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Authority

Governments legal power to act

Jurisdiction

Governments power to exercise legal authority over its persons vessels and territories

Jurisdictional triangle

Substantive law


Vessel status/flag


Location

Substantive law

One that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct

Vessel status/flag

Is the claim of nationality that can be verified by a valid document, verbal claim by the master, or the display of the national flag

Locatikn

The allowable extent of U.S. jurisdiction over persons, vessels, and aircraft is determined by the character of the waters in or over which they are located

What is SMTJ

High Seas


U.S. Vessels in foreign waters


Great Lakes


Federal reserves


Land and waters not within the 50 States


Territorial seas


Financial, Immigration, Sanitation, Customs

Use of force policy

Only that force reasonably necessary under the circumstances may be used. Force shall not be used where assigned duties can be discharged without it. Excessive force may never be used;however, nothing in the application of the coast guard use of force policy shall be constructed as to require personnel to meet force with equal or lesser force.

Level 1

Officer presence; appearance, demeanor, verbal and non-verbal communication that creates an atmosphere of compliance.

Level 2

Verbal commands; the form of task direction with consequences aimed at the subject.

Level 3

Control techniques; techniques or actions with a low probability of causing connective tissue damage, laceration of skin or broken bones.


Normal application of handcuffs, pain compliance, and strength techniques.

Level 4

Aggressive response techniques; techniques or actions likely to result in connective tissue damage, laceration to the skin, broken bones, or that will produce irritation to the skin, eyes, and/or mucus membranes.


Proper use of kicks, stuns, punches, takedowns, and chemical irritants.

Level 5

Intermediate weapons; techniques or actions with high probability of causing connective tissue damage, laceration of the skin, or broken bones.


Rubber munitions and expandable baton.

Level 6

Deadly force; any force that is likely to cause death or serious physical injury.

Serious physical injury

Actual physical injury to the body that results in unconsciousness, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member organ or mental faculty.

Deadly force triangle

Subject action, opportunity, weapon.

Opportunity 2 prong

Unrestricted access


Max effective range

Deadly force authorized

Self defense, lawful arrest/prevention of escape, protection of property/hazmat/deadly weapons.

Passive compliant

Subject who follows the officers request or verbal commands

Passive resistor

Subject who does not follow the officers request or verbal directions, but offers no physical resistance to the officers attempts to gain control.

Active resistor

Subject who does not follow the officers request or verbal directions, offers physical resistance that prevents or may prevent the officer from gaining control, but does not attempt to harm the officer.

Active aggressor

Subject who attempts to harm or attack the officer.

14 USC 522

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 laws of the United States.

14 USC 102

The coast guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable federal laws on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

14 USC 703

Coast guard Petty Officers, Warrant Officers, and Commissioned Officers are customs officers.

Reasonable suspicion

The belief by a reasonable and prudent person based on articulable facts that something has happened

Probably cause

Level of suspicion that would cause a reasonable and prudent person, given the overall circumstances, to believe a crime has been committed.

Search

An entry or intrusion by a government, on a quest for evidence, into an area where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Plain view discovery

Rule permitting a law enforcement officer, who is otherwise lawfully present in an area, to seize an item that is immediately apparent as evidence.

Plain view 2 prong

Must be legally present in space


Must be immediately apparent as evidence

Private space 2 prong

Is there an expectation of privacy?


Is the expectation reasonable?

Custodial situation

When a subjects freedom of movement has been deprived in a way that is associated with a formal arrest.

Frisk

Crushing and passing of hands over the outer clothing of a person in search for weapons.

Search incident to arrest(SIA)

A detailed crush and feel search of an arrested individual person and thorough search of outer clothing for weapons, means of escape, and evidence.

4th amendment

Protection form unlawful search and seizures.

5th amendment

Protection from double jeopardy, right to jury , right to due process, self incrimination, and just compensation.

Basic Initial safety sweep

Conducted on every boarding and is limited to identify potential safety hazard and ensuring the vessels seaworthiness.

Extended initial safety sweep

Known weapons with a reasonably well known location, unaccounted for personnel, and safety hazard

L.E. Belt

4 keepers


PDW Holster


Ammo pouch


OC spray and pouch


Handcuffs and pouch


Flashlight and holder


Baton and holder


Chemical resistant gloves


4 gas analyzer


RAD 3 Pager

B.O. Kit

Writing material, 4100 forms, seizure tags, personal property bags, evidence bags, sounding tapes(75ft), measuring tape, camera, knife, flashlight(intrinsically safe), wedges, Chemlights, inspection mirror, NIK Kit, flex cuffs, gloves, first aid kit, and breathalyzer.

Radiation levels

>4500 microrems


>20 counts per second for neutron

If Rad levels are too high

SMAC


Stop


Move away


Alert


Close off


Types of radiation

Alpha


Beta


Gamma


X-ray


Neutrons

ALARA

As low as reasonably achievable