342ND Military Police Battalion
Provost Marshal Office
Administration, Law Enforcement
Operations, Traffic Management,
Patrol Planning; Corrections
Overview & Use of Force
2LT Shannon Konvalin
Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), FT Leonard Wood
Operations Officer
342ND Military Police Battalion
Purpose / Objective
To provide information on Provost
Marshal Office (PMO) Administration,
Law Enforcement (LE) Operations, Traffic
Management, Patrol Planning,
Corrections’ Overview, and Use of Force
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Agenda
• Provost Marshal Administration
• Law Enforcement Operations
• Traffic Management
• Patrol Planning
• Corrections Overview
• Use Of Force
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Provost Marshal Office
Administration
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Purpose / Objective
Provide an overview of Provost Marshal
Office Operations, the MP’s role on the
installation, and to familiarize you with
several aspects of being an MP from a
management perspective.
Disclaimer!!
Some info is Fort Leonard Wood
perspective
Not all inclusive  so ask questions
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MANAGING MP
SUPPORT ON THE
INSTALLATION
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Commander
Provost Marshall
DES
Executive
Officer/DPM
Fire
Department
Sergeant Major
252nd MP Det
(MTOE)
HQ Co Garrison
(TDA)
463rd MP Co
(MTOE)
Security
Operations
DAC
Security
CDTF
Contract
Security
PMO
Operations
MP Desk
AWOL/
DARE
Traffic
PMO
Admin
Vehicle
Registration
MPI
SRT
Game
Warden
K-9
Police
Liaison
DST
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PM’s Role on the Installation
Chief law enforcement officer on post
(Primary Staff Officer)
• Directs Law Enforcement (LE), Access Control (AC), and Physical
Security operations
• Advises installation commander on MP abilities
• Supports tenant unit commanders/activities
• Maintains liaison with federal, state, and local LE
• Maintains liaison and public relations with the community
• Ensures personnel are adequately trained and equipped
• Prepares soldiers for deployment
• Dual-hatted on some installations
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PM’s Role in AT/FP
Critical player in the installation’s AT/FP Plan
• BLUF – most forces involved, belong to the PM
– most measures implemented are in the PM lane
• AC operations – first line of defense
• Day-to-day LE operations deter terrorism – visibility
• Random Antiterrorism Measures Program (RAMP)
• Specialized response to threats (or suspected threats)
– Special Reaction Team (SRT)
– May be tasked to provide Quick Response Force
(QRF)
– Coordinates with CID
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PM’s Role in AT/FP
(cont)
• Physical Security support
– Assesses installation vulnerabilities and assists in
updating installation threat statement
– Recommends Mission Essential or Vulnerable Areas
(MEVAs) and advises on protecting them
• Police Intelligence Operations
– Liaison with federal, state, and local LE
– Police intel – with CID, MPI
– Fusion cell
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PM’s Role in AT/FP
(cont)
• MOUs with federal, state, and local LE
• Assists in development of installation contingencies
• Advises commander on security response to changes
in threat / FPCON measures
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Key Relationships
CID
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One team working toward common goals
MP vs. CID Purview
Incident command  requires mutual understanding
CID support to PM
– Training
– Intel support (liaison with FBI)
– Hostage negotiators
• PM support to CID
– Operational support (crime scene)
– Investigative support (MPI, special operations)
– DST
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Key Relationships
Directorate of Plans Training and Mobilization
(DPTM)
• Installation G-3
– Schools, Ammo
– Tasking authority (BMM, resources, etc.)
– Installation contingency plans, OPORDs,
regulations
– C2 for major events
• Snow and Ice Removal (SNAIR)
• Mobilization support and oversight
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Key Relationships
DPTM (cont)
• Installation AT/FP support
– Emergency Operations Center – battle staff
– Commander’s Critical Information Requirements
(CCIR), Priority Intelligence Requests (PIR)
– Exercises
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Key Relationships
Directorate of Public Works (DPW)
• Engineering and maintenance support
• AC
– New construction
– Facility support (heat, electric, etc), modification
• LE
– Traffic support (signs, markings, lights)
– Mapping support (patrols, SRT)
– Traffic circulation plan
• Game Wardens – natural resources, hunting, fishing
• Fire Department (due to fall under Directorate of
Emergency Services)
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Key Relationships
Directorate of Resource Management (DRM)
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$$  need I say more?
