Inside Flashcards
Is building clearing fast and chaotic or slow and methodical?
Slow and methodical
What should you be thinking when considering clearing a building?
Do we have legal authority to enter
Is this a known occupied space
If known and occupied, do we clear?
No, not unless exigent
What does policy say for how many to clear a building? A room?
5 in policy but can be done in 4
2 per room
What do you say when about to clear?
Calgary police
We know you are in there
Come out with hands up
Do it now
Do you just barge through doors?
No. Step up, present, pause then proceed
What about locked doors in homes?
Plan, pause, guard the door
What if you encounter someone. What would you say? Do?
Police don’t move
Call them to you
Not compliant - new plan and mitigate risk
If you are told to clear a building but then something changes, do you continue clearing?
Intel drives tactics. You should continuously be asking is clearing this structure still necessary.
RIT - active assailants with GBH/death possibilities. What’s your mission?
Locate, isolate, stop the threat - save the most lives
What is contact team?
Group of 1-4 members. You go in to locate, isolate and stop the threat. You’ll radio info and updates, route etc.
If your call sign was 1125 but then you are part of a Contact Team, what is your new sign?
Contact Team 1, 2, 3…
What type of formation do you clear as Contact?
Flexing T
Point, 2 Flanks, Rear
What’s a barricaded gunman or assailant?
Someone who has barricaded themselves in a room, are threatening violence, possible hostages,
No indication of immediate threat or death GBH to innocents
Static
What is an active assailant?
Someone trying to kill other humans
What is rapid intervention?
Swift immediate replaying of officers to an ongoing life threatening situation whereas delaying a response could result in GBH or death
When do you voice over radio?
When you’ve teamed up
Where you’ve teamed up
What does Incident Command give you? Once you formed up.
Contact Team or Rescue Team number
Mission
What’s a mission for first officers at scene?
360 of 540 checks
Locate, isolate, stop the threat
Bypass injured people
What are the police priorities for active assailants?
- Stop action of the subject
- Protect lives of people in close proximity to subject
- Safety of citizens in the area
- Safety of police officers
- Containment
- After event investigation
As Contact Team, if you stop threat do you hold or press on?
Hold and await further instructions unless you hear more shots
Do we want to direct attention to other people or to us?
Us - yells CPS, we know you are in there, make yourself known, do it now
What is a Contact Team Response?
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
Once offender is down, what do you do?
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
