3.540 Multi-Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities (MACTAC) Response Flashcards
It is the policy of this department to provide a standardized, regional response to an active assailant, hostage siege, and/or terrorist attack in LVMPD jurisdiction that prioritizes _____________.
Life safety
A Multi-Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capabilities (MACTAC) response is used when incidents occur simultaneously and exceed __________________________________________________. This includes incidents involving shootings, stabbings, rammings, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and other potential threats. MACTAC provide officers tactical knowledge, skills, and abilities to respond to incidents that require immediate police intervention.
Conventional law enforcement tactics and resources
In addition to the MACTAC response policy, officers must comply with policies and procedures set forth in the Use of Force LVMPD 3.110, “Use of Force Tools and Techniques” as well as LVMPD 3.500, Major Incident and All Hazard Plan. A MACTAC response should not be utilized in place of conventional response tactics to a barricaded person or hostage incident (see LVMPD policies 3.510, Hostage Plan, and 3.505, Barricaded Subject Plan). The MACTAC response policy cannot be used in conjunction with traditional STAR de escalation protocol (3.300, Supervisors Tactic for Armed Subject Response) and barricaded subject plan. STAR de-escalation protocol and the barricaded subject plan emphasize slowed momentum to gather resources, whereas the MACTAC response requires ______________________.
Immediate intervention
One or more persons who are randomly or systematically involved in the act of using deadly force on others, and the suspects will not stop their aggressive, hostile actions without immediate and direct law enforcement intervention. The overriding object of the assailant(s) appears to be committing mass murder or terrorism rather than other criminal conduct.
Active assailant
This team aims to isolate, contain, or neutralize the threat and create a warm zone
Assault team
A location established at the scene of the incident where injured victims will be taken prior to a formal triage, treatment, and transport (TTT) area by medical personnel. This is managed by the fire branch of the unified command.
Casualty collection point (CCP)
Any area with dedicated law enforcement protecting a defined geographic area(s) that has been cleared and secured. To establish a cold zone, arriving officers and personnel clear and secure all perimeters. The command post, triage, treatment, and transport area(s) and staging area are examples of areas inside the cold zone.
Cold zone
Assigned to prevent a threat from expanding or retreating from an area of the initial threat or contained area. These teams should be no smaller than a buddy team (two officers).
Containment teams
Protective details for the incident command post, staging area(s), fire and medical response teams or for additional protection as dictated by the incident commander (IC).
Force protection
A pre-designated patrol squad at each area command that can respond to a major violent incident. These squads are pre-identified and scheduled 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
In-the-box squad
A geographic area with a known threat. Only law enforcement or armed personnel attempting to isolate, contain, or neutralize hostile threat(s) are allowed in this area.
Hot zone
The use of limited resources – one, two, or three officers – to respond to an active-assailant event when the need to interrupt outweighs the time to wait for the fourth or fifth officer to form the traditional active assailant elements.
Limited resource response
An acronym used in response to ongoing dynamic incident(s) involving simultaneous deadly force events or a terrorist attack involving explosives, high-powered weapons, or a hostage siege where subjects have used, or are preparing to use, deadly, physical force.
MACTAC
A MACTAC incident is confirmed, compelling the affected area command to respond directly.
MACTAC activation
A report of a MACTAC incident occurring or potentially occurring. In-the-Box patrol squads may be placed on alert in preparation or as a reserve to activated units.
MACTAC alert
An extraordinary incident, even by law enforcement standards, and/or an unusual occurrence that exceeds conventional law enforcement tactics and resources.
MACTAC incident
A general notification for area commands that are not affected. Patrol squads do not need to respond to a rally point but should orient themselves if they are placed on alert. In any confirmed MACTAC incident, the Communications Bureau should broadcast a valleywide MACTAC notification.
MACTAC notification