PATROL PROCEDURES CORE EXAMS SET
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The advantages and disadvantages of immediate action - ✔✔First responders must
identify the need to take action, and then follow with immediate action to achieve a
tactical objective. These objectives must be based upon a system of priorities. These
overall objective of our response must be to save as many as possible
✔✔Priorities of immediate action - ✔✔-Stopping the action of the suspect by using
deadly force or isolating the suspect from potential victims
-Rescuing victims the suspect has wounded or may have access to
-Apprehending the suspect
✔✔Advantages of immediate action - ✔✔-To ability to rapidly deploy officers to confront
then neutralize the suspect
-To quickly contain and isolate the suspect from other potential victims
-To move in and rescue the wounded or evacuate potential victims
✔✔Disadvantages of immediate action - ✔✔-Arriving officers receive minimum
information regarding the suspect's description, specialized weapons, or the
environment where the situation is occurring
-Specialized weapons all ballistic protection may have to be left behind or may not even
be at the scene
, -Heavy radio traffic may interfere with communication
-There is minimal time for planning prior to immediate action
-If homicides have already occurred or people have been critically wounded, one is
more than likely confronting a no win situation
✔✔Contact team Definition - ✔✔A proactive search team dedicated to locating and
eliminating the deadly conduct that is occuring
✔✔The mission of a contact team is - ✔✔-Stop the deadly behavior
-Limit the suspects movement
-Prevent an escape
-Continue past victims
-At the first opportunity provide intelligence to other teams (i.e. intelligence on victims,
explosives, suspects, weapons, etc)
✔✔Rescue team definition - ✔✔A slow moving and methodical team whose mission is
to search for and recover downed citizens or officres
✔✔The mission of a rescue team is - ✔✔-Enter and/or approach location to locate
victims
-Report suspect's location if possible
-Extract victims to safe area
-Notify medical personnel if necessary
-To gather intelligence on other hazards
✔✔Immediate action plan tactics - ✔✔It employs four-officer team with clearly identified
objective prior to deployment, whether it is a contract team or a rescue team. There is
no 100% safe tactics. Only some of the risk can be eliminated, while most can only be
reduced
✔✔Rescue team and contact team work together by: - ✔✔Rescue teams should
coordinate their actions with the contact team. At any time during their mission they can
become the contact team
✔✔Point Man - ✔✔-Team leader/lead cover man
-Covers unknown threats while team enters a room to search
-Acts as a rear guard during the egress
✔✔Contact/rescue mean #1/ OR left flank - ✔✔-Maintains radio contact or
communications with other officers
-Makes room entries
-Searches for victims
-Physically carries victims out on rescue
-Cover unknown threats on left flank
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The advantages and disadvantages of immediate action - ✔✔First responders must
identify the need to take action, and then follow with immediate action to achieve a
tactical objective. These objectives must be based upon a system of priorities. These
overall objective of our response must be to save as many as possible
✔✔Priorities of immediate action - ✔✔-Stopping the action of the suspect by using
deadly force or isolating the suspect from potential victims
-Rescuing victims the suspect has wounded or may have access to
-Apprehending the suspect
✔✔Advantages of immediate action - ✔✔-To ability to rapidly deploy officers to confront
then neutralize the suspect
-To quickly contain and isolate the suspect from other potential victims
-To move in and rescue the wounded or evacuate potential victims
✔✔Disadvantages of immediate action - ✔✔-Arriving officers receive minimum
information regarding the suspect's description, specialized weapons, or the
environment where the situation is occurring
-Specialized weapons all ballistic protection may have to be left behind or may not even
be at the scene
, -Heavy radio traffic may interfere with communication
-There is minimal time for planning prior to immediate action
-If homicides have already occurred or people have been critically wounded, one is
more than likely confronting a no win situation
✔✔Contact team Definition - ✔✔A proactive search team dedicated to locating and
eliminating the deadly conduct that is occuring
✔✔The mission of a contact team is - ✔✔-Stop the deadly behavior
-Limit the suspects movement
-Prevent an escape
-Continue past victims
-At the first opportunity provide intelligence to other teams (i.e. intelligence on victims,
explosives, suspects, weapons, etc)
✔✔Rescue team definition - ✔✔A slow moving and methodical team whose mission is
to search for and recover downed citizens or officres
✔✔The mission of a rescue team is - ✔✔-Enter and/or approach location to locate
victims
-Report suspect's location if possible
-Extract victims to safe area
-Notify medical personnel if necessary
-To gather intelligence on other hazards
✔✔Immediate action plan tactics - ✔✔It employs four-officer team with clearly identified
objective prior to deployment, whether it is a contract team or a rescue team. There is
no 100% safe tactics. Only some of the risk can be eliminated, while most can only be
reduced
✔✔Rescue team and contact team work together by: - ✔✔Rescue teams should
coordinate their actions with the contact team. At any time during their mission they can
become the contact team
✔✔Point Man - ✔✔-Team leader/lead cover man
-Covers unknown threats while team enters a room to search
-Acts as a rear guard during the egress
✔✔Contact/rescue mean #1/ OR left flank - ✔✔-Maintains radio contact or
communications with other officers
-Makes room entries
-Searches for victims
-Physically carries victims out on rescue
-Cover unknown threats on left flank
