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May 01, 2008
AgileMesh Case Study: Barricade with Hostages
SITUATION:
Patrol was dispatched to a carjacking (with firearms) in progress and was able to arrive while the suspects were still present. A pursuit was initiated, the vehicle eventually stopped and the suspects fled on foot. Several were apprehended, two escaped. However, a K-9 track led officers to an apartment in a small complex. Additional information and intelligence confirmed that the apartment was the location to which the outstanding suspects had fled. A perimeter was established, intelligence was gathered and a phone call was placed to instruct the suspects to exit the apartment. The phone was answered but no one responded to the commands. The area was very constricted. The surrounding apartments were evacuated and SWAT was called.
SWAT arrived, relieved patrol officers in the inner perimeter and established a contact team at the 1-2 corner. SWAT then deployed microphones into the suspect apartment from an adjacent apartment and learned that there appeared to be at least one female and one child, as well as male voices, inside the apartment. The contact team was converted to a crisis team and preparations were made to make emergency entry if needed.
Later, a child, a female and a male exited the apartment and advised that the two suspects were inside the apartment. Attempts were made to contact the suspects, without success. A “throw phone” was then inserted.
CHALLENGE:
Due to the close proximity of other buildings and the linear nature of the structures, it was difficult to place containment teams without creating crossfire problems. Once the throw phone was inserted, video was available, but only to negotiators, who were not stationed with the contact/crisis team.
SOLUTION:
Deployment of a “double” AgileMesh camera node opposite and at a slight angle (45 degrees off the 1-4 corner) from the contact/crisis team allowed one camera to be zoomed in tightly on the main apartment door, while the second camera provided a wide-angle view of the 1 and 4 sides of the building. The wireless remote viewer was deployed to the contact/crisis team. A single node (no native video) was deployed to broadcast video from the throw phone and create linkage to the node on the 1-4 corner. Two other nodes (no native video) were deployed to strengthen and elongate the mesh to the Tactical Operations Center. This configuration allowed Command to visualize both inside and outside the problem from their remote location as well as provide the contact/crisis team with backside and interior intelligence.
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