Good ideas are just that without $$
Budget
UFR / BCP
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Key Relationships
Transportation Motor Pool (TMP)
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They own the GSA vehicle fleet – MP admin vehicles
Support level maintenance
Additional transportation support
MP assist with vehicle policy enforcement
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Key Relationships
Public Affairs Office
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Great Resource!!
Primary voice to community
Changes to procedures
Keeping community in the loop – reduces pain
Use them to portray MP actions in positive light
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Key Relationships
Explosive Ordnance Detachment (EOD)
• Key responder to suspicious package incidents
– Public much more aware since 9-11
– Compliment Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) team
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Key Relationships
Civilian Law Enforcement Counterparts
• Eyes and ears off post
– Soldier incidents
– Suspicious activity
– Restricted areas
– Criminal intelligence
• Mutual training and resource support
• Mutual support for incidents on post – especially at
ACPs (MOAs)
• Special event support – on and off post
• Must continuously be worked – but make worthwhile
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Key Relationships
Community
• Community Oriented Policing
– Increase community-police interaction
– Improve public safety and quality of life
– Promoting positive image of the MP Corps
• LE is a public service profession
– Serve the community
– Respond to their needs and they will respond to
yours
• Same mindset – from the PM to the patrol
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Key Relationships
Community
• Must be visible and available
– Walking patrols
– Bike patrols
– Participate in Town Hall meetings
• Special events and programs
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Drug Awareness, and Resistance Education (DARE) program
Quarters check program
Crime Hotline
Child fingerprinting
Satisfaction survey
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Key Relationships
Other First Responders
• Mutual support is paramount
• Consolidated dispatch
• Mutual training and resource support
• Incident Command System
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Incident Command System
• Who is in charge at a given incident?
• Must be mutually agreed upon (in writing if necessary)
– Between responders
– At installation level as well
• Must be embraced by all in order to be effective
• Must be trained and enforced
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PMO SECTION
OVERVIEW
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Organization
Provost Marshal
Operations
MP Desk
Security
Force
Vehicle
Registration
Traffic
MPI
AWOL
Apprehension
DARE
SRT
K-9
Game
Warden
Patrols
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Provost Marshal Operations
Officer
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Executes the Provost Marshal’s Intent
The “Right Hand” of the Provost Marshal
Provide link between PM & Community
Develop training programs and
certifications
• Inter-office coordinator (CID, FD, EMS)
• LE Liaison
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Provost Marshal Operations
Officer
• At a minimum:
– Know how to use the Manual for Courts Martial
– Know what commanders abilities are in terms of
basic authority and non-judicial authority
– Know your state laws and references
Basically – Build your base knowledge up as
much as possible
MUST BE A LEADER!!!!!
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Military Police Investigations (MPI)
• Civilian equivalent of Detective
• Investigate minor crimes….
– Crimes against property (less than $1000)
– Assaults
– Narcotics
less than $1000 or less than 1 year confinement
• Juvenile misconduct (Juvenile Review Board)
• Criminal intelligence
• Assist commanders with H&W inspections
• Evidence procedures
Also, see AR 190-30, FM 19-20
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Military Working Dogs
(K-9)
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Performs narcotic and explosive detection
Explosive sweeps of enclosed areas for VIPS
Narcotics sweeps for health and welfare searches
Law enforcement patrol  search, track, detect,
and control personnel
• Access control use
• Deterrent use
• Deployment
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Military Working Dogs
(K-9)
(cont)
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One dog-one handler
Balancing training and patrol requirements
Specific procedures on release
Off-post use
Maintain adequate support on post
Cleanliness of kennels
See also AR 190-12, DA PAM 190-12
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AWOL Apprehension
• Assist commanders in processing AWOL/Deserters
• Unit role  report AWOLs to MP Desk w/in 24 hours
• MP role  prepare the case and facilitate return to
military control
• AWOL (30 days)  Deserter  Warrant  NCIC
• Pickup and processing of captured AWOL/Deserters
• Working with civilian LE
– Detainers
– Immediate apprehension
See also AR 190-9, AR 5-9
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D.A.R.E.
