After-action report, Southeast Area, 1992-03-03

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Content INTRADEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
March 3, 1992 1\,:1}-}'1/
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TO: Chief of Police
FROM: Commanding Officer, Southeast Area
SUBJECT: TACTICAL ALERT AFTER-ACTION REPORT
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RECEIVED
MAR 4 1992
OPERATIONS
HEADQUARTERS BUREAU
Attached is the After-Action report of the Southeast Area tactical
alert of February 16, 1992. This was the result of .a substantial
Code-2 backlog and the unavailability of Southeast units who were
assigned to the perimeter of an officer-involved-shooting, at
9614 South Compton Avenue.
, Captain
Commanding O ficer
Southeast Area
Attachment
cc: Director, Office of Operations
Commanding Officer, Headquarters
Uniform Services Group
Form 15 07 0 (4-b2)
Los Ange les Po lice Department
EMPLOYEE'S REPORT
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SUBJECT
After Action Report
DATE & TI ME OCCURRED
Feb. 16, 1992 0150 hrs
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LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE
96th Street arrl r.. -·- .: • ". -
TO ( Rank , Nam, , As s, gnlT!fnt, Divis ion)
DIVISION OF OCCURRENCE
Southeast
DATE & TIME REPORTED
Captain John Trurrlle, Ccmnarrlinq Officer, Southeast Patrol Divis;nn
DETA ILS: ~
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TYPE OF OCCURRENCE
On February 16, 1992, at approximately 0151 hours, Officers J. McDonald,
#27620 and G. Perez, #27722, in unit 18A36, responded to a "415 man with
a gun" call at 9614 S. Compton Avenue. Upon arrival · the officers
confronted an armed suspect in the intersection of 96th Street and
Compton Avenue, as he stood over a man pointing a gun at the man's head.
The suspect failed to respond to the officers' commands and pointed a .44
caliber revolver at the officers which res~lted in an officer-involved
shooting. The suspect fled on foot eastbound across Compton between the
houses. At the time of the shooting it was believed ·the outstanding
suspect may have been wounded by the police gunfire. A two block
perimeter was established from 95th to 97th Streets and from Compton to
Maie Avenues. A K-9 search of the perimeter was initiated and met with
negative results. Due to a high call load in Southeast Division and
unavailability of any Southeast Units, a tactical alert was initiated at
0255 hours. The tactical alert was cancelled -at 0455 hours.
FIELD COMMAND POST INFORMATION
A field Command Post was established on 96th Street, west of Compton
Boulevard. Sergeant R. Avalos, #22100, assumed field command until he
was relieved by Lieutenant D. Hepburn #17346. Sergeant -Avalos then .
functioned as the Operations Officer. The Command Post was also staffed
by Officer Brown, who was the radio/log officer.
CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATION
The initial "help call" was put out by Officers McDonald and Pere· z at
0151 hours. The officers immediately broadcast the suspects description
and direction of travel, and requested a perimeter to which numerous
southeast units responded. Sergeant Avalos, in unit 18L30, was the first
supervisor on the scene arriving within two minutes. He requested a
Tac-frequency and Tac-7 was reserved and used for the remainder of the
tactical operation. Air 70, Sergeant II+II Krieger, #10815 and Officer
II+II Nelson 117187, responded and remained over the perimeter for the
duration. Possible witnesses, victims or additional suspects were
quickly identified by the involved officers and transported from the
scene. Sergeant Bonilla, #2298), responded to the scene and transported
the involved officers to Southeast Station. At Southeast Station,
Sergeant Fuller, #17298, remained with· the officers until their interview
by detectives. Sergeant Bonilla assumed Acting Watch Commander duties at
the station. K-9 units responded to the Command Post and were briefed on
DATE & TIME TYPED
DIVN . RPTG . CLERK EMPLOYEEC SJ REPORTING SER. NO. O IVN .
SUPERVISOR APPROVING
SERIAL NO.
