Inside the apartment, the infant (actually a doll designed to demon-
strate resuscitation techniques) is to become the focus of the recruit officers,
all of them armed with training firearms. Evanson’s assistant in running the
simulations is Delta Police Sergeant Frank Querido, another specialist in
police tactics; between them they bring nearly fifty years of operational
policing experience—including leading Emergency Response Teams and
surveillance squads in their departments. Working with them is Sergeant
Brad Fawcett, a highly experienced Use of Force instructor at the Police
Academy. Fawcett’s primary responsibilities are in ensuring that all RBT
safety protocols are adhered to. This includes loading the training weapons
with non-lethal training ammunition (NLTA) used in simulations where
the use of the firearm is a possibility.

‘The exercise about to unfold presents the possibility that the police
officers may be required to respond to the subject’s behaviour and the
totality of circumstances with lethal force. The baby’s mentally unstable
father, holding a knife over her head, backs into a corner so that he is facing

in the clussrcom, ipa the only entrance to the living room. All the while, many of the recruits are
phiiosooriy aid science becoming aware of the heavy duty belt weighted with all of the simulated
of o6l'ciii2 informs force-response options and other tools of the trade.

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as Vici aS experience and a “cover” or secondary officer. Their game plan: to try to make contact
Office:s ‘“ii9 return Fo: with the suspicious male and then, if necessary, to methodically move into
cuvariced complex aid the suite using trained tactics in order to confront the suspect as safely as
topical courses taught possible.

by in s*ructors seconded The father is in full-body protective equipment, including ballistic
from the service, safety goggles. He holds the Resuscidoll in the corner farthest from the

door.

From outside comes the demand to open up.

“Police! Open the door! Open the door!”

The suspect doesn’t move. The officers open the door and enter
the suite.

The first recruit in holds his training sidearm in both hands, checking
the bathroom and kitchen on his way. He passes the father and sets up
closest to him, Holding his attention, he stands at the balcony exit to estab-
lish ownership of the only escape route and aims at the man.

‘The second recruit into the room has his sidearm at a “low-ready”
position. He tries to distract the attention of the father from the fact that the
man and the two recruit officers now form a triangle. He is the talker—who
promises nothing will happen if the father puts down the knife and releases
the baby. The contact officer becomes more insistent about releasing the
baby and putting down the knife—while at the same time he blocks the
exit to the hallway with his body. The suspect is now cornered. Two other
recruits, serving as additional cover officers, stand with hands on their