Hostage Taking at Mountain View

See EAT for info

*I put my car in gear and turn my lights on as I pull onto the road.*

"8 is enroute"

*I say as I turn my siren on*

'Oh boy, church traffic. What fun'

*I say to myself as I literally come to a stand still in traffic*

*As I drive to the scene I hear radio traffic from PPD on the baricaded subject.

*I finally turn the corner and squeeze past a black car and see flashing lights up ahead.*

'Well, here we go'

*I say under my breath*

*I pull up behind a PPD car and turn my Flashing LED lights off, and turn my steady burn corner LED's on and grab my mic*

"PC-8 is on scene"

*I say as I step out and walk over to a PPD Sergeant waiting for Libor to arrive*

**Driving past the church, we're lucky enough that people didn't cut us off driving out of church, but there are still a lot of people in the way. We make it in six minutes, which isn't the worst response time in the world, given the traffic. I notice police cars ahead, including one of ours. I step out.**

"RRT is on the scene."

I go over to Lafferty and the PPD sergeant.

'Does anyone know where the hotel manager is? I need to speak with them.'

"Copy that RRT, be advised, we relayed false information, the motel manager is the hostage. No one else was working today. Sorry for that mixup"

"Aw, hell. Alright, is there any way to access the motel records and see which room the hostage taker is in? We need a room number to make contact with him and to plan entry."

**I take out a pair of binoculars. They have less zoom than my ACOG scope, but a scope looks more threatening. There are no lights in any of the rooms, nor is there any movement.**

"There's four rooms, all four were quickly vacated after the hostage taker entered. PPD reports last seeing him in the lobby, however has not tried contact since. Unless the manager made him a room card, he can't get in, since the only master left with the janitor.. Sorry for the lack of help there"

"That's actually very helpful. I'll contact the city planner's office and request a blueprint."

**I go to the EAT and request a blueprint of the motel from the city planner's office. Five minutes later, I receive a printout of it.**



**Using this, I mark where I believe the hostages to be. Enemies are in red. Civilians are in yellow.**

**Looking at the updated map in the EAT, I radio to Bucello*
"I notice you've got two of each marked.. I'm assuming this is probable locations, not both, since the arsonist went in alone? Also I'm calling our HR-1 to your location now"

"That's correct. Those locations are probable; we can only tell that he's not in any of the rooms or the lobby. Be advised that we have not started negotiations."

"Understood, has anyone scoped out the area yet?"

"I have the building in the sight of my binoculars. No lights, sounds or movement. The back area doesn't have any windows to the office or storage area, and we haven't gotten close to that area yet. We want to be sure of where the hostage is before we do anything."

**I watch the building for a minute or so before a thought occurs to me.**

"COPA, does the fire department have a thermal camera? If so, we could use one to find the location of the hostage."

"They do, but it's in use at the fire. All units are there. HR-1 has one on board, Did Halls leave his at station?"

**I look in the RRT; there's nothing inside.**

"It looks like we have just our basic equipment. A thought just occurred to me, though; the storage room seems to have a big metal door as its only access point, and it's probably locked. That means that the only place for the hostage to be is in the office. I'll tell Halls to make contact by calling the office phone."

"Alright Jamie, keep me updated. Burke Out"
I check over to the fire scene to monitor the situation there*

*I hear the PPD Sergeant tell a couple of his officers to move some bystanders back*

*I notice that Libor is still not on scene yet, so I turn to Bucello*

'Hey LT, i'm going to help them clear the area of civilians.'

*I say as I walk over to a group of people*

'Excuse me guys, i'm Dave with the ERT-PD and I need yall to head back down to the corner'

'Is everything ok?'

*I think to myself no. . .*

'There is a situation going on in the area and its not safe for unathroized personal at this moment.'

'Ok, officer we will just go home instead.'

'Ok, have a nice day'

*I walk over to my patrol car and grab my jacket from the passenger seat and walk back over to the PPD Sergeant and Bucello.*

'Anything you need LT?'

'Right now, nothing, but I want you to look over those maps that I noted. The gunman and hostage are probably in the office.'

*I look at the maps*

'So, the rooms have to have a key card right?'

