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SITUATION:

A local orphanage administration official has requested U. S. assistance in repairing the roof on a local orphanage. The brigade chaplain and brigade CA Team have coordinated the project. The engineer platoon is tasked to assess the extent of work needed and repair the roof.

EVENT(S):

1. An engineer PLT assessment team goes to the orphanage and is denied access to the building by a small crowd. The crowd leader is the local priest. He informs the platoon leader that the Americans are not welcome and they are violating sacred religious grounds.

2. While working on the roof, a crowd forms at the school and begins looting the construction material that the platoon is using.

3. During a supply run, a U. S. Army vehicle injures a citizen.

4. During the repair work, a piece of lumber falls from the roof and strikes a small girl on the head. She is hysterical and is bleeding severely.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

EVENT(S):

1. Be courteous, report, attempt to get names and addresses for the leaders and respectfully withdraw from the area. Treat all persons with dignity and respect.

2. Stop work, report, secure the site and prepare to use the graduated response techniques for looting. Commander should be prepared to employ the QRF. The use of Deadly Force is NOT authorized in this situation.

3. Report, perform first aid, request MEDEVAC. We caused the injury; we are responsible for the treatment and care. Be prepared to employ graduated response for crowd control. NOTE: Always attempt to locate a family member or neighbor to go with an individual if they are extracted from the site.

4. Same as 3.

ROE Limitations and Restrictions:

ROE 6: Necessary and proportional force is authorized to control disturbances and disperse crowds threatening essential civic order.

ROE 9: Deadly force is not authorized to disarm locals, enforce curfews, or stop looting, unless those individuals involved engage in hostile acts or demonstrate hostile intent.