PATROL PROCEDURES FINAL EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Active Shooter - ✔✔One or more persons who participate in a random or systematic
shooting or stabbing spree, demonstrating their intent to continuously harm others.
✔✔Immediate Action - ✔✔A plan for the immediate deployment of law enforcement
personnel confronted with a homicide in progress situation, where a delayed response
may result in death or serious bodily injury to innocent persons.
✔✔HIPS - ✔✔Stands for Homicide in Progress School.
HIPS situations involve random acts of violence committed by an active shooter, whose
intent appears to be that of mass murder rather than some other criminal conduct.
Furthermore, these acts are usually committed in public places, like a school or an
office occupied by many unsuspecting victims.
✔✔What are critical considerations for a homicide in progress - ✔✔Is a homicide in
progress actually occurring?
• Can the suspect be located?
• If the suspect is located, can he be positively identified?
• How many suspects are involved?
• What type of floor plan or environment is involved?
, • When wounded persons or others attempting to flee and hide from the suspect are
encountered how will they be handled?
✔✔What might you experience when encountering a homicide in progress? - ✔✔•
Shaking, sweaty hands
• Increased rate of breathing or holding one's breath
• Dry mouth
• Loss of peripheral vision
• Reduced auditory ability
• Loss of fine motor skills
• Fear
• Intense physical and mental duress
✔✔What might you experience in the aftermath of a encountering a homicide in
progress - ✔✔• Self doubt about one's action
• Grief, anguish, and anger by the survivors and relatives of the victims
• A relentless media in pursuit of blame and sensationalized stories
• Monday morning quarterbacking by many "tactical experts"
✔✔What is the contact team and their mission? - ✔✔A proactive search team dedicated
to locating and eliminating the deadly conduct that is occurring.
The mission of a contact team is:
o Stop the deadly behavior
o Limit the suspects movement
o Prevent an escape
o Continue past victims
o At the first opportunity provide intelligence to other teams (i.e. intelligence on victims,
explosives, suspects, weapons, etc)
✔✔What is the rescue team and their mission? - ✔✔A slow moving and methodical
team whose mission is to search for and recover downed citizens or officers.
The mission of a rescue team is:
o Enter and/or approach location to locate victims
o Report suspect's location if possible
o Extract victims to safe area
o Notify medical personnel if necessary
o To gather intelligence on other hazards
✔✔What does the point man do? - ✔✔• Team leader/lead cover man
• Covers unknown threats while team enters a room to search
• Acts as a rear guard during the egress
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Active Shooter - ✔✔One or more persons who participate in a random or systematic
shooting or stabbing spree, demonstrating their intent to continuously harm others.
✔✔Immediate Action - ✔✔A plan for the immediate deployment of law enforcement
personnel confronted with a homicide in progress situation, where a delayed response
may result in death or serious bodily injury to innocent persons.
✔✔HIPS - ✔✔Stands for Homicide in Progress School.
HIPS situations involve random acts of violence committed by an active shooter, whose
intent appears to be that of mass murder rather than some other criminal conduct.
Furthermore, these acts are usually committed in public places, like a school or an
office occupied by many unsuspecting victims.
✔✔What are critical considerations for a homicide in progress - ✔✔Is a homicide in
progress actually occurring?
• Can the suspect be located?
• If the suspect is located, can he be positively identified?
• How many suspects are involved?
• What type of floor plan or environment is involved?
, • When wounded persons or others attempting to flee and hide from the suspect are
encountered how will they be handled?
✔✔What might you experience when encountering a homicide in progress? - ✔✔•
Shaking, sweaty hands
• Increased rate of breathing or holding one's breath
• Dry mouth
• Loss of peripheral vision
• Reduced auditory ability
• Loss of fine motor skills
• Fear
• Intense physical and mental duress
✔✔What might you experience in the aftermath of a encountering a homicide in
progress - ✔✔• Self doubt about one's action
• Grief, anguish, and anger by the survivors and relatives of the victims
• A relentless media in pursuit of blame and sensationalized stories
• Monday morning quarterbacking by many "tactical experts"
✔✔What is the contact team and their mission? - ✔✔A proactive search team dedicated
to locating and eliminating the deadly conduct that is occurring.
The mission of a contact team is:
o Stop the deadly behavior
o Limit the suspects movement
o Prevent an escape
o Continue past victims
o At the first opportunity provide intelligence to other teams (i.e. intelligence on victims,
explosives, suspects, weapons, etc)
✔✔What is the rescue team and their mission? - ✔✔A slow moving and methodical
team whose mission is to search for and recover downed citizens or officers.
The mission of a rescue team is:
o Enter and/or approach location to locate victims
o Report suspect's location if possible
o Extract victims to safe area
o Notify medical personnel if necessary
o To gather intelligence on other hazards
✔✔What does the point man do? - ✔✔• Team leader/lead cover man
• Covers unknown threats while team enters a room to search
• Acts as a rear guard during the egress
