USCG BTM STUDY GUIDE correctly
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Authority - correct answer ✔The government's legal power to act.
Jurisdiction - correct answer ✔The government's right to exercise legal authority over it's persons,
vessels, and territory.
14 USC 89a - correct answer ✔The coast guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections,
searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has
jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of the laws of the United States.
14 USC 2 - correct answer ✔The coast guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable
federal laws in, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
14 USC 2 - correct answer ✔Is the statutory basis for the Coast Guard's law enforcement mission.
What is a boarding? - correct answer ✔A boarding is an armed intervention led and conducted by
uniformed and qualified coast guard personnel aboard a vessel for the purpose of detecting and
suppressing violations of the law.
Boarding team member - correct answer ✔The btm is a person designated to assist the boarding
officer in maritime law enforcement under the boarding officer's authority.
Jurisdictional Triangle - correct answer ✔Vessel status/flag, location, substantive law.
Substantive law - correct answer ✔A law that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct.
, Use of force continuum - correct answer ✔A model for determining when and what force should be
used in individual self defense and law enforcement situations.
6 levels of the use of force continuum - correct answer ✔Level 1 - officer presence, Level 2 - verbal
commands, Level 3 - control techniques, Level 4 - aggressive response techniques, Level 5 - intermediate
weapons, and Level 6 - deadly force.
Officer presence - correct answer ✔Officer presence is appearance, demeanor, and verbal and non-
verbal communication that create an atmosphere of compliance.
Stances - correct answer ✔Interview, ready, and high guard.
Escorts - correct answer ✔From the rear and Iron wrist lock
Verbal Commands - correct answer ✔Verbal commands are in the form of task direction with
consequences aimed at the subject.
Control Techniques - correct answer ✔Control techniques are techniques or actions with a low
probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Aggressive response techniques - correct answer ✔Aggressive response techniques are techniques or
actions likely to result in connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones or that will
produce irritation of the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Intermediate weapons - correct answer ✔Intermediate weapons are techniques or actions with a high
probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Deadly force - correct answer ✔deadly force is any force that is likely to cause death or serious
physical injury.
solved 2026/2027
Authority - correct answer ✔The government's legal power to act.
Jurisdiction - correct answer ✔The government's right to exercise legal authority over it's persons,
vessels, and territory.
14 USC 89a - correct answer ✔The coast guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections,
searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has
jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of the laws of the United States.
14 USC 2 - correct answer ✔The coast guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable
federal laws in, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
14 USC 2 - correct answer ✔Is the statutory basis for the Coast Guard's law enforcement mission.
What is a boarding? - correct answer ✔A boarding is an armed intervention led and conducted by
uniformed and qualified coast guard personnel aboard a vessel for the purpose of detecting and
suppressing violations of the law.
Boarding team member - correct answer ✔The btm is a person designated to assist the boarding
officer in maritime law enforcement under the boarding officer's authority.
Jurisdictional Triangle - correct answer ✔Vessel status/flag, location, substantive law.
Substantive law - correct answer ✔A law that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct.
, Use of force continuum - correct answer ✔A model for determining when and what force should be
used in individual self defense and law enforcement situations.
6 levels of the use of force continuum - correct answer ✔Level 1 - officer presence, Level 2 - verbal
commands, Level 3 - control techniques, Level 4 - aggressive response techniques, Level 5 - intermediate
weapons, and Level 6 - deadly force.
Officer presence - correct answer ✔Officer presence is appearance, demeanor, and verbal and non-
verbal communication that create an atmosphere of compliance.
Stances - correct answer ✔Interview, ready, and high guard.
Escorts - correct answer ✔From the rear and Iron wrist lock
Verbal Commands - correct answer ✔Verbal commands are in the form of task direction with
consequences aimed at the subject.
Control Techniques - correct answer ✔Control techniques are techniques or actions with a low
probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Aggressive response techniques - correct answer ✔Aggressive response techniques are techniques or
actions likely to result in connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones or that will
produce irritation of the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Intermediate weapons - correct answer ✔Intermediate weapons are techniques or actions with a high
probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Deadly force - correct answer ✔deadly force is any force that is likely to cause death or serious
physical injury.
