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Deployment Self Protection and Individual Security Tactics

Deployment Self Protection and Individual Security Tactics. The goal is to instill a tactical mindset To give ideas for further thought and training. Steve Richter. Logistics Section Chief – CA2 California state investigator Law enforcement firearms instructor Long time DMAT member

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Deployment Self Protection and Individual Security Tactics

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  1. Deployment Self Protection and Individual Security Tactics The goal is to instill a tactical mindset To give ideas for further thought and training

  2. Steve Richter • Logistics Section Chief – CA2 • California state investigator • Law enforcement firearms instructor • Long time DMAT member • ER and ICU nurse • Multitude of Sheriff’s Dept. assignments

  3. Introduction • Emphasizes preventive tactics, threat assessment, threat avoidance and basic defensive measures • Provides recommendations for further training

  4. Disclaimer • These are my opinionsdesigned to help you think • I have no affiliation or financial interest in any products I might mention • Illustrations do not imply endorsement • There can be valid & valuable differing opinions

  5. NDMS Rules & Regulations • Remember that on a deployment, there are rules you must follow

  6. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished • Political and legal climate • The good guy can be treated worse than the bad guy

  7. CA2 Security Element

  8. The reality is • One person who is going to have the most concern about your safety is you

  9. Look for this trait in security personnel: • Nobody is going to get hurt, not on my watch • Not when I’m manning the perimeter

  10. Security and Law Enforcement • Aren’t going to be everywhere you are • They mostly investigate, after you are dead

  11. The Basics • Stay alert – stay alive • Have a mindset appropriate to the setting • Analyze the terrain • Decide before hand how you will respond • Look for avenues of escape • Decide on a plan of action and execute it decisively • Think about potential aftermaths

  12. Staying ALERT is Staying ALIVE • Check your six • Plan escapes • Cover & concealment • Check your six

  13. States of Mental Alertness • GREEN • YELLOW • ORANGE • RED

  14. Condition Green • Unaware of the surroundings • Relaxed, comfortable, at rest • Appropriate for safe & secure settings • A necessary condition for leisure, refreshment and enjoyment • In the back of your mind, particularly in unfamiliar settings: check your six

  15. Condition Yellow • A general awareness of the environment once you start out from your secure areas • Hotel hallways – lobby – parking lots • In the neighborhood – malls - stores – laundry • Public transportation • A healthy index of suspicion • Check your six

  16. Condition Orange • There is a potential threat • Tactical scanning of the environment • Escape – Evasion • Flight or fight • There is no shame in retreating • Identify your options • Check your six

  17. Condition Red • Threat is apparent – action is necessary • Sometimes obvious – “GUN!” • Sometimes implied – boxing you in • Execute your plan • Watch tunnel vision – still survey your environment for other threats • Check your six

  18. Step 1: Your Capabilities • What level of force can you use? • What training do you need • The mindset must be consistent across all settings because threats can appear when you least expect them • You must decide beforehand how you will choose to act

  19. Step 2: Situational Awareness • The foundation is to be aware and awake • You’re not deployed as a tourist sightseeing • You are in a hazardous environment • You are in unfamiliar territory • You are a potential victim • check your six

  20. Step Three: Execute Your Plan • This depends on your world view where you can choose options from a continuum where all life is precious • All the way to you will not go gently into the light or the night

  21. Step Four: Anticipate the Aftermath • You can hurt • You can get sued • You can get fired • You can get put in jail • Post event stress disorders

  22. Let’s Roll: In Gravest Extreme • You have to study your opponent, how he moves, so you know what he is going to do, before he does it • You have to know that one moment in every fight when you win or lose, and you have to know how to wait for it • And you have to not care whether you live or die...

