INDEX
CHAPTER I
MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTIVE FORCES
1. PLANS AND PROCEDURES.
a. Development. Written plans and procedures covering normal and
emergency duties and deployment shall be developed. Such plans
shall address protective force responsibilities in general,
specific post plans and assignments, and tactical response options
and requirements. Plans and procedures shall be clear and concise.
b. Review. Plans and procedure shall be reviewed for currency any
time duties are changed, but at least annually. The annual or
special review for adequacy and currency shall be documented to
show the name of the reviewer, the date the review is completed,
and the results of the review.
c. Outside Agency Support. Plans requiring participation by local,
State, and Federal law enforcement agencies shall be documented and
coordinated by the cognizant Departmental element. Where possible,
a Memorandum of Agreement shall be completed with each outside
support agency.
2. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
a. Access Authorization. Protective force personnel shall possess
current access authorization for the highest level of classified
matter to which they have or potentially have access. Access
authorizations shall be accomplished according to DOE 5631.2C,
PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM.
(1) Federal Officers and Security Police Officers, who have access
to nuclear weapons, nuclear test devices, complete nuclear
assemblies, Category I special nuclear material, and/or
Category II quantities of special nuclear material that may be
credibly rolled up to a Category I quantity, shall possess Q
access authorizations.
(2) Security Police Officers shall possess an L or Q access
authorization.
b. Medical, Physical Fitness, and Firearms Standards.
(1) Security Police Officers. Security Police Officers, as
applicable, shall be required to meet the medical, physical
fitness, and firearms standards contained in 10 CFR 1046.
Prior to initial assignment to independent duties, Security
Police Officer candidates shall be formally evaluated and
certified following procedures based on site-specific
requirements approved by the cognizant local Departmental
authority for Safeguards and Security.
(2) Security Officers. Security Officers shall be required to
meet training requirements and the medical standards of 10 CFR
1046.
(3) Federal Officers. Federal officers shall complete a formal
training program prior to assignment to duties. The training
program shall be based upon assigned functions. Physical and
medical qualification shall meet Departmental and/or Office of
Personnel Management requirements for the position assignment.
c. Special Qualifications. Site-specific conditions may justify
requirements for protective force personnel to possess special
qualification knowledge and skills; e.g., aviation, rappelling,
explosive breaching, hostage negotiation, and/or communications or
alarm station monitoring. Responsible managers shall ensure that
personnel trained in these duties are formally evaluated and
certified by an appropriate accrediting authority before performing
those duties. Certifications required by specific job functions
(e.g., a Federal Aviation Administration license for pilots) shall
be kept current, and a record of qualification and certification
shall be maintained by the employing organization for each
individual.
d. Firearms.
(1) No person shall be authorized to carry a firearm as a
protective force officer until the Head of the Departmental
Element is assured that the individual is qualified in
accordance with the firearms qualification standards
established in DOE M 5632.7-1, FIREARMS QUALIFICATION COURSES.
(2) As a minimum, each Federal Officer and Security Police Officer
shall be required to meet the applicable firearms
qualification standards every 6 months. Requalification shall
occur in the 6th month from the previous qualification. The
requalification may be accomplished at any time during the
requalification month. If the Federal Officer or Security
Police Officer does not requalify prior to or during the
requalification month, the individual's authority to carry
firearms and make arrests shall be suspended until such time
as requalification is completed. If requalification occurs
prior to the requalification month, the next requalification
shall become due 6 months from the new month.
(3) Protective force personnel shall be expected to maintain
firearms proficiency on a continuing basis. A Federal Officer
or Security Police Officer may be required to demonstrate the
ability to meet qualification standards during a Headquarters
or Field Element survey, review, audit, or other situation
directed by the Head of the Departmental Element. Failure to
meet the performance standard will be treated as if the
individual failed the first attempt during routine semiannual
qualification. Procedures outlined in paragraph (4)(d) below
shall be followed in the event of a failure.
(4) Each Federal Officer and Security Police Officer shall qualify
with each firearm required by duty assignment on the course of
fire indicated in DOE M 5632.7-1.
(a) Qualifications shall be accomplished with the same type
of firearm and ammunition (i.e., equivalent in trajectory
and recoil) as used while on duty.
(b) Prior to any range activity, each Federal Officer and
Security Police Officer shall be given a presentation on
the basic principles of firearms safety. However, a
firearms safety presentation is not required for each
course of fire using the same firearm.
(c) Federal Officers and Security Police Officers shall be
allowed up to two initial attempts to qualify
semiannually. A Range Master or other person in charge
of the range will declare to personnel on the firing line
that "This is a qualifying run." Once this statement is
made, any firearms activity will constitute a
qualification attempt. The Federal Officer or Security
Police Officer shall qualify during one of these
attempts.
(d) Failure to qualify as set out in (4)(c) above shall
result in suspension of authority to carry firearms and
to make arrests. The Federal Officer or Security Police
Officer will then enter a standardized, remedial firearms
training program developed by the Central Training
Academy and approved by the Director of Safeguards and
Security. The remedial firearms training program will
include basic firearm manipulation skills, firearms
safety, and necessary individual training to afford a
reasonable opportunity to meet the firearms qualification
standards.
