Vehicle Checkpoints

Notes:

• Snap vs deliberate
  • Google maps
• Avoidance - risks vs benefits
• Local knowledge
• Documentation

Access documentation (link to access) in all vehicles at a minimum

• [Sanitize electronic devices (/digital-security/device-security)
• Experience, moral and fear levels of checkpoint security
• Time of day
• Speed
• Insignia and colours
• Avoid tactical movements
• Assume you have been observed long before reaching the checkpoint
• Weapons
• Valuables
• Bribes
• Military equipment in the vehicles
• Time budgets -

Checkpoint Types

Notes:

• Snap vs deliberate checkpoints (e.g. using Google Maps)
• Avoidance - risks vs benefits
• Local knowledge

Documentation

Access documentation in all vehicles at a minimum. Considerations include:

• Sanitize electronic devices before crossing (see device security)
• Experience, morale and fear levels of checkpoint security
• Time of day
• Speed

Insignia and colours

• Look at different angles and distances - does it look like the logo of a military or government organisation