Live Exercise..... and exam...

This is the end piece to blog, but just start of the begining if that makes sense...

The final exercise, without giving the whole thing away to those who decide to do the same course this is a little insight - well taster of what it could be like on a "gig".

Its not all singing and dancing... Here goes:-
We now have to put what we have learnt over the last two weeks all together to plan an OP. From start to begining working as a team. Brief, to inc mission statement, risk assessment profiling principal, Route selection & planning, recce of venue/s. Foot drills, car embuss debuss, Shift rotas, equipment checks the whole check list...


The morning we split into two groups, SAP went and did what they had to do recce of venue etc route, and the RST team put together everything for the second part of the exercise. We all pitched in drawing plans arranging risk asessments etc. We worked well as a team planning the OP now we had to put it in to practice...

Getting suited and booted, I have to say team we all looked very smart and professional...
So 18:30 arrived and time to go to PUP(pick up point) we all get into our cars I am in chase car, along with driver and 3 other CPO's, Bg in lead car along with driver.

so far so good no hick ups, all going smoothly, arrive at venue, car drills go very well as do vehicle formations and door drills and foot drills. Ok that all out the way, principal and other in venue, we take up our posistions. We are in comms with control as Surv team on look out for threat. Over comms threat has been spotted...

Out of sheer luck the prinicpal finished whatever it was principal was doing and, we had comms from BG to move out in 5. On donig that as we were leaving the threat arrived at venue as well were leaving safely in cars...

We were followed by the threat, we followed planned route and managed to loose the threat ( he thought we were going to different venue!!)

First part of excersise completed without any problems. We now had to get back to RST RV, we knew the threat was somewhere on the route, but did not know where as Surv team lost contact. We arrive at the RST venue to be followed aggresivley by threat.

We used tactics to slow the vehicle down, get the team out of the car, get lead car safely into RST RV and Chase car.

It then decides it was going to pour dwn with rain. We then had RST duties of patrolling grounds getting very wet lol. The threat appreared , comms channel also had to be changed on exercise, some taxi firm decided they would be rude and use the same channel as us , so we had to use correct proceedures to change channels mmm very familer that voice.... lol

I think it was about 02:00 hours when, we got the signal to head back in to ops room to be told exercise was over and to be de briefed, and head back to digs. In the morning @ 09:00 the exam...

Morning of Exam, ok we all bundle into the class room for exam, strict exam proceedures everything done properly out side person to oversee the exam. We get two hours to sit it....

I finished it within 15 - 20 minutes, we were allowed out if we had finished every half an hour.... We didnt get our exam results instantly we had to wait ten days for the privelidge to be told we had passed....

The questions to the exam were not difficult, they are more like ambiguos...

Dont be silly of course I passed... what were you thinking of lol Really!

Aaah now I also have the priveldige of paying the nice SIA people £245 for my CP licence... and waiting and waiting and errr waiting...
maybe it will be this side of christmas it plops on my door mat??? In the meanwhile I have experience to gain and lots to learn... I hope I didnt bore you all to death....