• Drug Awareness Resistance Education
• Teaches drug awareness and resistance education
to schools on the installation and surrounding
communities.
• Participates in installation special events and
activities.
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Special Reaction Team
(SRT)
• Installation asset “owned” by PM
• Special threat response
– Hostage
– Barricaded subject
– Sniper incidents
– VIP protection (as a response force)
• Full-time vs. part-time
• Training and certification
• Equipment and personnel challenges
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PHYSICAL
SECURITY
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Physical Security
• Advise and assist commanders and directorates on
physical security and force protection
– Review unit physical security SOPs
– Perform technical assistance visits
– Conduct physical security classes
– Establish and monitor intrusion detection system
(IDS) alarm procedures
– Part of installation command inspection team
• Conduct announced and unannounced inspections of
unit areas and arms rooms
• Maintain IDS database – issues PIN numbers
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Physical Security
(cont)
• Integral part of installation AT/FP plan
• MEVAs / HRTs / Restricted areas  what are patrols
checking?
• Access control planning and design  more than just
checking IDs
• AT/FP funding  helping others to be more secure
• Ensure plans for new construction and renovations to
comply with DoD AT/FP standards
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ACCESS CONTROL
and
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
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Background
• VR and AC instituted Army-wide IAW HQDA
Directive dated 27 Mar 01.
• Intent was gradual implementation starting in the
summer of 2001, and extending over a period of
6 months.
• Became immediate requirement after 9-11.
• Overall security posture directed by MACOM, and
based upon FPCON.
• Specific procedures defined by CG, GC, and PM
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MP STATION
OPERATIONS
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Station Layout
MP Desk
D-Cell
Administration
Security
Force
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Class
Room
MPI
BN Staff
Command Group
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Military Police Desk
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24 / 7 operation
Desk Sergeant (SGT, SSG) and RTO (PFC, SPC)
Coordinates MP patrol activity
Police, Fire, EMS dispatch
Fire, IDS alarm hub
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)/Missouri Uniform Law
Enforcement Suite (MULES)
Documents patrol activities
Reviews reports for accuracy and completeness
Notifications
Detention Cell
Centralized Operations Police Suite (COPS)
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Daily Operations
• Police business
– Patrols
– RFIs, RFAs
– Incident follow up (MPI, Traffic)
– Higher HQs reports (SIR, CIR, OPREP)
• Administration
– Automation (COPS, installation LAN, website)
– Distribution – cases, blotter
– FOIA
– Paperwork processing
– Statistics
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Daily Operations
(cont)
• Paperwork:
– DA Form 3975 (Military Police Report)
– DA Form 3946 (also “short form”)
– DA Form 2823 – Sworn Statement
– DA Form 3881 – Rights Warning Procedure Waiver/Certificate
– DD Form 1805 – Violation Notice, US District Court
– DD Form 1408 – Traffic Ticket, Armed Forces
– DA Form 4137 – Evidence/Property Custody Document
– DD Form 1920 – Alcohol Incident Report
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Daily Operations
(cont)
– DD Form 629 – replaced by DD Form 2708 – Receipt for
Inmate or Detained Person
– FLW Form 568 / Field Interview Card
– Desk Sergeant Journal
– Desk Blotter
– RTO Journal
– Implied Consent Form
– Investigators Statement
– Patrol Report (security checklist)
– PMCS Sheet
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Daily Operations
(cont)
• Detention Cell
– Maintenance, cleanliness
– When can you confine?
– Prerequisites for confinement
• Paperwork
• Approval authority (PM72 hrs, CG)
• Search
• Medical evaluation
– Unit responsibilities
– Confinement of civilians, juveniles
– Supervision
See also AR 190-47
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Traffic Management
• Traffic Program principle functions:
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traffic circulation planning
supervision
control of motor vehicle traffic
publication
enforcement of traffic laws and regulations
investigations of motor vehicle accidents
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Traffic Management
(cont.)
What is a traffic control plan?
• Predetermined flow of traffic on the installation –
includes the entire road network
• PM has primary staff responsibility for the
development of a circulation plan in conjunction with
other staff agencies – Safety Officer and Facility
Engineer
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices must be
conformed with
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Traffic Management
Traffic circulation plan development
• Traffic studies – assists in development of an effective traffic
circulation plan, and provides needed data to base management
decisions
- Types of studies:
Motor vehicle volume studies – direction, volume, etc.
