Domestic Standoff

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TAC Units
Police Available
Medic on standby

*I watch as PPD officer's secure the rear of the building*

*We set up a perimeter and have a couple PPD officers begin clearing the immediate area*

"PC-8 to TAC units enroute we will have a spot for yall to park"

*I mark off an area for TAC to park*

*I pick up the radio
"PC-4 on scene"
"PC-4 to PC-8 where am I needed?"

*I notice Don walking up*

'Don, if you would assist PPD with clearing the houses in the immediate area and then help me make sure nobody wonders into the taped off area that would help a bunch'

*I say as I watch the front of the house looking for any signs of moment*

'Alrighty'
*I look around and eventually spot a group of aproximatly 4 PPD Officers and walk over to join them.
'See ya soon'
*I unlock my holster then slide my firearm out of it and hold it to my side and join the group of PPD officers (im gona skip the rp of clearing homes
as it doesnt envolve another errt unit)

*I walk over to where the female is who called 911*

'Can you tell methe basic layout?'

'Yeah, two bedroom, 2 bathroom, kitchen, living room, den area'

'Ok, do yall have any weapons in the house?'

'Yes, there is a shotgun in the closet'

*I pick up my radio*

"PC-8 to all units be advised there is a shotgun in the house"

*I look back at the lady*

'You mind sitting in that patrol unit for now?'

'That's fine'

*I direct her over to a PPD Sergeant's SUV*

((Hey DC, How would I respond? You and Bucello told me 2 different things))

*Me and the now 5 officers finish clearing the houses to the left right, back, and front of the barricaded house and make my way back to Corporal Lafferty
'Hey what'd you want me to do again? I sort of forgot.'

**I drive the RRT Truck past the row of traffic cones and over to where Lafferty marked off a spot to park.**

"RRT is on scene; Bucello is the TAC Officer in Charge."

**I step out with my UMP.**

'Can someone fill me in on what we know? I'll try to get a blueprint from the developer, but what do we know already?'

((Does TAC now have those throw-bots for scouting? It may come in handy to see what the doors are barricaded with.))

*I look at Don and laugh*

'It's fine, if you could help me watch the front area and make sure that nobody tries to enter the taped off area'

*I say as I notice a couple guys walking under the tape and jog over and instruct them to return the other way*

*I walk over to LT. Bucello*

'How are we doing today?'

'We're doing fine. What do we know about the house? Have you talked to anyone? Do we know what's inside?'

'Yeah, basic layout consisting of two bedroom, 2 bathroom, kitchen, living room, den area'

'You, don't want to hear this, but there is a shotgun in the house. Unknown if it is loaded.'

*I say looking at the house real quick and back to Bucello*

(Yeah you do)

"TAC< be advised, SEV is en route to provide medical assistance"

"SEV on scene"
*I get out, put on my gear, and get my first aid kit ready.*
"SEV to TAC command, be advise i'm on scene if medical treatment is needed"

'Alrighty'
*I walk over to where the bulk of the crowd is and scan the crowd and see a channel 5 news van empty its crew and then look to my left and see a man trying to go under the tape
*I jog over to the man.
'Get behind the tape or you will be arrested.'
*I begin lighty pushing him back until he complys.

'We're going to try and get a sense of what's inside. I'm sending in a throw-bot for reconissance.'

**I go into the RRT and get out the throw-bot and the remote control. I them nove around the side of the house quietly, looking for a place to throw the robot into. Not finding anything that's already open, I turn the knob slowly on the door and toss the robot inside, before slowly closing the door, so as to not make noise.**

"Throw-bot is deployed."

**I manipulate the controls and roll the robot around the first floor. All of the doors are open, and the rooms are empty.**

"First floor is clear. Be advised, I'm deactivating the throw-bot. We will reactivate it and throw it to the second floor if we decide to make entry."

*I jump out of the truck and go to the trunk and grab my sniper rifle, I then walk over to Bucello*

'Hey boss, I'm going to find a vantage point sound good?'