  23. Ninth & Golondrina • Traffic stop on a bicyclist • He’s got my gun! • Both deputies in condition green! • Immediate transition to red • Big mistake: complacency of the “routine stop” • Never “low” risk but unknown risk

  24. Tactical Principles • You’ve got to move Evaluate cover & concealment You can hide behind concealment – but NOT from incoming rounds: a bush Cover provides concealment plus protection: a car engine block

  25. Movement Principles • Drop down, run a few yards, drop down • Wait for a pause • Plan where you are going to move • Crawl or low crawl • Walls won’t protect you – bullets go through them • Stop, look and listen

  26. Perceptual Distortions • Tunnel vision • Tunnel hearing • Time distortion • Dissociation • Memory tricks

  27. Lytle Creek Shootout • Former Special Forces Captain Jim Evans: killed in the line of duty – 1983 • He stood up to reload • Tactical movement means life or death • Know the terrain – analyze it • There are no second place winners

  28. Tactical Principles • Be aware of what is around you (maybe someone just drops something & walks off) • Look for avenues of escape or safe havens • Don’t go there in the first place • Safety in numbers

  29. Tactical Principles • Communications – cell phone/radio • Always be aware of where you are – if you need help – where are you? • Know where you are going • Don’t wander around like a tourist with cameras, purses, wallets, etc. • Don’t set patterns and routines

  30. Anonymity • There’s no shame in being proud of your uniform and status • But it can mark you as a target around town • Be cautious and circumspect showing team items and your federal ID

  31. Eye Contact and Body Language • Avoid eye contact – is often perceived by an aggressor as fear or a challenge • Be discreet about your surveillance of a threat • Act confident and purposeful

  32. Special Situations: Hostages • Don’t argue or resist • Be obedient – don’t be tied up or blind folded – both so your captor knows you are a person – and if you take some action • Time is on your side • Be ready for instant action • Listen to his/her problems • Hit the floor and stay prone

  33. Special Situations: Grenades • They can roll a considerable distance • Dive away, face down • Point your closed legs toward the grenade • Elbows at your side, cover your ears & open your mouth

  34. Special Situations : Guns/Knives • If shot, chances are you won't die • Lateral moves • Gun take-a ways have to be close, decisive and quick • Knives are as dangerous as guns

  35. Defensive tools • Airport screening prevents you from carrying many items such as pepper spray and other defensive items • There are always many sources around you once you arrive

  36. Just a few things

  37. Body Armor • A lot of options & styles to choose from • Avoid Zylon and Spectra • Kevlar – preferably more comfortable weaves such as Kevlar Protera • Levels IIA, II and IIIA • Recommend Level II as a minimum • Stops pistol rounds – not sharp objects

  38. EMS/Fire Body Armor

  39. Inconspicuous Armor versus Traditional

  40. Tactical Lights • Lithium versus alkaline / ni-cad • Minimum lumens: 65 • Distracts and disorients • LEDS / Halogen / Zenon / etc • Example: Surefire M3 vrs Dorcy Spyder • It must be intense and reliable

  41. Disorient and Escape

  42. Typical Tactical Light

  43. Pepper Spray • Has limitations • Not always legal • Don’t rely on SHU values or percent OC • But percent capsaicin • Must learn proper tactics • Legal ramifications

  44. Dealing with law enforcement • They don’t know who you are – or if you are the good guy or the bad guy • Obey their orders • Don’t offer information but be cooperative • Let them do their job • “I was afraid he was going to hurt me”

  45. Law Enforcement • Keep your hands in plain sight • Don’t approach them • No sudden moves • Don’t joke around

  46. Legal Thoughts • Don’t become or be perceived as the aggressor • “Please leave me alone!” • “I don’t want any trouble” • Are you justified for what you are doing? • I’ve never met the “reasonable man”

  47. 2nd & Lena • Responding deputy sees and hears a bat hitting somebody in the face • Suspect approaches the deputy (who did not draw his weapon or respond tactically to a deadly threat) • Gets an award for bravery by using verbal commands instead of “you know you could have got yourself killed!”

  48. Training • Addresses pre-conflict stress • Simple using gross motor skills • Must be reality based • Perceptual distortion

  49. Observe Orient Decide ACT OODA Loop

  50. Something to consider Because all tactical operations are dynamic, they are also time sensitive. Decisions and actions that are delayed are often rendered ineffective because of the constantly changing circumstances. When an adversary is involved, the operation is not only time sensitive, but also time competitive. Time or opportunity neglected by one adversary can be exploited by the other. Recognizing the importance of this characteristic, Napoleon said, “It may be that in the future I may lose a battle, but I shall never lose a minute.” Sid Heal, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept

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