Dedo Índice

1. INTRODUCTION: There can not be discrimination between different living personnel as far as han-dling is concerned. Your job is to clear the Crisis Site and to take control of the situation. Discrimination can get you killed.

2. Overview: The purpose of this period of instruction is to teach the shooter in the proper techniques of handling living personnel.

BODY

1. COVERING A LIVING INDIVIDUAL FOR A SEARCH:

a. Once the first five fundamentals of CQB has been completed, the next step is to physically take con-trol of living individuals in the room. To do this, we must split into a search and covering team. One shooter will announce "CLOSING", while the other shooter announces, or replies, "CLOSE". The search man can not move until he gets verbal confirmation that he is being covered.

b. The cover man needs to position himself in a location that he can best cover the search man, without covering him with the muzzle of his weapon, or to interfere with the searching techniques.

c. The cover mans responsibility is to take the shot, or to control the situation if the search man loses control.

Before and during the searching process, there are three questions that must be asked to each living indi-vidual, they are:

2. QUESTION THE LIVING INDIVIDUALS:

a. STEP 1 - The person to be searched should be in the prone position because of the verbiage that he/she has received. Before approaching the individual you must first ask "ARE YOU WIRED WITH EXPLOSIVES, OR ARE THERE ANY EXPLOSIVES IN THIS ROOM". If the reply is no, then you will continue with your other questions and the search. If the answer is yes, then immediately notify EOD.

Never approach a living individual without first asking this question. When giving verbiage, use plain text, do not use naval terminology, such as deck, bulkhead, etc.

b. STEP 2 - (The living individual is in the prone position) Instruct the individual to place his arms out to his sides, palms up. Once that you have received compliance, ensure that your weapon is on safe and sling it behind your back and announce to your teammate "SAFE AND SLUNG". Approach the in-dividual, from the head, placing your weak side knee on his back, between the shoulder blades, (this plac-es your secondary weapon away from the individual). Next, place his hands behind his back, grasping his thumbs with your support hand. Ask the remaining two questions:

(1) "ARE THERE ANY OTHER HOSTAGES OR TERRORIST IN THIS AREA?" If the an-swer is yes, then you need to get into specifics.

(2) "ARE YOU INJURED?" If the answer is yes, ask where. Ensure that the individual is flex-cuffed, and searched and then start medical treatment. Additionally, use common sense when someone is injured on whether or not flex-cuffs need to be applied.

c. Disseminate any pertinent information learned to other shooters.

3. FLEX-CUFF AND CURSORY SEARCH:

The Flex-Cuf restraint is designed as a human restraint and is particularly useful in multiple arrests, raids, and civil disorders. The Flex-Cuf restraint has been utilized effectively as a supplement to handcuffs and also used as leg irons and restraining belts. It is important that you be thoroughly acquainted with policies regarding the application of plastic restraints, and secondly, be familiar with the various Flex-Cuf restraint techniques that may be used to immobilize your subject.

Remember, all restraining devices are temporary, continued vigilance of the subject is a must for any re-straining device to be successful and accomplish its purpose. Take nothing for granted, not age, sex, race or size, restrain every subject. Never forget, you are responsible for the subject's safety, as well as your own and others who may be involved. Properly used, restraints are one of the most valuable tools of your trade.

a. Take a Flex-Cuff from the lapel of your vest on your weak arm, sliding it down your arm, and over his hands, around his wrist. Tighten the Flex-Cuffs. When tightening the Flex-Cuffs, do not cut off the blood circulation to his hands. Allow two fingers space between the Flex-Cuff and the wrist.

b. Now, search the his belt line of the back for weapons with a sweeping motion of your strong hand, maintaining control of his hands with your support hand. This is known as the cursory search. If at any time during the search you find a weapon on an individual, ensure the individual is appropriately re-strained, alert your partner, and remove the weapon, placing it out of reach of the individual.

c. After the cursory search is done, announce to both your cover man and the individual that you are go-ing to roll him on his side. The cover man should position himself to the backside of the individual at the head. The search man will then roll the individual on his side, lowering his silhouette.

d. With the living individual is on his side, instruct him to bring his knees to his chest, and that you are going to assist him in sitting up. Grasp the belt/waistband area with one hand and the collar with the other hand; roll the individual to a sitting position.

e. Now instruct the individual, keeping his knees to his chest, feet flat on the ground to stand-up. As he is standing up, the search man should assist him by grasping his belt and collar and lift up and forward.

