2013/12/31 Council Agenda Packet

4 shall be defined as only enough team members necessary to carry out the mission. In most cases this shall involve high-risk arrest/search warrant services. The SWAT Commander and Team Leader shall take this into account when assessing the situation. If possible, the Team Leader or SWAT Commander shall make use of on-duty SWAT team members in the jurisdiction of the incident when a limited call-out is initiated. The activation of negotiators in these instances will be situation dependent at the discretion of the SWAT Commander in consultation with the Team Leader. 2. When notified of a call-out all team members shall call an established contact number to advise they are in route and an estimated time of arrival. Members shall report for each tactical mission(call-out)in a timely and safe manner. If a member does not respond when called out,the reason shall be submitted in writing to the Team Leader who shall in turn advise the SWAT Commander. The SWAT Commander and Team Leader shall review reasons for failing to respond to call-outs and make a recommendation regarding action(if appropriate)to that member's department head. Missing three or more call-outs each year without cause may be reason for removal from the team. B. Types of SWAT Situations -The SWAT team is specially trained to handle the following types of situations: • Barricaded Subject-No Hostage • Barricaded Subject-W/Hostage • Suicidal Barricaded Subject • High Risk Warrant Service • Active Shooter • Sniper Situations • High Risk/Unknown Risk Search Warrant Service • High Risk Apprehension • High Risk Surveillance • Personal Protection C. Criteria for Call-Out-The SWAT team may be called out when the above situations involve the following criteria: 1. Barricaded subject with/without hostage: • Suspect is,or is believed to be armed. • Suspect refuses to surrender and/or; Revised 12/2013 17 38