Entry Control Point Vehicle

• Vehicle and Personnel Identification

Student Performance Objectives

• Objectives:
• To maintain positive control of Entry Control Points (ECP) by learning to deter, detect, defend, mitigate, and restore mission effectiveness on all ECPs.
• Establish a clear understanding of important identifying factors to remember when reporting suspected vehicle/s and personnel.

Deter, Detect, Defend and Mitigate

• DETER:
• Disrupt the cycle of suspicious operation
• through the use of visible security measures to
• create a hard target that is difficult to attack.
• DETECT:
• Recognize and report incidents of
• preoperational surveillance. Identify and report
• attempts to test the command’s security
• posture. Inspect vehicles and personnel to prevent the
• introduction of improvised explosive device (IED).

Deter, Detect, Defend and Mitigate

• Cont. (Detect)
• Report and track the approach of
• suspected/unauthorized vehicle and personnel.
• DEFEND:
• Protect critical assets, capabilities, infrastructure
• and personnel. Identify, classify and neutralize
• threats.
• MITIGATE:
• Establish passive measures such as being alert and
• observant at all times.

Reestablish Operations

• RESTORE:
• Mission effectiveness and measures to protect critical
• assets, capabilities, infrastructure and personnel.

Gate and Perimeter Security

• Any person that needs to reach a critical asset or area should be required to pass through an Entry Control Point.
• The security of any command ECP rest largely upon the effectiveness of its Gate Sentry.
• You are the first defense to threat and it is imperative that you are aware of your surroundings and are in constant scrutiny of things and/or events that are out of place.

Screening Unknown Personnel and Vehicles

• An ECP is a key component of any installation’s defense.
• Active and Passive security measures at an ECP are integral to forming a hardened outer shell around bases and critical assets.
• The objective is to process known, authorized personnel and vehicle as quickly as possible, focusing time and manpower on screening unknown personnel and vehicles.

Constant Vigilance

• Vehicle Identification
• Is one of the important duties of a Gate Sentry, efficiency
• and constant vigilance is paramount. Some key factors to
• remember to be effective in identifying vehicles most
• importantly those that are possible foes:
• * Color, Make and Model
• * License plate number and tag
• * State where registered
• * Number of occupant/s
• * Gender of occupant/s, etc.

Vehicle Screening, looking for identifying marks

• Aside from the obvious, other important factors to
• remember are the uncommon but significant identifying
• marks on the vehicle e.g.
• - Cracked windshield
• - Dark/One-way tint
• - Attention getter stickers or banners
• - Custom paint job
• - Exterior damage i.e. dent, scratches, missing components, unfinished body work, etc.
• - Significant interior identifying factors e.g. boxes, equipments, suitcases, weapons, etc.

Familiarize yourself with license plates from your Area of Operation. These are just some example of license plates you might encounter while manning the ECP.

Some example of significant identifiable marks on vehicles.

Personnel Identification and Verification

• Personnel Identification
• Another major responsibility of a Sentry is Personnel
• Identification. Before allowing any personnel or vehicle to
• pass through an ECP Gate Sentry should:
• * Check ID cards of personnel on foot and in vehicle.
• * Match pictures on IDs to bearer.
• * Ensure IDs are authentic.
• * Verify that it is current
• * Remember P.E.T. (picture, expiration date, tampering)
• * Confiscate any IDs that do not satisfy above criteria and expeditiously inform the ECP Supervisor.

Being thorough will help you detect fake and fabricated Identification Cards.

Suspicious Behavior

• In addition to credential verification suspicious behaviors
• should also be noted and investigated, behavior such as:
• * Unseasonable dress or conspicuous, bulky clothing.
• * Obvious or awkward attempts to blend in to a crowd.
• * Repeated and nervous handling of clothing items.
• * Profuse sweating.
• * Hesitant, nervous muttering.
• * Attempts to stay away from Security personnel.
• * Slow-paced walking while focusing on surrounding personnel.

Be AWARE and ALERT of suspicious personnel approaching your ECP

Commercial Vehicle Inspection Post

• Same procedures apply for vehicle and personnel Identification. The Commercial Vehicle Inspection Gate is not open for foot traffic. When inspecting vehicles ensure that the following steps are strictly adhered to:
• * Check access list for vendor
• * Direct vehicle to inspection area
• * Instruct occupants to exit vehicle and provide proper documents.
• * Compare bill of lading with load and conduct inspection per current policy.

Commercial Vehicle and Vendor Recognition

• Cont. (Commercial Vehicle Inspection post)
• * Contact ECP Supervisor if vendor is not on the approved access list.
• * Vendors that are not on the access list must be escorted to and from the delivery location by delivery recipient. Verify, using proper protocol.
• * Sentry must be vigilant at all times most especially when inbound traffic is secured and outbound traffic is operational. Ensure that vehicles are deterred from gaining base access using the outbound lane.

Vigilance

• Effective sentries must be able to detect surveillance as well as control vehicle and personnel access.
• Repetitive and focused training will ensure sentries take proper immediate actions when confronted by potential threats.
• Key word is VIGILANCE!