Protocol

Team, selection, training

CCMS-SEC-SOP-001 §3, §5

A contentious 'big man' who wants the radio and the title is the worst possible selection, and he is the worst possible leader. You cannot grab a few armed churchmen, say voilà, and call it a team. Character outranks tactics.

• Structure: Safety Director (reports to elders / executive pastor), Team Leader per service, Training Officer, Communications / Overwatch, Medical Officer, Child-Protection Lead.
• Selection: above reproach, humble, not seeking validation, membership and accountability, background check with no apologies, tactical résumé then test it, show up early, stay through reset, head up / phone down.
• A marked unit in the lot and a uniformed officer in the foyer is often the single cheapest way to stop being a soft target.
• Before a person is posted armed: read this SOP and sign; a briefing on local use-of-force and weapons law (this is not legal advice); firearms qualification by a current or retired law-enforcement instructor plus concealment from street clothes; judgmental/scenario block; Stop-the-Bleed / AED; child-protection; radio dry-run; walk-through of the actual property.
• Suggested add-on: FAST-type drill from concealment, two shots at 7 yards, emergency reload, four rounds into an 8-inch circle in 12 seconds or less with no misses. Document every attempt.
• Recurring: quarterly live-fire or simulator; semiannual force-on-force; annual full SOP review; de-escalation and no-shoot problems (custody, angry parent, psychiatric walk-in, the person who wants to talk to the pastor right now).
• Hospitality, children's workers, and AV do not need the tactical plan. They need enough to become extra eyes.

This field guide does not replace 911, a medical director, or licensed clinical judgment. It does not authorize anyone to practice beyond license and current training.