Military Police

SPRING 2015

Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.

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MILITARY POLICE . 19-15-1 18 to a very violent and dangerous situation. • Keep your hands up and visible to law enforcement personnel and other frst responders. • Refrain from stopping to speak to responders, running to them for safety, or impeding their response to the incident. Their focus is to immediately move to the threat and stop the shooting before oth- ers are injured or killed. • Take cover, and call 911 once you have reached a safe location out of harm's way. Hide When hiding (which is an Army term; other agencies may use the equivalent terms of hiding out, locking down, or barricading), you should— • Select a safe location. At the workplace, protection specialists such as the facilities manager, the emergency manager, or the anti- terrorism offcer should preselect and distinctly identify designated safe rooms—generally, conference rooms in which the doors can be locked or blocked from the inside. You should also look around the area and determine which rooms might provide the best protection. Identify a probable and alternate hiding location. The best option to avoid the shooter may be to seek protection under a desk or table. • Move quickly and quietly to the hiding space. • Lock the door or block or bar- ricade it from the inside using desks, chairs, or other available items. • Seek protective cover. • Silence your phone and remain quiet and out of view. Note: Do not unlock or open the door until you are abso- lutely sure that it is safe to do so. Take Action If taking action, you will need to defend yourself and in- capacitate or stop the shooter by whatever means available. You should— • Look around the immediate area, and determine which items may serve as a means to incapacitate the shooter. Although this is obviously very dangerous, it may be the only way to survive an attack. • Simulate potential response actions periodically. Attack- ing the shooter requires personal resolve and full com- mitment. Practice may result in better preparation for taking this decisive, yet very dangerous, action. Note: Because of the dangerous nature of taking action, this approach should be considered as a last resort. Expectations The average active-shooter incident lasts 12 minutes. In 37 percent of the cases, the incident lasts less than 5 min- utes. 3 The average law enforcement response time for an active-shooter incident is about 20 minutes. In 49 percent

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