Policies

Section 1 - Definitions

For the purpose of our Road Traffic Unit policies:

• 1.1 'PLPD' will represent the organisation: Paralake Police Department.

• 1.2 ‘RTU’ refers to the Road Traffic Unit.

• 1.3 ‘RTO’ refers to a Road Traffic Officer.

• 1.4 'Traffic Command' refers to RTOs who hold the rank of Staff Sergeant, Lieutenant or Captain as part of the RTU Command Team

• 1.4 ‘Reinstate’ means to rejoin the RTU division after leaving it for a short period of time.

• 1.5 ‘Probationary’ refers to a person who is on internal probation within RTU

• 1.6 ‘QCP’ refers to a Quality Control Patrol conducted by Traffic Command

• 1.7 ‘Blacklisted’, ‘Blacklist’ will mean an officer may not apply for/rejoin the Road Traffic Unit

• 1.8 'Unmarked' refers to traffic issued vehicles with no police markings.

• 1.9 'RTU Trainer', 'Trainer' refers to officers who hold the role of 'Road Traffic Trainer'.

• 1.10 'LOA' refers to a leave of absence set on the PLPD Online website

Please note: Section 1 as shown above will exist in every Road Traffic Unit policy