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USCG BTM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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USCG BTM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSAuthority - Answer-The government's legal power to act.
Jurisdiction - Answer-The government's right to exercise legal authority over it's persons, vessels, and territory.
14 USC 89a - Answer-The coast guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of the
laws of the United States.
14 USC 2 - Answer-The coast guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable federal laws in, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
14 USC 2 - Answer-Is the statutory basis for the Coast Guard's law enforcement mission.
What is a boarding? - Answer-A boarding is an armed intervention led and conducted by uniformed and qualified coast guard personnel aboard a vessel for the purpose of detecting and suppressing violations of the law.
Boarding team member - Answer-The btm is a person designated to assist the boarding
officer in maritime law enforcement under the boarding officer's authority.
Jurisdictional Triangle - Answer-Vessel status/flag, location, substantive law.
Substantive law - Answer-A law that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct.
Use of force continuum - Answer-A model for determining when and what force should be used in individual self defense and law enforcement situations.
6 levels of the use of force continuum - Answer-Level 1 - officer presence, Level 2 - verbal commands, Level 3 - control techniques, Level 4 - aggressive response techniques, Level 5 - intermediate weapons, and Level 6 - deadly force.
Officer presence - Answer-Officer presence is appearance, demeanor, and verbal and non-verbal communication that create an atmosphere of compliance.
Stances - Answer-Interview, ready, and high guard. Escorts - Answer-From the rear and Iron wrist lock
Verbal Commands - Answer-Verbal commands are in the form of task direction with consequences aimed at the subject.
Control Techniques - Answer-Control techniques are techniques or actions with a low probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Aggressive response techniques - Answer-Aggressive response techniques are techniques or actions likely to result in connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin
or broken bones or that will produce irritation of the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Intermediate weapons - Answer-Intermediate weapons are techniques or actions with a high probability of causing connective tissue damage, lacerations of the skin or broken bones.
Deadly force - Answer-deadly force is any force that is likely to cause death or serious physical injury.
Serious physical injury - Answer-actual physical injury to the body that results in unconsciousness, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of bodily members, organs, or mental faculty.
Active counter measures - Answer-brachial stun, super-scapular stun, inner forearm strike, outer forearm strike, palm heel strike, backhand strike, front jab, straight punch, elbow strike, knee strike, angle kick, front snap kick, superficial perennial, iron wristlock takedown, straight arm-bar takedown, modified takedown, and whip takedown.
USCG Use of force policy - Answer-CH 4 MLEM - mlem is comdtinst m16247.1 current version is F
Guiding principles of the use of force policy - Answer-Only that force reasonably necessary under the circumstances may be used, force shall not be used when assigned duties can be discharged without it, excessive force should never be used however nothing in the application of the USCG Use of Force Policy shall be construed as to require personnel to meet force with equal to or lesser force.
Duty to retreat - Answer-Units and personnel do not have a duty to retreat to avoid LE situations justifying the use force, including deadly force. Although units and personnel are not required to retreat to avoid LE situations justifying the use of force including deadly force, retreat may be an alternative and the best choice for the circumstances.
3 types of self defense - Answer-individual, unit, and national
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