'And the storage room is a metal door most likely locked?'

*I say zipping up my jacket*

'That's right. If we call the office and find that the suspect is in there, that's our only focus. One hostage, one gunman. Nothing complicated. We have two distinct TAC units, so you might just be on perimeter, but we need everyone up to speed.'

**I again raise my binoculars to the building; again, there's no movement. Smoke rises in the distance from the site of the arson.**

*I nod my head*

'Ok Lt, sounds good.'

*As i arrive on the scene, i get out of my car, taking out my rifle(( i don't know wich sniper i use)), and move to Bucello*
"HR-1 arrived at the scene"
'Sir, HR-1 on the scene, where do you need me?'

'I need you to look over the map of the motel and get a feel for where everything is while we wait to set up negotiations. We believe the suspect to be in the office of the motel. Do you have all of your gear with you?'

((Edited, what program you use for this.))
'Sir, i did a copy of your plan, and i think we should do this:
.Make a Base of Operations or Negotiations in one of the rooms after they are secured, surround the escapes, and if the negotiation fails, we should be ready for an escape.Here, you can see it if you want.And i got my Glock 17, my rifle and my thermal Camera.'


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((Can't see the image. ))

'We're running a risk by moving the command post inside. The fact that you have the thermal camera with you is helpful, though. I'll need you to go around the outside of the building and get a thermal image of the rooms. Just run the camera along the wall and make a note of any warm spots. Cold spots shaped like guns or knives will tell us what the guy is armed with. Try to stay quiet while you're out there, OK?'

((Open it in the link,))

'Yes, sir'
*I slowly go to my car, grabbing the thermal camera*
*I stealth to the main door , getting prone for nobody seeing me, putting the camera in position*

**ALL CLEAR ON THE LOBBY!!**
*I keep moving to the right wall, detecting a warm signal on the Storage*
*One is up, with a object in the hand, and other in his knees in the ground*
*I slowly press my radio button*
"I got two warm signals in the Storage, orders?"

'That's odd. We'll find out how they got into the storage area later...'

**I toggle the radio switch.** "Get away from the building quietly and return here. I'm going to set this com-link phone down in front of the door to the storage room and tell him to pick it up."

**Manuel moves away. I slowly shuffle forward to place the phone at the door to the storage room and move back. I go to the RRT bullhorn.**

'ATTENTION ALL PERSONS IN THE MOTEL STORAGE ROOM. THIS IS THE POLICE. WE WANT TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU. OPEN THE DOOR TO THE STORAGE ROOM. THERE IS A PHONE IN FRONT OF THE DOOR. PICK IT UP AND WE WILL CALL YOU.'

**A few seconds pass. The door opens just a crack, and a head pokes out. The door opens wider, and then a hand reaches out for the phone and quickly shuts the door.**

((COPA, can I godmod our negotiator? He isn't here. Also, Manuel, what did the object in the suspect's hand look like?))

(( A 10 Pump Action Shotgun))
(( By the way, the kiddnapper could make the manager open the storage door ))
((Can you see the image already? I can send you the ImageShack link:
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((My computer filters out ImageShack and doesn't allow me to see the file. Can you e-mail it to me as an attachment?))

((Noobish Question but, HOW ME DOES ATTATCHEMENT???????????????????????????))

((Never mind. Soon, I'll post the basic plan for how to raid the storage room, but we need negotiations first. As for how to attach a file, your e-mail should have a button that looks like a paper clip. That's what you click in order to attach a file.))

((Try this one: http://postimage.org/image/2wns2flwk/ffb410be/ ))

(Yeah, mod Halls until he signs in, don't make him do everything though, one post every 6 hours until he shows)

"Units on scene, what's the status? Do we have K9 on scene yet")

"We've just dropped the phone off, and Halls is making contact right now. K9 isn't on scene yet, but I'm not sure that they'll be needed. The hostage and hostage taker were located in the storage room."

