April 2023 newsletter

All Municipal Police Officers are required to fill out the Roll Call for the month of April 2023. The roll call form can be found here.

Municipality Assignment Sheet:

• All officers are required to notify a Municipal Police supervisor when beginning their patrol and to be added to an available municipality. Officers must notify when ending their shift to be taken off of the sheet. Officers can not switch around to multiple departments as they wish without notifying supervisors for availability.

• When there is no supervisor active, the regulations manual on restrictions still apply, and officers must spread themselves out within the restrictions applied to each municipality, and spread themselves out equally to cover the patrol area.

• Failure to comply with the regulations manual will result in logged coaching & other disciplinary actions if necessary — Staff will be enforcing these policies.

Pursuit Policy:

• A clause has been added to our pursuit policy regarding Overnight Pursuits.

  • Municipal Police Departments are authorized to initiate overnight pursuits past 24:00 Zulu until 06:00 Zulu for any misdemeanor offenses.

    • Please review the full pursuit policy under 7.5 - Pursuit Policy to ensure you maintain compliance with all of our pursuit policies.

Self-Attaching:

• Please ensure to properly attach yourself to calls when there are no active dispatchers.

• Do not self attach to calls outside of your active jurisdiction unless requested by a supervisor or a SALEC mutual aid response is activated.

CAD

• Please ensure to follow proper formatting on CAD Reports

  • Reports should be a minimum of 100 words & should be filed in detail.

• Please ensure to update your active department on the CAD.

Procedures on Patrol

• Ensure to follow all regulations in and on patrol;

  • Searching suspects during an arrest; utilizing due diligence in getting all of the information of a scene/situation.

Bureau of Professional Development:

• Applications for Bureau of Professional Development are open: Apply here.

Bureau of Field Services:

• Canine documentation is under current review and being edited; and will be finalized for HA Approval.

Bureau of Investigative Services:

• Certifications are being finished / reviewed.

Bureau of Transportation:

• Traffic Enforcement Division:

  • Supervisors have been finalized, an announcement will be shared via the Bureau of Transportation discord.

    • Promotions for the division will be announced this weekend along with the new supervisor appointments.