Responding to threats and dangers inside correctional facilities needs to be organized and fast — and many times without the all of the manpower you may need. Here are some training situations to master for making entry into large, enclosed area like a pod or housing area.
- Once at designated location and verbal contact has been made with inmates, practice the command for entering the area and securing the entrance (n addition to stand-down if the mission is aborted or called off).
Once doorway is open, your team must negotiation the following variable scenarios:
a. Front doorway only opens partially and has an obstruction in the entrance.
b. Front doorway opens and has an fire obstruction in the entrance; as a team you must negotiate.
c. Front doorway is opened; inmates are lying on the floor in the doorway, obstructing in the entrance.
d. Front doorway is opened; inmates are charging the doorway with/without weapons, obstructing in the entryway.
e. Front doorway opens and as you enter the first officer in the line is hit, falls and or is injured and in the entryway.
f. Front doorway opens; as you enter, the middle officer in the line is hit, falls or is injured in the entryway.
g. Front doorway opens; as you enter, the mini-team leader is hit, falls and or is injured in the entryway.