Origin – Destination studies: travel patterns
Speed studies – adjust speed limits, enforcement
Signal Observance – selective enforcement, physical changes,
visibility improvements
Occupancy studies – car pool program? Future public
transportation
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Traffic Management
Traffic circulation plan development
• Traffic studies – assists in development of an effective traffic
circulation plan, and provides needed data to base management
decisions
- Types of studies:
Accident records – evaluate roadway design factors
Device studies – effectiveness? ID excessive control measures
Speed delay study
Pedestrian study
Parking study
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Traffic Management
Traffic circulation plan development
• Gathering data is only the first step
• Analysis is the most important factor
- Faulty reasoning may lead to: unjustified assumptions
concerning cause and effect, making generalizations based on
averages, making generalizations based on specific incidents;
wasted resources
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Traffic Management
• What is the role of the Safety Officer?
• What is the role of the Facility Engineer?
• What is the role of the Traffic Engineer?
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Traffic Management
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Assists in planning considerations with
respect to the proper type of traffic control
device to be used, where it should be used and
how constructed
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Traffic Management
• Implement, Regulate, and Enforce Circulation Plan
with:
- Traffic Code – rules will conform to the traffic code of the
state where possible, and will be based on appropriate section of
the “Uniform Vehicle Code and Model Traffic Ordnance”
- Assimilated Crime Act (local law is adopted to the
installation) – used to enforce criminal offenses not in the UCMJ
- DOD Directive 5525.4, Enforcement of state traffic law was
established so we can enforce traffic on an installation
- Safety Standards – periodic motor vehicle inspections, motor
registration, motorcycle safety, to include eye protection, helmets
- Termination of Registration
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Traffic Management
• Traffic Mission – implementation of circulation plan
and includes :
- Direction and control
- Direction (maps, TCPs, route designation, etc.)
- Control means (access to functional areas, points
of egress, providing information)
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Traffic Management
• Traffic violations (captured on one of 2 forms below),
except for felony offenses):
- DD Form 1805, can result in court appearance,
fines, and points - MAGISTRATE
- DD Form 1408, points only –
COMMANDERS/SUPERVISORS
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Traffic Management
• Alcohol and Drug Countermeasures:
- Alcohol is involved in many serious traffic accidents
- Detection Phases:
Vehicle in motion – observe vehicle in operation; record!!
Personal contact – observe driver’s exit and walking from
the vehicle
Pre-arrest phase – administer structured, formal
psychophysical tests – critical, will determine if you arrest the
person
- What are the three field sobriety tests commonly used by the
military?
- What is one test used by civilian law enforcement agencies?
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Traffic Management
• Alcohol and Drug Countermeasures:
- Military uses a combination of Administrative and Judicial
sanctions
- Implied Consent
- Blood alcohol content (BAC) – evidence breath test based on
concentration of alcohol in the blood
- AR 190-5 addresses involuntary extraction of blood –
Commanders and Magistrates have the authority to grant
involuntary extraction of blood when a person was operating a
vehicle involved in a traffic accident, which caused the death,
personal injury or serious property damage
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FLW’s Traffic Section
• Assist other units in preparing traffic plans for events
• Work orders for traffic control signs and devices
• TCPs and traffic control
• Certify patrols on radar, Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs),
traffic laws
Also, see AR 190-5, FM 19-25
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FLW’s Traffic Section
• Investigate traffic accidents on the installation
– School qualified
– Priority to fatalities, government vehicles, and
damage > $1k
– Collect physical evidence
– Photograph the scene
– Interview victims and witnesses
– Quality control of minor accidents (investigated by
patrols)
• Enforcement of military and state traffic laws
– Special operations (click-it or ticket, radar, DWI)
– Traffic point system
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Provost Marshal Office (Law
Enforcement) Patrol Distribution
Planning
2LT Shannon Konvalin
Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), FT Leonard Wood
Operations Officer
342ND Military Police Battalion
Purpose
To identify the procedures and/or
requirements for preparing a patrol
distribution (of MP patrols) plan for an
installation Provost Marshal Office
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Patrols
• What is Selective Enforcement?
