13092011Charlie

13092011Charlie
*Police beepers*
"TAC Units to station for raid preparation."

EAT Information
This raid will take place on a single story house, in the Phoxlind Southeast district. PPD Raided for drugs, however has called us to raid this house again for believed weapon stores. There is not a basement blueprinted, however a small crawlspace lies beneath the house. One man was arrested, and another man lives there currently with his girlfriend, who were not able to be arrested on the drug warrant. Please wait to meet and be breifed before rolling. COPA Recommends taking 121.


Time:0002h
Weather: Windy, clear
Bonus: Nighttime, most people awake are busied by the plane crash, and those not, are probably asleep
Concerns: There are beleived many weapons, which are probably hidden very will. Subdue both subjects before entering.
Restrictions: No standoffs, please. Make it interesting if you wish however.

*I hear the call over the EAT and I pull a U turn and drive to the station code 2, when I arrive at the station I get my gear out of the spare unit and head in the station*

(How about we have an undercover move in first, try to see if anyone is home and if they are and they answer the door we could find out how many people are in the house, and then move in?? Undercover cop dressed as a member of the Census Bureau??)

"S-1 will be available if needed"

(Booth, if they suspect anything or something was to go wrong that would give them a hostage)

(They'd be armed and TAC could set up along the door out of sight so once they open BOOM police search warrant)

"TAC units, assemble at the station. Unit 120, the unmarked van, will be the raid vehicle. Unit 121 will stand by in case the situation escalates."

((I don't think command posts go to raids; the planning is usually done at base, and once the plan starts, it doesn't change unless something goes badly. Besides, it looks very obvious that something is happening if a big command post vehicle rolls up near the house. An unmarked van is less conspicuous, and SWAT teams use it for snatch-and-go arrest raids. Booth, your idea would be a good surveilance tactic, but not so for a raid. It just stalls the situation and makes us look suspicious.))

"10-4 heading to van"

(Yeah true well that's what I'd do, I saw it plenty of times)

J. Bucello wrote:"TAC units, assemble at the station. Unit 120, the unmarked van, will be the raid vehicle. Unit 121 will stand by in case the situation escalates."

((I don't think command posts go to raids; the planning is usually done at base, and once the plan starts, it doesn't change unless something goes badly. Besides, it looks very obvious that something is happening if a big command post vehicle rolls up near the house. An unmarked van is less conspicuous, and SWAT teams use it for snatch-and-go arrest raids. Booth, your idea would be a good surveilance tactic, but not so for a raid. It just stalls the situation and makes us look suspicious.))

(It's not a command post, it's a response vehicle, with all your gear and room in back to change on the fly etc. Basically a slightly larger armoured vehicle, with no armour. It has a chair in back so someone can sit and make it a command post if neccessary, but 75% of vehicles can be turned into a command post, so it's not really special in that way. The unmarked is meant for grab and go yes, but this is a enter, secure, search, and make arrests as needed. That's why I recommended 121, it lets you guys get there, go through brief, then leave, and let the guys armour up while you are driving, as opposed to having to do so at the station. Basically what i'm trying to reiterate is that 121 is not a command post at all, and it's just a truck with room in back for you guys to keep everything you'll need on a call, as opposed to having to select what you'll need, and put it on the vehicle, then move out.

((Well, then, I don't know what 121 is useful for, then. When I picked it out, the reason I gave is because it looked like it had room for communications equipment - and its the only vehicle that says that it has command post capabilities on the vehicle specs. Most SWAT teams have a specialized command post vehicle, and if 121 isn't that, it's nothing but a locker room on wheels. It's unarmored, slower, bigger and blatantly obvious to just about anyone who can see it. 120 is the fastest and stealthiest. 122 is the best armored. There's standard equipment in both of them, and we can put vests on quickly at the station and put the rest on in either response vehicle. We don't necessarily need 121 for that.

Plus, if this is just a raid on a house, we don't need to roll out in a vehicle and get into gear on the way over. There's not exactly a time limit. If this were real, we wouldn't have gotten this call two minutes past midnight and rolled out like it was an emergency. The warrant would be in our hands either this afternoon or the next morning, and we would spend the evening planning the raid before we go out and execute the plan in the early morning hours.

If this is what you had in mind - a sort of scramble to get TAC to the station and roll out quickly - then we'll do it that way, but I don't know how we can use Unit 121. I just don't see it.))

*I jump in the van check my sniper and throw on my tactical vest*

'I'm ready when you are boss'

(121 does have communications equipment yes, but it isn't a command post solely, it is set up to be one when needed, but will not be primarily that. That's why it's called a response vehicle, not a command post. 121 has more room, and therefore can carry a lot more gear. the SUV realistically can fit four people, and that's squeezing it if they're all gear up, then you have to include the gear special for that call, which might be shields, extra whatevers, who knows. Think like it is the rescue truck in the fire department or ESU ten truck in NYPD. It is big, full of gear, and has a bunch of room inside for men. You can take 120 if you wish, but quite frankly, a black SUV with tinted windows is just as obvious as a marked unit in that neighbourhood, which is pretty much the city's prjects, or ghetto, or whatever. I recommended 121, but take what you wish. It was merely a recommendation.
121 is meant for taking loads of gear, since neither other vehicle is loaded with free space when you've got three men inside. Take 120, I'm just explaining what 121 is to prevent further confusion, and have it go to waste being used as a command only vehicle.)
"TAC, what's the ETA for this warrant exaction, we've gotta do it tonight, hopefully get them asleep, if the're up, it gets dangerous, so night time is best option. Advise with plan when exacted"

((Sounds good. I guess this is going to be a case-by-case thing, so picking a vehicle is dependant on the assignment and its specifics. A nighttime raid means that we can probably go right up to the door with the unmarked unit. Also, I'm a little tired of having a thin team - like, two people or so. Can I just say we have some people borrowed from the ATF or something?))

"The plan is to be through the door around 0200. Between 0200 and 0300 are the times when people are least alert. Will report when team is moving."

*I grab my gear putting it on and walking to the HRT*

'Booth, ready to go?'

'Yes sir, I am, are you?'

*I say as I set up my sniper just in case I may need it*