HANDLING OF EMERGENCIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000700030012-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 1, 1974
• Content Type: REGULATION

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OFFICE OF SECURITY DIRECTIVE NO. 74-13
FOR Deputy Directors, Division Chiefs, and
Security. Duty Officers
SUBJECT Handling of Emergencies
RESCISSION: Office of Security Directive No. 72-6
dated 24 March 1972
1. These policies and procedures are to be followed
in the handling of Office of Security emergency situations
during off-duty hours. It is the responsibility of the
Office of Security to meet these emergencies and to take
appropriate and immediate action to:
a. Protect the security interests of the
Agency;
b. Assist Agency personnel involved in
emergencies; and
c. Advise other interested persons and
components of the details of the emergency
situation.
2. During off-duty hours, the Security Duty Office
(SDO) is the focal point and nerve center for the Office
of Security. Accordingly, the guidelines portrayed herein
focus heavily on the notification and coordination proce-
dures followed by Security Duty Officers in an emergency
situation. Emergency situations may require prompt action
by any one of several Agency offices, including the Office
of Personnel, the Office of Medical Services, the Office of
Logistics, the DCI Security Staff, the Assistant to the DCI,
etc. In order to delineate responsibilities and recommend
courses of action for the Security Duty Office, a guide to
the handling of emergencies is attached (Attachment #1).
Attachment #2 is a guidance paper from the General Counsel;
Attachment#3 is a limited roster of emergency personnel.
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3. Headquarters Regulation dated 16 Mar 70,
subject: Employee Emergencies and Unforeseen Absences,
sets forth the responsibilities and procedures to be
followed in the handling of certain employee emergencies.
The regulation provides that when an emergency occurs during
non-working hours, the Security Duty Office will be contacted
and will take necessary actions to inform appropriate offices
and ersonnel. In addition to the actions prescribed in
certain general approaches should be followed
as enumerated immediately below.
4. Notification of the Director of Security
The Director of Security must be advised immediately
of any serious security or safety emergency or any emergency
involving a senior Agency official. He should also be ad-
vised as soon as possible of any situation of an unusual
nature which could result in inquiries to him personally.
In highly threatening situations such as bomb threats, con-
firmed fires in Agency buildings, or the discovery of
evidence of Agency penetration, the Director of Security
will be afforded first notification.
5. Notification of Office of Security Senior Duty
Officer
The Office of Security will have functioning during
all off-duty periods, a Senior Duty Officer who will be
available to the Security Duty Officer as a point of senior
guidance and counseling on the handling of emergencies. The
Senior Duty Officer will be in a standby posture at his home
or reachable by radio communications during off-duty periods
to advise the Security Duty Office. The Senior Duty Officer
will answer questions as posed by the Security Duty Officers
on the handling of emergency matters and on the proper
approaches in the referral of these matters. The Senior
Duty Officer will also serve as a screening device for calls
that the Security Duty Office is ambivalent about referring
to the Director of Security.
6. The Security Duty Office will use the following
guidelines regarding the referral of the more routine
emergency situations:
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a. The Security Support Division Duty
Officer, representing the DD/PSI, should be
advised of emergencies involving Agency per-
sonnel or emergencies related to Agency opera-
tional activity. When appropriate, the Security
Support Division Duty Officer will contact the
DD/PSI or his Chief of Operations regarding the
matter. The Security Support Division Duty
Officer will also prescribe contact instruc-
tions to the Security Duty Office regarding
the Duty Officers from the Office of Personnel
and the Office of Medical Services.
b. The Chief, Physical Security Division,
representing the DD/PTOS, should be advised
of emergencies involving the security or
safety of Agency buildings or facilities on
a world-wide basis. When appropriate, the
Chief, Physical Security Division, will con-
tact the DD/PTOS or his Chief of Operations
regarding the matter.
c. The Assistant to the Director should
be advised promptly of any matters which may
result either in inquiries from the press or
in any unusual or unfavorable publicity.
d. Matters involving legal or Congressional
interests should be coordinated with the General
Counsel or the Legislative Counsel, respectively.
e. Information relative to a sickness or
injury affecting an Agency employee will, when
received by the Security Duty Office, be brought
to the immediate attention of the Office of
Medical Services.
7. The Deputy Director of Security (PTOS) will in-
sure, via appropriate liaison, that all Agency components
who have duty officers that relate to the Security Duty
Office during off-hours have provided that office with
current rosters of such assignments. These rosters should
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reflect the assigned officers' names, periods of duty, and
home telephone numbers. In addition, the DD/PTOS will in-
sure, via appropriate liaison, that the current functions
of such duty officers are well understood by the Security
Duty Officers.
8. The actions and recommendations described in this
Directive in no way abrogate the.mission or functions of
any components of the Office of Security.
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Charles W. Kane
Director of Security
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