- Planned distribution of MP and Supporting
Equipment to ensure that the enforcement effort is
applied when and where needed
- Based on review of historical data on time, place,
type and frequency of incidents or violations
- Fosters efficient use of manpower
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Management of Patrol Planning:
- Patrol distribution planning – must be thoughtful
- Equipment considerations, i.e. standardization of
equipment (handcuff case debacle), bike patrols, 4wheel drive vehicles, Promask, etc.
- Methods of patrols – proper distribution results in
more efficient use of manpower and lends direction to
crime prevention and law and order activities
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Patrol Distribution Planning
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Patrol Distribution Policy Decisions:
- Policy decision making considerations:
* Cannot dispatch patrols for every call which comes in, i.e.
minor fender bender, barrack’s larcenies
* May seek appropriate agencies assistance, i.e. the unit
commander, Army Community Services, etc.
* Must have clear policy on degree to which patrol personnel
handle criminal investigations, and extent of involvement in
traffic control, investigations, and enforcement (all must be
decided) – Witness disposition? Crime scene actions? Traffic
control?
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Patrol Distribution Planning
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Patrol Distribution Policy Decisions:
- Policy decision making considerations:
* Priorities for assigned service call precedence if
insufficient patrols are available – must know this ahead of time,
i.e. missing child versus a stolen wallet
* Patrol supervisor should not be included in determination
as to how many patrols are required – Patrol supervisor’s role is
to supervise
* Proper patrol distribution equalizes the workload among
patrols – unequal workloads may adversely affect morale
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• 4- Step Process in Patrol Distribution:
- STEP 1- Determine the size of the patrol force
must understand the relationship between MP
CDR/PM do they have different missions, needs,
expectations, etc.?
coordination is critical between the MP CDR and
the PM, i.e. riots, FTXs, etc.
Where do we get MP resources for the installation
law enforcement mission?
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• 4- Step Process in Patrol Distribution:
- STEP 2 – Analyze statistical data
(collect, compile, and use statistical data)
How do we do this, and what will such efforts do for
us?
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• 4- Step Process in Patrol Distribution:
STEP 3 – Determine patrol areas:
- establish patrol objectives - protection of property, crime
prevention, identification and apprehension of offenders
- considerations for patrols – mission of the patrol and directives
and policies to be enforced, hours of operation for activities,
population density, traffic patterns; commo capabilities, etc.
- patrol coverage – patrol areas should be covered in one hour, do
not give patrol areas, which are too wide for a patrol to cover
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• 4- Step Process in Patrol Distribution:
- STEP 4 – Establish types and numbers of patrols
(Types? Advantages/Disadvantages?)
- Fixed/static (gates, access control guards, ammo storage, etc.)
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Foot (warehouses, family member quarters, commercial estab.)
Motor
Canine (military working dogs)
Aircraft
Special (boats, snowmobiles, bicycles, and motorcycles)
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Shift considerations:
- morale
- job satisfaction
- effectiveness
• Advantages/Disadvantages of 8 hour shifts versus 12
hour shifts?
• Advantages/Disadvantages of one-person patrols
Why are there more arrests, fewer complaints, and a
safety advantage with a one-person patrol?
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Advantages/Disadvantages one-person
patrols:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
- Efficiency
- Witnesses
- Discipline
- Training
- Supervision
- Backup
- Alertness
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Directed Patrolling: directs limited assets to those
places and at times which have the greatest impact
on addressing an identified crime or other issue
• Preventive Patrolling: similar to directed patrolling –
uniform presence in the right place at the right time;
focus is on protection of people not property
• Split Patrol: Reactive (answers calls) & Proactive
(prevention)
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Off-post patrols: Not many stateside, POSSE
COMITATUS ACT – OCONUS, it varies
• Other patrol considerations:
- Equipment
- Weapons – what is the right mix?
- Communications
- Emergency (SOP and rehearsals are critical!!)
- Special challenges (Flag Officer quarters)
- Special events, i.e. major installation activities such as
carnivals, open houses, etc.
