooks

SBoR only if you use force subsequent to breach

Question 29

Do you need pre-approval for breaching?

Answer 29

It’s a nice to have if you have time but in exigent you can breach without approval if you can articulate it

Question 30

What’s the checklist for breaching?

Answer 30

1. Lawful placement
2. Exigent circumstances- if we don’t act now, GBH death
3. Other options exhausted - side door, window, keys, CFD/TAC
4. Approval
5. Lethal cover
6. Breach point assessment (safest point to breach, assess)
7. Announcement - this is CpS. Move away from the door
8. Forced breach
9. Stand clear. Once open, move away to get lethal cover

Question 31

What do Contact Teams do if they come across victims?

Answer 31

Let incident command know and direct them to leave area etc

Question 32

If suspect location is known: contact team moves like:

Answer 32

Flex T
Move with purpose
Point
Flanks
Rear

Question 33

If suspect location is unknown, contact team moves:

Answer 33

Diamond
Search for offenders
Transition to known suspect location mode
Coordinate and communicate searched areas