Avoid lifting the individual by his hands, as you could cause an injury or severe discomfort to the individ-uals shoulders.

f. Once the individual is standing move him to the door of the room, announcing "COMING OUT"

and "HOTEL COMING THROUGH". Do not use the terminology of "Hostage" Coming through.

(Remember that once the individual is flex-cuffed nothing he can do warrants "Deadly Force")

g. If there are multiple living individuals in your room, call for "SUPPORT" or give a specific number of shooters needed to get shooters in the room to give assistance. In order to search anyone, a cover and search man is required. For example, there are two living individuals and three shooters. Two shooters can search and cover on one of the individuals while the third shooter covers the second individual. This is done so that control can be maintained. However, two shooters cannot search two individuals with on-ly one cover man between them. In this scenario, the coverman cannot provide adequate security. Prefer-ably, position the cover man between the living individuals and the exit of the room. Also, never position a living individual where he cannot be observed in a room.

i. Infants will be searched but not Flex-Cuffed, and will be carried by either a shooter or trailer. If at all possible, keep the infant near its mother. Never leave a infant unattended.

j. You will only use the amount of force necessary to control. Talk to the individuals to reassure them.

This will assist you in the long run. Remember, you are the knights in shining armor, not the bad guys.

Do not focus your aggression on the precious cargo.

4. DELIBERATE SEARCH:

a. In the Hostage Holding Area deliberate searches are conducted on all living individuals. The liv-ing individuals will be segregated within the HHA, i.e., Hostages are separated from livliv-ing terrorist. The deliberate search is a detailed, thorough search.

b. In each pit in the HHA, a cover man will be required to maintain cover and control, regardless of the number of individuals in the pits.

c. Once a living individual is brought into the HHA, he will receive a deliberate search. The search is conducted with a sweeping motion of the hands, do not pat:

(1) Place the individual with his head against the wall, feet far enough back to where he can not stand vertically on his own.

(2) Starting from his left or right side, you will begin by bi-secting the body in half, starting from head to toe. Once one side of the body is searched, conduct the same exact sequence on the opposite side of the body. The search is conducted in the following sequence:

(a) Start out at the head and run your fingers through the head. Slide the hands down the front of the face and the rear of the neck.

(b) Place your fingers inside the collar at the shoulder and sweep hands toward the throat and spine.

(c) Place hands flat against the body at the throat and spine and sweep hands down to the belt line region across the chest and spine.

(d) Sweep hands toward hips and sweep up to the armpit, along the ribs and chest muscle.

(e) Sweep shoulders and then wrap hands around bicep/tricep muscle and sweep down to wrist. Check fingers.

(f) Place hands flat at belt line at hips and sweep beltline to opposite hip.

(g) Place hands flat above groin and buttocks and sweep groin and buttocks.

(h) Place hands around upper leg at groin/buttocks and sweep down to ankles, (if your hands cannot reach completely around upper legs, then conduct two sweeps of that one leg).

(i) Squeeze foot wear and feel for resistance.

(3) Once you have completed one side, you will switch to his other side and complete the search.

(4) Any articles that are found during the search, i.e., wallet, keys, etc., are removed from that individual and placed behind him in close proximity. C.I. will bag all articles.

d. Once the deliberate search is complete, place the individual back into the kneeling position, with his legs crossed, and head against the wall. ( Flex-Cuffs will not be removed by shooters, the authori-ties involved in the turnover will make that decision.)

e. Once the search has been completed, the HHA medic should physically observe each living indi-vidual. The corpsman is specifically ensuring that the individual is not injured and is not displaying signs of shock.

f. Do not hesitate to reassure the individual, they most likely are stressed out at this point. Let them know what is going on. However, instruct the individual not to talk or move, it will be confusing enough in the HHA. If the individual is talkative, warn them that you are going to apply a gag. If they continue to be non-compliant, gag them, ensuring that you do not block their airway.

SUMMARY: Always be thorough in you searches and use common sense. If the precious cargo is the ambassador, you have the ambassador, and he appears to be in control of his actions, do you really need to flex-cuff him? Probably not, however, if you do, you are in the right, and no one should question your judgment.