1 Any Federal Officer or Security Police Officer who,
upon completion of the remedial training, fails to
qualify after two subsequent, additional attempts,
shall lose Federal Officer or Security Police
Officer status and the authority to carry firearms
and to make arrests. The total of initial
requalification and remedial requalification
attempts is up to, but not more than four attempts.
2 Any person who requires remedial training on three
consecutive semiannual qualification periods, with
the same firearm, shall lose Security Police Officer
status.
3 Loss of Security Police Officer status for either
failure to meet qualification standards or excessive
remedial requirements shall result in the
individual's removal from the Security Police
Officer position. Site-specific procedures shall be
developed and approved by the Head of the Field
Element or the Director of Safeguards and Security,
for Headquarters, to allow a single additional
qualification attempt within 1 year of removal from
status if the former Security Police Officer
presents evidence of outside training that indicates
enhanced skill level. Upon qualification in this
final attempt, reinstatement may be effected where
site-specific employment conditions, position
availability, and procedures permit. Any subsequent
application for rehire will require and training as
provided to any other initial or a Security Police
Officer position.
(e) A supervisor or training officer will be designated in
writing as the individual authorized to certify the
validity of the scores achieved during qualification
attempts.
(5) Responsible managers shall require that organizations not
firing individually issued firearms during qualification have
approved written procedures authorizing the specific model and
associated features of all firearms used during qualification.
(6) Ammunition listed on the Department of Energy approved
ammunition common procurement list shall be used for training,
duty, and qualification.
e. Authority to Carry Firearms. The employing organization shall
maintain written documentation indicating each individual who is
authorized to carry firearms and to make arrests without warrant
while engaged in the performance of official duties. Managers
shall ensure armed individuals understand deadly force means that
force which a reasonable person would consider likely to cause
death or serious bodily harm and that its use may be justified only
under conditions of extreme necessity, when all lesser means have
failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
3. ALLOCATION OF PERSONNEL RESOURCES.
a. Location, Manning, and Scheduling. The location and manning of
fixed and mobile posts shall be determined using the "Design Basis
Threat Policy for Department of Energy (DOE) Programs and
Facilities (U);" local vulnerability analyses; characteristics of
the facility or site, terrain, and environment; and appropriate
Departmental directives. When planning for response times, the
delay provided by physical barriers after the initial detection of
the intrusion shall be considered. Work schedules for protective
force personnel shall be developed and monitored on a site-specific
basis to provide adequate relief, training time, balanced overtime,
and sufficient time off to ensure on-duty personnel work at peak
physical and mental effectiveness.
b. Supervision. Supervision of protective personnel shall be provided
to the extent required to ensure proper and adequate performance of
duties.
(1) Personnel. At sites where more than six protective force
employees are assigned per shift, there shall be full-time
personnel supervision.
(2) Other Means. Various means and devices, such as telephonic or
radio contact or contact by another supervisor who is
physically closer to the post, may be used as supplements to
personal supervision or, in the case of small facilities or
remote areas, to supplant personal supervision as a means of
assuring that the necessary areas are patrolled and other
functions are performed.
4. DEPARTMENTAL AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
a. Pre-Employment Screening. Screening shall be conducted to select
individuals with potential to meet all qualifications for
protective force assignment.
b. Job Analyses. Job analyses, listing the common tasks required for
protective force assignments, shall be prepared and reviewed
annually for positions directly relating to protective operations.
Job analyses shall be used to prepare job descriptions and as basic
input documents to local training requirements. Job analyses for
those activities that have not been standardized and issued by the
Central Training Academy shall be prepared to address local
specific requirements.
c. Personnel Security Assurance Program. Managers of Departmental
Elements shall identify positions which meet requirements of the
Personnel Security Assurance Program according to DOE 5631.6A,
PERSONNEL SECURITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM.
d. Training. See DOE 5630.15, SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY TRAINING
PROGRAM, and Chapter IV of this Order for requirements.
d. Credentials and Shields. See DOE 5632.9A, ISSUANCE AND CONTROL OF
SECURITY BADGES, CREDENTIALS, AND SHIELDS.
e. Records. See DOE 1324.2A, RECORDS DISPOSITION, and General Records
Schedule for requirements.
f. Reporting Requirement. Supervisors in the protective force command
structure and the officer in charge of onsite protective force
operations shall ensure that any suspected criminal violations are
reported in accordance with DOE 5639.3, VIOLATION OF LAWS, LOSSES,
AND INCIDENTS OF SECURITY CONCERNS, and, where appropriate, DOE
5000.3B, OCCURRENCE REPORTING AND PROCESSING OF OPERATIONS
INFORMATION.
g. Implementation. Contractors shall be required to develop
procedures, approved by the cognizant local Departmental authority
for safeguards and security, to implement paragraphs a and b above
based on internal organization (personnel, human resources,
training, labor relations) and collective bargaining agreements in
effect.