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Patrol Distribution Planning
• Contingency plans: bomb threats, civil disturbances,
serious criminal activities
• Various disasters
Bottom line be prepared, and have well
thought out, and executable
contingency/emergency plans, which
adequately addresses your personnel
requirements; and ensure that prior
coordination with supporting agencies is
routine and effective!!!
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Patrol Distribution Planning
Questions?????????
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Use of Force
Reference: AR 190-14, Carrying of Firearms and Use of
Force for Law Enforcement and Security Duties
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Use of Force
• Eligibility requirements for carrying firearms:
- Mandatory proficiency training and proficiency
testing within 12 months
- Mandatory training must include:
* thorough briefing on individual responsibilities
* use of deadly force training
* instructions on safety functions, capabilities,
limitations, and maintenance procedures for the
firearm to be carried
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Use of Force
• Restrictions on carrying firearms
- Weapons may be carried off an installation by DA
personnel when authorized by field grade officers or
civilian equivalent of GS 12
- Only government-owned and government-issued
weapons and ammunition are authorized for official
duties
- Firearms will not be carried within prisoner
domicile and work areas, inside closed
neuropsychiatric wards or hospital prison wards
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Use of Force
• Persons prohibited from carrying firearms:
- exhibiting unsuitable behavior in AR 50-6, AR 190-56,
or AR 380-67
- medical conditions or traits or behavioral
characteristics are defined as disqualifying
characteristics for regulations cited above
- those taking prescription drugs or other
medications that may produce drowsiness or impair
reaction or judgment
- alcohol beverage consumption 8 hours prior to duty
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Use of Force
• Procedures for use of force:
- Avoid use of force when appropriate
- When necessary, use minimum amount of force to
reach the objective
- Only as a last resort, use deadly force, and only as
described in AR 190-14
- Commanders are encouraged to substitute nonlethal devices for firearms
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Use of Force
• Procedures for use of force:
- The following options should be considered when
evaluating degree of force required (should be
considered in order below):
* Verbal persuasion
* Unarmed self-defense
* Chemical aerosol irritant projectors (subject to
host nation or local restrictions)
* Presentation of deadly force capability
* Deadly Force
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Use of Force
• Deadly Force: Justified only under conditions of
extreme necessity and as a last resort when all lesser
means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
Deadly force is justified under one or more of the
following circumstances:
- Self-Defense and defense of others – reasonably
believe to be necessary to protect you or others who are
imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm
- Assets involving national security; to prevent theft
or sabotage of assets vital to national security. Examples:
include nuclear weapons, nuclear command, control, and
communications facilities; and areas designated restricted areas
containing strategic operational assets, sensitive codes or special
access programs
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Use of Force
• Deadly Force: Justified only under conditions of
extreme necessity and as a last resort when all lesser
means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
Deadly force is justified under one or more of the
following circumstances:
- Assets not involving national security but inherently dangerous
to others; prevent theft sabotage of resources such as operational
weapons, ammunition, high risk portable and lethal missiles,
rockets, arms, ammunition explosives, chemical agent and special
nuclear material
- Serious offenses against persons – to prevent commission of
a serious offense involving violence and threatening death or
serious bodily harm. Examples include murder, armed robbery, and
aggravated assaults
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Use of Force
• Deadly Force: Justified only under conditions of
extreme necessity and as a last resort when all lesser
means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
Deadly force is justified under one or more of the
following circumstances:
- Arrest or apprehension of persons involved
justifications cited above
- Escapes – When specifically authorized by the
Secretary of Army and reasonably appears to be
necessary to prevent the escape of a prisoner, provide
law enforcement or security personnel have probable
cause to believe that the escaping prisoner poses a
threat of serious bodily harm either to security
personnel or others
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Use of Force
• Additional requirements for the use of firearms.
