Objective:
To safely affect an arrest of a suspect (or suspects) who barricades themselves in a residence, business or vehicle.
Not all suspects who refuse to surrender are considered to be barricaded. A barricaded suspect is defined within the following criteria:
- The suspect is probably armed; and
- The suspect is believed to have been involved in a criminal act or is a significant threat to the lives and safety of citizens and/or police; and
- The suspect is in a position of advantage, affording cover and concealment; or is contained in an open area and the presence or approach of police officers could precipitate an adverse reaction by the suspect; and
- The suspect refuses to submit to arrest
Once these criteria are met, the Incident Commander should immediately request SWAT to respond.
When requesting SWAT, be prepared to ask the following questions:
- What is the situation? (detailed brief)
- Are there any hostages?
- Have shots been fired? Weapon Type?
- Is the suspect contained? How do you know? Do containment officers have proper cover/concealment?
- Has the suspect been asked to surrender?
- Is the affected area isolated? (Evacuations)
- What is the safest route to approach the Incident Command Post?
- If possible, get diagram/photo of location
Notifications:
- Command Staff
- SWAT / CNT
- PIO
- Air Support
- Detective Personnel