Running Off-site

Acronyms
JS = jail support
OTG = on the ground
OS = Off-site

Off-site Duties
If no one on the ground is coming back to where you live

1. Listening to police scanners / live feeds to pass on relevant information about police movement. (More
about this in “Broadcasting” section.)
2. For on the ground who are bringing phones, they can continue to pass their own intel to you to pass on to
whoever needs it. (More about this in “Broadcasting” section.)
All of this should only happen on Signal.
3. Be the in-between contact for a person/people and their jail support contact.
On a piece of paper, have legal name and date of birth (and possibly emergency contact) of person
and fold up the paper. Have their call-name/handle on the outside. Do not open until the information
needs to be passed onto jail support. After all is said and done, burn paper.
Some groups who run jail support will want this information ahead of time, in which case this isn’t
necessary. You will need person’s full legal name to communicate to that jail support that your
contact has been arrested. -The goal is to have there be less guess-work for jail support in regards to
who is or isn’t arrested.

If someone on the ground is coming back to where you live

1. All of the above section -It's a good idea to have two people on off-site, one for section 1 duties and one
who's main job is around comfort and care.

2. OTG folks might be seeing and experiencing actively traumatic things. Post-action care is incredibly
important to mitigate the effects. Prepare:

some healthy snack and comfort snacks.

If they’ve been out all day, prepare a larger meal, prepare a favorite of theirs when possible.
Make sure there’s plenty of water, big pitcher of cool/iced water if preferred by person OTG.
Liquids with sugar and electrolytes like Gatorade are also helpful.
Have calming music prepared, but not on in case OTG is over-stimulated upon returning.
A comfortable area with lots of pillows / blankets / comfort items
Leading ritual or song of some kind, for those for whom this is a part of their life.
Space to decompress, talk though emotions, etc.
NOTE: Outside of those who need it to avoid withdrawal, I heavily recommend not having non-
medicinal drugs/alcohol as an immediate post-action activity. Trauma + Substances = a recipie for
disaster, and if you've been followed by cops the last thing you need is a """"reason""" for them to
be able enter your home without a warrant.
Police Scanning and Info Sharing
How to build secure networks

1. This is a tactic working well in ~a city~ right now. Exercise your judgement and know what's best for your
own groups.

2. Create small Signal groups (under 20) of trusted comrades, a mix of OTG and OS. Using handels always
reccomended. This is both a source of info, but a more informal one. Can include some chatter and
whatnot. Can also be a source of where protestors currently are so crews can meet up with the march /
protest group.

If someone in the group gets arrested, write "burn this chat", exit the group, and make a new one.
Make sure everyone knows to do this.

3. Create a larger, cross-crew Signal group. Keep it a trusted network, but comrades of comrades and such is
the goal. Decide a max # ahead of time, around 50 reccomended. Handles only, no legal names.

This Signal group should NEVER include information about the locations of protests or where
food/medical treatment/supplies are being handled; assume the group is not fully secure.
No chatter, responses, rumor. Avoid ~lingo~ as to avoid confusion. I.e. don't write "bird", write
helecopter. Make sure these best practices are shared with everyone, gently remind people if they
are breaking these norms. -If a rumor really, really seems worth sharing, mention that it is
unconfirmed.
If someone in the group gets arrested, write "burn this chat", exit the group, and make a new one.
The point of this is to share information gathered over scanners, from live streams, and OTG. This
will be a source of information to share to the telegram as well.

4. Around 10 people who are from different orgs, Signal groups, networks will be admins for a Telegram
broadcast. This means only admins can post, no one else can post.

Admins should be on scanners, live streams, and transfering information from their small and large
Signal groups. 1-2 people from each large group should be an admin, there will be cross over among
admins and that's totally fine but the goal is to be gaining information from many networks. The
benefit of telegram is it does have encryption avaliable, and when an admin post to a broadcast there
is not personal information connected!
Admins should create their own Signal group (What's that you say? "Another Signal group?!?!" I
hear you, but it works.) Do introductions with handles (no legal names) and pronouns. Once
everyone is in the group, decide on norms and best practices. NEVER post protestor or mutual-aid
site locations, ever. Decide:
Do you want to make posts reminding folks to eat/drink/rest? Share advice on current police
weaponry? Give updates on white supremacist patrols, as they happen? (Do this one!) Share
infographics on reccomended protest best-practices? Formatting of posts? Etc. etc. I
recommend a yes to all of these but you don't know who I am so ¯_(ツ)_/¯ -Admins can use
this space to ask if certain things should be posted if it seems out of the norms, remind each
other to take care of their bodily needs, figure out scheduling for late-night posting and shifts,
etc. be kind to each other, joke to lighten the mood when appropriate, etc.

Police Info Telegram Broadcast Best Practices

 1. Recommend telegram post format: Source of info (police scanner, livestream, on the ground, etc.), If info
is unconfrirmed but somehwat reliable then write "(unconfirmed)" before the info, the the information. -
Acvoid caps lock / formatting that provokes fear or anxiety. -No rumours, this is information directly from
comrades, livestreams, and scanners. If there is a public twitter sharing reliable information, that can also
be a source. No sharing private social media accounts.
2. Again, no information about protestor plans, locations. No info on where aid-groups are working from
because police are consitently breaking up these groups and destroying aid materials.
3. Stay calm in your posts.
4. Try to have info as verefied as possible, misinformation can get people arrested and hurt. We want this to
be a source of tactical information for OTG.
5. Ask people to only share the Telegram link peer-to-peer. Sharing on public social media is the easiest way
to tip off cops to the broadcast and having to start a new one from the ground-up is annoying and time
consuming.

In all moments, try and stay calm. When we panic, we lose strategic thinking. Take care of your body and heart.
If we're gonna win this, our action must be sustainable. (And let's be clear- we ARE gonna win this.) Rest when
you need to, take shifts wether your OS or OTG.

Stay strong, be kind to one another, sing, drink water, feel whatever emotions you need to feel. I love you.