	*FM 3-19.4 (FM 19-4)
Field Manual No. 3-19.4	Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 4 March 2002

FM 3-19.4

MILITARY POLICE LEADERS' HANDBOOK

COVER
CHANGE 1
PREFACE
Chapter 1	MILITARY POLICE OVERVIEW
	Introduction
	Military Police Functional Areas
	Threat
	Military Police Platoon Organization and Leadership
	Force Protection (FP) Measures
	Military Police Platoon Mission, Capabilities, and Limitations
	Peacetime Training

Chapter 2	BATTLE COMMAND
	Overview
	Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP)
	Troop-Leading Procedures
	Orders and Reports
	Rules of Engagement and Rules of Interaction (ROI)
	Situational Awareness
	Command Post Operations

Chapter 3	SHOOT, MOVE, AND COMMUNICATE
	Shoot
	Move
	Communicate

Chapter 4	COMBAT OPERATIONS
	Prepare for Combat
	Construct Fighting and Survivability Positions
	Defend a Site
	Patrols
	Clearing Techniques

Chapter 5	MANEUVER AND MOBILITY SUPPORT
	Maneuver Support
	Mobility Support

Chapter 6	AREA SECURITY
	Reconnaissance Operations
	Area Damage Control
	Base Defense
	Air Base Defense
	Enemy Delay
	Battle Handover to a Tactical Combat Force
	Critical Site, Asset, and High-Risk Personnel Security

Chapter 7	INTERNMENT AND RESETTLEMENT
	Overview
	Enemy Prisoners of War and Civilian Internee
	United States Military Prisoner Handling (Field Detention Facilities)
	Populace and Resource Control (PRC)
	Dislocated Civilian Resettlement
	Evacuation Operations

Chapter 8	LAW AND ORDER
	Overview
	Law and Order Augmentation Detachment
	Company and Platoon Level Law and Order Operations
	United States Customs Support
	Multinational Law and Order Operations

Chapter 9	POLICE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
	Overview
	Police Information Assessment Process
	Police Information
	Responsibilities

Appendix A	METRIC CONVERSION CHART

Appendix B	MEDIA RELATIONS
	Overview
	Media Interaction

Appendix C	TRAINING EXECUTION MODEL
	Overview
	Task Identification

Appendix D	ORDERS AND REPORTS
	Orders
	Reports

Appendix E	PRECOMBAT INSPECTIONS
	Modified Precombat Inspection Checklist
	Precombat Inspection Checklist

Appendix F	FRATRICIDE AVOIDANCE
	Fratricide
	Fratricide Effects
	Fratricide Causes
	Fratricide Risk Assessment
	Preventive Measures
	Friendly Fire Incidents
	Leader Responsibilities

Appendix G	MK19 QUALIFICATION TABLES
	Primary Gunner, MK19 Qualification and Zero/Practice Tables
	Assistant Gunner, MK19 Firing Table, Mounted
	MK19 Scorecard G-15

Appendix H	COUNTERMINE OPERATIONS
	Overview
	Detect
	Report
	Mark

Appendix I	ROUTE CLASSIFICATION AND SIGNING SYSTEM
	Overview
	Route Classification Formula
	Calculations
	Temporary Route Signing
	Main Supply Route Signs
	Portable Sign-Making Kit

Appendix J	NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL DEFENSE
	Overview
	Hazard Detection and Reporting
	Contamination Marking
	Radiological Contamination Detection and Monitoring
	Chemical Agent Detection
	Biological Agent Detection
	Self-Defense Measures
	Military Police Leaders' Responsibilities
	Mission-Oriented Protection Posture Levels, Alarms, and Signals
	Biological Defense
	Nuclear Attack Defense
	Chemical Attack Defense
	Symptoms and Treatment of Casualties
	Unmasking Procedures

Appendix K	CIVIL-DISTURBANCE MEASURES
	Overview
	Civil Disturbances on Department of Defense Installations Outside the Continental United States
	Crowd Behavior
	Crowd Tactics
	Company Level Operations
	Nonlethal Munitions

Appendix L	WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
	Friendly Vehicles
	Friendly Weapons
	Friendly Nonlethal Equipment and Munitions
	Friendly Communication, Single-Channel, Ground-to-Air Radio System (SINCGARS)
	Threat Weapons and Equipment

GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUTHENTICATION

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

* This publication supersedes FM 19-4, 7 May 1993.

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