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This document summarizes the security arrangements for a protectee's visit to St. Pauls Cathedral in Boston on June 15, 1991. Key details include the site description, scenario of the protectee's activities, agent instructions for posting security inside and outside the cathedral, and reaction plans for medical emergencies or attacks.

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Security Checklist

This document summarizes the security arrangements for a protectee's visit to St. Pauls Cathedral in Boston on June 15, 1991. Key details include the site description, scenario of the protectee's activities, agent instructions for posting security inside and outside the cathedral, and reaction plans for medical emergencies or attacks.

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RESIDENTIAL SECURITY

Passive walls or fences nine feet in height, or Active perimeter entrances with Active vehicle barriers Gatehouses

Does the area have a standoff zone?

Buildings exterior: Windows grills on ground floor windows grills have an emergency release are windows accessible from trees or balconies?

exterior of the building are: Solid wood core, with a door viewer Is the neighbourhood residential? with detached single-family homes high rise structures, and/or garden apartments or commercial, with office buildings

Alarms on the buildings are On doors and windows Is the alarm system equipped for a local annunciator and/or centrally monitored is there a fire alarm? Do all alarms have a battery back-up? What are the maintenance procedures? Does the building have a panic alarm?

Lights are located Outside and at entrance Door locks deadbolt double cylinder if within 40 inches of an ungrilled window

Window locks Are non-ventilating windows screwed shut Are ventilating windows, keyed to permit locking when the window is partially opened. Smoke Detectors One or more battery operated Window film Recommended when bombs or missiles are a possibility

Mobile response When an alarm system is activated a mobile response is recommended. Radio is required safe haven has Reinforced door with a door viewer radio and second egress.

ADVANCE SECURITY CHECKLIST

Meet with site contact and/or security official and discuss the event. Include such topics as:
Known threats associated with visit. Possibility of press attendance. Security hazards inherent with site.

Determine routes/choke points/traffic patterns to the site. Establish the meet and greet scenario and physically walk through the scheduled program with the site contact.

Determine arrival and departure points and convoy staging areas. Locate holding room/strong point with telephone. Determine location of bathrooms. Location of stash car and emergency evacuation routes from within the site. Establish how, when, and by whom the elevators will be held. Know alternate stairways. Determine physical barrier requirements and establish screening points. Determine agent/support personnel posting.

Arrange for technical and bomb sweeps to include package and gift inspection. Prepare attack, medical, and fire reaction plans for the site. Establish security arrangements as they pertain to the press Conduct records check on employees at the site.

QUICK ADVANCE SECURITY CHECKLIST


HAVE YOU: Meet with site contact and/or site security official and discuss the event. --Know threats associated with visit --Determine possibility of press attendance --Detrmine security hazards inherent with site. Establish the meet and greet Scenario and physically walk through the program with the site contact. Determine arrival and departure points.

Locate holding room/safe haven with telephone Determine locations of bathroom Arrange for motorcade parking and security. Location/distance/telephone number of nearest hospital. Contact detail with route information and site specifics.

ELEMENTS OF SITE SURVEY

NAME & ADDRESS OF SITE TIME OF EVENT DATE: ADVANCE AGENT CONTACTS SITE DESCRIPTION SCENARIO (WHAT THE Protectee WILL DO AT SITE): PRESS HANDLING/SITE SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: AGENT INSTRUCTIONS: REACT PLANS: MEDICAL, FIRE, ATTACK

SITE SURVEY FORMAT


St. Pauls Cathedral 138 Tremont Street Boston, MA DEPARTURE OF EVENT: JUNE 15, 1991 ADVANCE AGENT: Joseph Blows SITE CONTACTS: Caroline Mervin Bishops Office Michael Blair International Childrens Fund 1330-1530 hours (617) 343-5096 (617) 799-4356 SITE DESCRIPTION: The site is a stone structure, the front of which faces Tremont Street (a one way street north bound). The building is abutted against other buildings on three sides, the only access is from Tremont Street and up half a dozen stairs to three sets of double doors or through an office entrance which is at the street level to the right of the stairs. The building consists of two floors and an attached five story office section to the rear. The bottom floor consists of a meeting hall, a kitchen and bathrooms. The main floor is the sanctuary with four rows of pews, two rows to each side and two rows in the middle separated by a central aisle, with a raised alter to the rear of the entry point, and a choir loft over the main entrance. 1330-1530

SCENARIO: Prior to the protectees arrival, 600 invited quests will have been seated in the pews and the choir loft. The motorcade will stop in front of the main entrance on Tremont Street for a left hand drop. The protectee will enter through the ground level door leading into the offices. The protectee will walk down a long hallway and at the end turn left onto a short stairway. At the top of the stairs is a door leading onto the rear of the alter. The protectee will remain on the alter for the duration of the program which will consist of her giving a speech and then listening to other speakers and a choir. Upon completion of the program the protectee will retrace her steps back to the motorcade. AGENT INSTRUCTIONS: Posting - One agent each will be pre-posted inside the front doors (the door to the church and the door to the office), one agent in the holding room and one agent in front of the alter. Supplemental posts in the choir loft and on either side of the alter will be posted by motorcade agents.

SITE SECURITY: An END sweep of the alter and the Holding room (which will be the vestibule behind the alter) will commence at 1200 hours. External security will be provided by the Boston City Police Department and internal security will be provided by DS Agents. REACT: In the event of a medical emergency, the protectee will be evacuated via motorcade to Massachusetts General Hospital. Travel time is approximately 5-7 minutes.

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