*I look around and find the perfect place, a 3 story house directly across the street at an angle*

'Nice job, Booth, we'll be able to keep an eye on the upper level even without our throw-bot. Report any movement to me, OK?'

"Booth to Bucello, 10-4 I'm in my vantage point now, we have movement on the second floor back right room, looks like a bedroom, advise if and when I need to take a shot"

"COPA advises to watch out for shots unless absolutely neccessary, I repeat, hold fire unless life is endangered"

"10-4 I am holding all fire until necessary or until COPA or Bucello advises me to shoot"

"I also see this guy walking back and forth in the room, is our negotiator on site? If not, I can always try"

"Check with Bucello on that one, I know he was in a meeting with one of our Academy instructors, so he had to come in a POV, OSC should know"

"Booth to Bucello, Do you know when the Negotiator will arrive, or should you or I start negotiations?"

"We'll wait thirty minutes. If he doesn't arrive, I'm going to get on the megaphone and ask him to talk to us. The longer we wait, the more caged-up he feels, and we don't want to set him off."

"10-4, I'll keep eyes on until he leaves the room I'll lose my vantage point, He is still in the same room also"

((Whose the officer in charge here? Is it Bucello? or the patrol OIC?))

(TAC Situations, the TAC OIC Always takes charge)

(Alright thought so, Thanks)

"Booth to Bucello the suspect is out of sight, do we have the robot deployed still? Also PD officers stay out of sight he has the shotgun in hand and I don't want any of you getting shot"

"The robot is inside of the building, but it cannot go upstairs, so I've remotely deactivated it. PD officers should stay out of sight, but the shotgun is not a threat at that kind of range. Anyone approaching the house from the front is in danger."

((If Halls isn't here soon, I'm starting negotiations.))

*I look over at Bucello*

'Hey, i'm going to be back in a few. I'm going to go check on the PPD guys at the rear'

*I go down a couple of houses and go around back and head back up to where the PPD officers are at*

"Copy that, the guy is still out of sight, unsure of where he is, however he is still armed and possibly delusional"

*I come around the corner and see a couple PD officers*

'Hey, are you guys doing alright?'

'Yeah, whats going on?'

*I look at the house and back at the officers*

'Right now we are waiting for our negotiator to arrive'

'Ok, if you would let us know when he arrives'

'You got it.'

*I walk back over to Bucello*

'Hey boss, any changes?'

'As of yet, no changes, but in a few minutes, we're starting negotiations. We can't drag this on for any longer and hope to negotiate.'

'Understood sir'

*I walk over to the tape and inform a couple members of the press to step back*

*I then walk back over to my patrol unit and sit in the drivers seat*

**I activate the bullhorn.**

'ATTENION. THIS IS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. WE WILL BE CALLING THE HOME TELEPHONE IN TWO MINUTES. PLEASE ANSWER SO THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE A PEACEFUL END TO THE STANDOFF.'

**I hear helicopters overhead.**

"COPA, please inform all local media outlets to institute a manditory five-minute tape delay on any footage they broadcast. I don't want the newsies to ruin our operation."

"Booth to Bucello I am standing by, suspect out of sight, Make sure PPD and ERT PD officers stay clear of windows and doors"

"I am ready for treatment if needed"

"Understood, I also advised them that if the suspect is spooked by their choppers, we set up a low alt. no fly zone and they lose all air cover, so they shouldn't get to close"

"Appreciate it, sir. Thank you."

**I dial the number for the house. The suspect moves away from the window and I hear him answer."

Voice: 'You look like you're having fun out there, aren't you? You really pulled all the sh*t for this one. You've got your choppers and your armored cars. You can't just leave a guy alone?'
Me: 'Look, we got a call that you were assaulting your partner, and when we got here, you locked yourself in the house with a knife -'
Voice: 'It's MY house, and I'll damn well defend it, you hear?'
Me: 'We're not trying to take your house. We just want to talk and keep anyone else from getting hurt.'
Voice: 'Hey, I never asked you to come out here. You got involved with my girl, in my house, on my land. I want you all out of here.'
Me: 'We can't leave.'
Voice: 'And why the f*ck not? You damn well can leave!'
Me: 'We have to bring you back to the station and find out what happened here this afternoon -'
Voice: 'Like hell! Leave, alright? You're not at training camp, son.'

