National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy NMLEA

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National Maritime Law Enforcement AcademyNMLEA

• Academy Overview
• and
• Maritime Critical Incident Response

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NMLEA Highlights

• NMLEA is a non profit organization
• Promotes and produces training programs
• Designed to provide law enforcement officers and
  agents the training and experience necessary to
  conduct professional, safe, and effective
  operations afloat
• Through lecture, lab, and practical exercise, the
  students increase their level of awareness and
  confidence in handling the most difficult and
  challenging of situations

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Training programs

• Basic Navigation
• Rules of the Road and Piloting
• Chart Interpretation
• Small Boat Operations
• Small Boat Engineering
• Officer Safety and Survival Afloat
• Small Boat Tactics
• Dignitary Protection Afloat

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Training Programs Continued

• Maritime Critical Incident Response (MCIR)
  Exercising the National Incident Management
  System (NIMS) Table Top and FTX
• K-9 Operations Afloat
• Accident Investigation Afloat
• Smuggling Operations Afloat
• Marine Equipment Theft
• Defensive Tactics Afloat
• BWI Investigations

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Special Programs

• Marine Division Assessment
• Assist agencies in developing and maintaining
  their marine division and training programs
• Assist in media liaison regarding Boating Safety,
  BWI, and other community awareness programs
  afloat
• Scenario Based MLE Training as needed

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Academy Instructors

• - Former or retired Federal, State and Local
  law enforcement officers and agents
• - Former U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and other
  military personnel with maritime security and
  intelligence experience.
• Instructors have been directly involved in
  maritime law enforcement to include drug
  interdiction and alien migration interdiction
  operations (AMIO) both in the US and abroad

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Student Assessment

• All programs offer certificate of graduation upon
  successful completion
• For certain States, courses may carry P.O.S.T.
  certification
• All written examinations require a minimum score
  of 70 to pass
• All practical and lab evaluations require a
  satisfactory rating for graduation
• All test scores are maintained by the NMLEA and a
  copy of the transcript is forwarded to the
  agency's training officer for their records

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Experiential Training

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Maritime EnvironmentThe Challenge to Officer
Safety
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Case Study 1

• Dirty Bomb Attack Y2002
• Location Savannah and Jacksonville
• Units Trained Chatham County SWAT, Jacksonville
  Sheriffs Office SWAT
• Training Objective Permissive, underway
  boarding and sweep of vessel
• Scenario Terrorist two-person support cell
  transporting dirty bomb materials to hand over
  to action cells in Savannah and Jacksonville

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Case Study 2

• Cruise Ship Attack During Super-Bowl 2005
• Location Jacksonville, FL
• Units Trained JSO SWAT
• Training Objective High end non-permissive
  underway boarding with threat personalities in
  control of the vessel
• Scenario Four-man terrorist cell hijacks
  commercial tug pushing barge carrying ammonium
  nitrate targeting cruise ships attending the
  Super bowl
• ______________________
• Note Exercise designed as part of JSO prep for
  2005 SuperBowl

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Case Study 3

• Tag-Barge Hijacking, 2005
• Location Baltimore
• Units Trained Maryland State Police SWAT,
  Baltimore Country SWAT, Baltimore City Police,
  Anne Arundel County SWAT
• Training Objective For MSP, refresher training
  in underway boarding for county SWAT, initial
  orientation and familiarization with operations
  afloat. Training emphasis approach to target
  vessel, boarding, tactical deployment, and vessel
  familiarization
• Scenario Tug hijacking

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Academy Philosophy

• Train using the agencies and officers equipment
• Train in the agencies area of jurisdiction
• Optimize utilization of presently existing
  assets and resources
• Safety First and Always !!!
• A Public-Private-Non Profit Partnership

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Academy Without Walls

• NMLEA Consists of Mobile Training Teams
• Non-Profit Corporation Privately Funded
  Exclusively for Law Enforcement
• Directed by a Board of Advisors

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Instructor Qualifications

• Present or Former Law Enforcement and Military
  Instructors with emphasis in LE and intelligence
  issues and maritime operations
• Agency or Academy Recommendation
• Complete an Academy Instructor Training Program
  or Indoctrination

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Maritime Critical Incident Response Training and
Assessment

• Promotes and facilitates interagency cooperation
  in U.S. ports
• Allows participating agencies to test their
  ability to respond to a critical incident

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The Challenge In Course Design

• Simple
• Realistic
• USCG Input
• Asset Identification
• Commercial Assistance and Input
• Port Maritime Security Group

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Experiential Training
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Experiential Training

• Realistic
• Practical
• Promotes Officer Safety and Survival
• Exercises the Officers Judgment and ability to
  perform under pressure
• Provides Agencies an honest performance
  evaluation of personnel and equipment
• Low Cost / High Yield

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Scenario-Based TrainingDiscussion

• Experiential Training
• Ups and Downs

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Standardized Operations

• NMLEA believes in standardized training in the
  maritime and LE community
• Promotes USCG and FLETC Marine Division
  Methodologies / Tactics
• National Incident Management System (DHS)

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Use of Force

• FLETC Use of Force Model
• Agency Subject Restraint Policies Apply
• USCG Subject Management Afloat

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Subject Management(Safety)
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MCIRT Objectives

• Multi or Individual
• Agency Ops
• Communications
• CC
• Logistics
• Asset ID
• Agency Assessment
• Equipment Assessment
• MOUs

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MCIRT

• NMLEA Provides Independent Assessment
• Participants Identify their own challenges and
  answer many of their own questions
• ID Equipment Needs
• ID Additional Training needs
• Prepares Officers for General
• Law Enforcement Ops Afloat

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Hot Wash

• Table Top / FTX Lessons Learned
• a. CC
• b. Comms
• c. Logistics
• d. Equip Eval
• e. Special
• Requests of
• NMLEA
• f. MOUs

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Instructor Trade Craft

• Law Enforcement Sponsor
• Seeking cooperation with local Maritime Based
  Corporations
• (Training Platforms)
• FBI / USCG-COTP Participation when exercising
  NIMS
• Media
• USCG NTM (Required)
• Advise Port Authority (Required)
• Advise appropriate LE agencies

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Open Discussion

• Questions
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