**Halls toggles the transmit button and begins talking to the hostage taker.**

Halls: "Hello? This is Andy Halls. Can we talk to you?"
Arsonist: "I guess."
Halls: "Look, we don't want this to end badly, OK? We just want the hostage free."
Arsonist: "Bullsh*t; once she's gone, what's going to stop you from coming in with your big tanks and machine guns and turning me into Swiss cheese?"
Halls: "You aren't giving us any reason to do anything like that. We're just sitting and talking, right? That's fine. The truth is, we don't want to fight you. We don't want people getting hurt. That includes you, OK? Understand that."
Arsonist: "I wish I could believe you. You don't carry those guns around for fun, do you? Those big tanks and flashing lights are all for show? I don't think so."

**It may be a long negotiating process.**

"6 arriving on scene."

(sorry guys, Explorers State Conference, then caught up on school)

*I see Libor pull up and walk over to him*

'Hey Sarge, what are your orders?'

*I say while I pull out my phone to silence a text message I just got.*

'Lets get a one block perimeter set up, I'm going to talk to Tac OIC.'

*I walk over to Bucello*

'Hey, so what we have so far?'

'Ok, Boss'

*I walk over to a couple PPD officers*

'Hey, guys. We need to set up a one block perimeter.'

*I look over my shoulder*

'If you guys can cover the back, we can cover the front'

'Sure thing'

*I then walk over and set up a perimeter*

'So far, it's one man with a shotgun inside of the storage area of the motel. My guess is that he forced the owner at gunpoint to bring him there as a refuge, and then locked himself in once we rolled in. He's talking to us, but his biggest fear is that we're going to storm his hiding spot with heavy firepower, so he's not moving any time soon, but we might be able to end this without too much drama.'

'Ok, so we got a plan set up yet? I saw the blue print en route.'

"K9 was sent to scene to do a full scope of the grounds for evidence, such as weapons, explosives, or other incriminating links to the arsons"

"Copy, we will take care of that after we get the hostage out safe."

"TAC is preparing an entry, and they should have sufficient crew to handle it. Unless they request otherwise, I'd like the scene to be secured, since it hasn't been reproted secured by anyone yet"

"So far, the regulars and the PPD have established a perimeter around the area. We don't have anyone going in or out, so I'd say we're secure. Our entry is going to be extremely complicated; there's only one way in, and if he doesn't blow our heads off with the shotgun, it'll be the hostage. I'm also not sure how we would get a grenade in there without alerting the suspect. I'll work out an entry plan."

'Sir, air ducts?'
'They are big enought for me to fit in it, i can sneak in, get a flashbang there, and you can detain the suspect'

'This is what I'm thinking: there's an HVAC vent on the side of the storage room wall. One of us can go over to that vent and make noise; bang on it, yell at him, block light from coming in, and so forth. While he's distracted, the rest of the team goes in, shooting the door off of its hinges and using a grenade launcher to put a flashbang into the room. He will have no time to react; it's not like he's been trained in anything.'

**I start to pace about. Then, I realize something.**

'What if he is? He might be a military veteran. We should find out his name and run a background check.'

'If we start making noises, i am afraid he will kill the hostage in a auto reaction.'
'Sir, we should get the hostage, give something for it. You might switch me with the hostage, there it wouldn't be so risky, and we would got more chances to survive'

'Absolutely not. Having a member of our team as a hostage is an automatic no-win, assuming he even accepts. For one thing, that's one less person on the raid team. Besides, he'll be more likely to kill a police officer than a civilian. Going through the ducts is physically possible, but noisy. If we're assuming that the suspect will kill the hostage if there's noise, it won't be successful. If we assume the opposite, then don't bother climbing through the vent. I'm getting worried that we might be forced to kill him if he doesn't surrender. How fast can we get the door open if we have to?'

'The time that it takes ramming the door, throwing a flash and moving in, about 5 to 10 seconds.'

'Do we have to ram it? It isn't locked. If we just opened the door regularly and the point man rushed in with a metal shield, how long would it take to disarm the suspect?'

'Well, about to 5 seconds if he dosen't notices us, if he notice we are opening the door, 10 to 14 seconds'

'I feel like we can get in faster than that. It only takes one person to turn the handle and throw the door open. Still, it's too risky. We should try to talk him out of coming out of the room first. We can't make entry without him noticing.'

((WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYONE? Why isn't Halls here? Where is the rest of TAC?))