Clandestine Laboratory Operations - Procedural Instruction

These flashcards cover key concepts and procedures related to the Clandestine Laboratory Operations as outlined in the procedural instruction.

A Clandestine Laboratory is an illicit operation consisting of a sufficient combination of apparatus and chemicals that has been, is, or could be used in the __ of controlled substances.

Manufacturing (cooking/growing), cultivation, or synthesis.

Exposure or Exposed refers to __, inhalation, or absorption through the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes, or other contact with a hazardous substance.

Ingestion

A __ is a trained individual, assigned to a hazardous material or substance site, responsible for implementing the site safety and health plan.

Site Safety Officer

The communications unit supervisor should be called anytime a Lab is __.

suspected

Clandestine laboratories will be considered __ until declared sufficiently safe for investigative actions.

high risk, hazardous waste material sites

A __ Report will be completed for all members who are required to make entry or any other member who is at the scene and has been exposed to a lab.

Hazardous Chemical/Substance or Clandestine Laboratory Exposure

Initial safety actions at a Lab may include requesting help, warning others, isolating the area, and providing important response information. One critical action is to __ at the first sign of potential danger or exposure.

evacuate

When a department member suspects a location is a Lab, they should be attentive to items in __.

plain view

If a member believes a location is a Lab, they should immediately remove themselves and any occupants to a __ away from the Lab.

safe area

No one will be released from the scene until the Site Safety Officer has authorized their __.

release

When hazardous chemicals are present that are not of evidentiary value, the department chemist will coordinate the __ of the chemicals.

disposal

Law enforcement personnel should refrain from __ anything at the Lab site for safety reasons.

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