- Give an order to halt before firing
- Warning shots are prohibited
- When firearm is discharged, it will be fired with the intent of
rendering the person at whom it is discharged incapable of
continuing the activity or course of behavior prompting the
individual to shoot
- Shots will be fired only with due regard for the safety of
innocent bystanders
- Holstered weapons should not be removed from the holster
unless there is reasonable expectation that use of the weapon may
be necessary
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Corrections
Reference: AR 190-47, The Army Correction System
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Corrections
• Corrections Systems Objectives:
- Provide a safe and secure environment for the
incarceration of military offenders
- Protect the community from offenders
- Prepare military prisoners for their release
whether they return to duty or civilian status with the
prospect of becoming productive soldiers/citizens
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Corrections
• Types of Army Confinement System (ACS) Facilities:
- Confinement Facilities (Level I) – pretrial and shortterm post-trial confinement support; generally, 90 days
or less***not to exceed 1 year; limited capabilities
- Regional Corrections Facilities (RCF) (Level II) –
multifaceted correction treatment programs, vocational
and military training, admin support, basic educational
opportunities, employment, mental health programs; can
provide local pre-trial confinement
- US Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) (Level III) –
centralized long term corrections facility – long term
incarceration; post-trial
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Corrections
• Associated facilities:
- Correctional Custody Facility (CCF) – to implement
provisions of Article 15 UCMJ and provide CDRs with
means other than Court-martial for disciplining
soldiers who commit minor infractions, in which
confinement is appropriate; no confinement stigma
- Detention Cells – temporary detention of
personnel under military police jurisdiction and
temporary confinement of military prisoners when a
military corrections or confinement facility is not
available
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Corrections
• Authorized place of confinement:
- Sentenced to confinement – any place of
confinement under the control of any Armed Forces or
in any Federally approved penal or correctional
institution under the control of the US, or which the US
may be permitted to use
- Confinement of prisoners under death sentence –
Except in time of war, only the USDB is authorized
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Corrections
• Authorized place of confinement:
- Incarceration of pretrial prisoners – any Army
confinement facility, any federally approved civilian
confinement facility (must have MOA/contract); cannot be
held in the USDB
* will not be confined soley to await the outcome of admin
discharge proceedings
* prior to placing person in pretrial confinement, CDR should
inform the person of the specific accused wrongs
* pre-trial confinement in excess of 30 days will be permitted
only when personally approved by the officer with general-court
jurisdiction
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Corrections
• Authorized place of confinement:
- Hospitalized prisoners – specifically designated
medical treatment area for proper custody and control,
unless hospital commander directs otherwise
- Incarceration with enemy prisoners of war (EPW) – US
Armed Forces will not be incarcerated in immediate
association with enemy prisoners of war or other foreign
nationals unless the EPW or foreign nationals are being
detained under military control for suspected or proven
criminal conduct
- Female prisoners – facilities will have separate living
and hygiene areas from males
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Corrections
• Services provided to prisoners:
- Prisoner counseling
- Health care services
- Mental health support
- Legal services support
- Prisoner employment
- Vocational training and education
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• Prisoner disposition:
- Parole
- Clemency
- Return to duty
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Military Customs Operations
2LT Shannon Konvalin
Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), FT Leonard Wood
Operations Officer
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Overview
• Governing regulations:
- AR 40-12, Quarantine Regulations of
the Armed Forces
- AFR 161-4, Quarantine Regulations
of the Armed Forces
- SECNAVINST 6210.2A
Quarantine Regulations for the Armed
Forces
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Overview
Why do we have a military customs
program?
Who manages this program, and who are
the inspectors?
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Overview
• Directed by the Department of Defense
• Military Customs Programs are in place to ensure that
prohibited/restricted items, to include war trophies,
contraband (drugs, weapons, etc.), or other items, which may
be harmful to the US, i.e. agricultural or other food products
are not allowed to illegally enter to the US – also ensure that
host nation tax and currency laws are honored -.i.e. black
marketing
• Military Customs inspectors can either be military or civilian
personnel, and they work closely with the US Department of
Agriculture, and can work closely with the Treasury
Department, and, other federal agencies
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Overview
• All foreign theaters of operation in which US
military personnel are assigned should have a US
military customs program – at least one active
duty Customs MP Company (560TH MP CO,
Mannheim, Germany) in the US Army
• Can be a mission for any MP unit, normally, it is
done by Law and Order Detachments
• This program allows soldiers who are stationed
OCONUS to return to the US expeditiously
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Overview
• Inspection/clearing process includes equipment
and personnel
• Normally set up at points of debarkation
• Customs inspectors may conduct investigations
with host nation, other services or US federal
agencies
• Customs’ operations must be well thought out
and well-resourced – can be overwhelming
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