**The line goes dead. Moments later, two shotgun blasts ring out and the second story window breaks out. He shouts from inside the house.**

Voice: 'And don't f*cking agitate me again, or the next two blasts are in your chest!'

"Booth, I have the solution, advise if you would like me to take a shot, He doesn't look very happy"

"Advise on negotiations. Do we need to send in a COPA Rep down there?"

I think to myself how it'd go with me and him
*It's gonna end one of three different ways. My sniper team kills you, and you leave in a bag. We storm in, take you out in a set of zipcuffs and a bag over your head, or option three, you throw the ammo to the gun out the first story window on the patio, then the gun and walk out the front door, arms up. You're going to lose, so do it in the way that'll hurt you the least. Our guys get paid to hit moving targets, you're a target that moves*
I chuckle then refocus

"10-4 standing by for further orders"

"Everyone hold their fire. He's threatening, sure, but he hasn't tried to hurt one of us yet. If he strikes a vehicle or an officer, that's when I want Booth to take the shot. Do you copy? If you hear any calls that an officer is down or that a police vehicle was hit by shotgun rounds, you are authorized to shoot your target. Acknowledge."

"This is Booth 10-4 I copy, standing by for life threatening attacks"

*As the rounds go off the crowd quickly leaves the area, leaving just a news crew on scene.
*I turn around and look up and see that 2 windows where shattered.
*I mumble to myself.

*I hear the shots and grab my radio*

"8 to PPD officers at the rear status check?"

*I hear one of them answer*

"Were 10-4 back here 8"

"10-4 just checking"

*I look to make sure all patrol guys are good*

"Should we have civilians move a block further away?"

"Booth be advised, they are at a safe distance, but we are going to push it back some more just to be safe"

*I say as I look at the suspects house and look for any movement*

*I get on the phone with the PPD Sergeant, and tell him to have his officers move the perimeter back*

"10-4, suspect still in sight he's looking around, may be attempting to flee?"

*I keep my sights on him as I see officers moving people back further*

**I dial the number a second time.**

Voice: 'What do you want?'
Me: 'It's time to put the gun down.'
Voice: 'This is my gun and my ammo. What, you scared?'
Me: 'Sir...actually, what's you're name.'
Voice: 'Joe F. Police.'
Me: 'Sir, we have an entire team assembled out here, ready to go into the house, and a sharpshooter across the street. Don't move away from the windows; he has a thermal scope. Do you understand now? We see everything that you do, we can shoot you at any time, and we're going to do everything to get you to come outside.'

((Of course, the sharpshooter has no thermal scope, but it puts the suspect on edge and makes him care less about the broken-out window.))

Voice: 'So I'm just going to stay in here.'
Me: 'And be a prisoner in your own house? Let me ask you something: do you like techno music?'
Voice: 'F*cking hate that fake music.'
Me: 'That's a shame; I had some tunes I wanted you to hear.'

**I turn on the LRAD system, which emits a loud high-frequency noise at the target (the house).**

Voice: 'What the f*ck!'
Me: 'I'll turn it off when you want to talk.'
Voice: 'And if I don't?'
Me: 'We make it louder and turn on the floodlights. You can talk to us, or you can fight us. I'm more than happy to sit and talk, but you need to keep that gun away.'
Voice: 'Well, there's no talking here. You just have to leave a man to his house. All of you wanna-be-army pigs can go run along.'

**The line goes dead again. I decide to turn the LRAD on a higher setting.**

"COPA, I'll be drawing up an entry plan. Notify me if any officer sees him leaving the building. We're ending this, one way or another, by eight o'clock tonight." (The last thing we want is to draw this out like it's Waco.)