Lt. D. HeJX)Urn
17346 Sgt. R. Avalos
22100 Southeast
Employee's Report
After Action Report
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5.5
the incident. Due to the size of the perimeter, Sergeant II Ryan,
#15671 requested an additional unit for a search team. Officers
Giuliani, #22702 and Angelo, #30024, of 77th Division, responded
to' the request and joined 18A41 Officers Pederson, #24647 and
Lewallen, #27407, along with K-9 Officers Maillet, #22478 and
Bunch, #22408. Search teams were formed and a search commenced
for the possible wounded suspect. At 0255 hours, Sergeant Bonilla
was notified by the Communications Watch Commander, Lieutenant
Wright, #14426, of a substantial Code-2, call backlog and
unavailability of any Southeast units. A tactical alert was then
initiated. Upon completion of the perimeter search and a check of
a potential suspect's address at 9553 Defiance, me~ with negative
results, the perimeter was called at 0430 hours. At 0455 hours,
Lieutenant Hepburn advised Communications and the Tac-alert was
cancelled.
CRIMES AND ARREST
An investigation team headed by Detective III Gilmore, #11618,
determined that one of the persons detained by Officers McDonald
and Perez at the OIS scene was a co-suspect with the man who fled
and is outstanding at this time. The co-suspect was identified as
Otis Hooper and booked for 211 PC. Otis Cardell Hooper, male 27
years, charged with 211 PC, bkg #2942866.
DEATHS AND INJURIES
None .
PROPERTY DAMAGE
None.
PERSONNEL
Personnel responding to the Command Post, remaining for the
operation and utilized for various assignments as part of the UO
control task force are listed by rank:
Rank
Lieutenant I
Sergeant II
Sergeant II+3
Sergeant I
Police Officer III
Police Officer II+II
Police Officer II
Police Officer I
Number
1
1
1
1
4
1
15
1
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ASSIGNMENT
18Ll0
18L30
K-9
Air-70
Air-70
18FB48
18A41
K-95
K-9-7
18Al7
18A29
18A63
18A97
12Al5
18T23
18FB28
Lt. Hepburn
Sgt. Avalos
Sgt. Ryan
Sgt. Krieger
PO Nelson
PO Panos
PO Golt
PO Pederson
PO Lewallen
PO Maillet
PO Bunch
PO Lim
PO Brown
PO Ross
PO Shepard
PO Von Hurst
PO Soriano
PO Moreno
PO Armenta
PO Giuliano
PO Angelo
PO Eddens
PO Giltner
PO Jara
Ramirez
SERIAL
17346
22100
15671
10815
17187
25433
26563
24647
27407
22478
22408
26050
27969
25466
27001
26430
26424
27235
27749
22702
30024
25954
26745
27132
27442
SOE
"
Metro
ASD
"
SOE
"
"
"
Metro
"
SOE -
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
77th
"
STD
"
SOE
"
DEPLOYMENT/FUNCTION
Command Post
Field Commander
· K-9 Supervisor
Air unit pilot
Air unit observer
Crime scene/log
" " " "
Search team
" " "
K-9 search
" " "
Perimeter/crime scene
" " " "
Perimeter
" " "
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Search team
" " "
Perimeter
" " "
"
"
"
"
"
"
TOTAL MAN HOURS EXPENDED BY RANK UNTIL CONCLUSION OF THE OPERATION
AND TAC-ALERT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Lieutenant I
Sergeant II+III
Sergeant II
Sergeant I
PO II+II
PO III
PO II
PO I
Hours
2.5
2.5
2.5
3.0
2.5
7.0
33.5
3.0
'
2.0
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TOTAL COST BY RANK
Lieutenant
Sergeant II+III
Sergeant II
Sergeant I
PO II+II
PO III
PO II
PO I
LOGISTICS
See Personnel.
CRITIQUE
Cost
82.27
82.27
73.82
83.91
62.72
166.46
754.08
63.99
45.02
The Tac-alert was initiated due to the inability of Southeast
Division to respond to numerous calls for service as a result of
an ongoing tactical situation. Upon conclusion of the tactical
operation, the Tac-alert was cancelled. In order to alleviate the
call load problem experienced by Communications Division, it was
necessary to ·call a Tac-alert. There are no modifications of
current procedures which would have changed the need to initiate a
Tac-alert. This was a simple tactical operation. A Tac-alert
should not require an After Action Report when the inability to
handle call load was the sole reason for initiati~g the Tac-alert.
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