July 2023 newsletter

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

• This is a standard promotion requirement for all ranks.

Uniform Structure

• Officers are reminded that the leg holster is not permitted for general patrol use, and is restricted to plain clothes or specific bureau approval.

• Officers are not permitted to patrol with high risk - tactical vests while on standard normal patrol without any mandated supervisor order or authorization.

Officer Conduct

• We remind officers to approach situation with an open mind and an appropriate attitude to ensure it leads to safe and professional officer discretional decisions and de-escalation being used in risky situations.

• RTO should ONLY be used for Radio Traffic Only and everyone should remain professional while on the radio. 

Code Response:

• Utilize proper code response depending on the type of calls that have been acknowledged over the radio.

• Not all calls need to have a code 3 response!

CAD

• All reports written by officers must be filed in detail, with specific details about where a situation happened, when it happened, who was involved, etc.

  • All arrest reports must be 100 words minimum.

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 coachings & other disciplinary actions if necessary — Staff will be enforcing these policies.

• We remind officers to approach situation with an open mind and an appropriate attitude to ensure it leads to safe and professional officer discretional decisions and de-escalation being used in risky situations.

Bureau of Professional Development:

• Officer Success Program

  • All officers will need to complete their specific OSP classes by August 1, 2023, to be eligible for promotions.

    • Probationary Officers to Patrol Officer:

      • Introduction to Law

    • Patrol Officers to SPO:

      • Personal Interaction

      • Vehicle Operation & Pursuits

• Advanced Training Course (ATC)

  • We have released a new and improved ATC Exam.

    • Officers who have already completed the ATC do not have to retake the new exam.

• All new incoming officers must:

  • Complete & Pass ATC before patrolling.

  • Complete ATC before going on ride-alongs.

• Discord Organization

  • We have revamped the Bureau of Professional Development Discord, with new information & new-updated links.

Bureau of Field Services:

• Environmental Police:

  • Awaiting penal code changes from Senate. Applications will be open soon!

• Canine Division:

  • Final stages few for documents to review.

Bureau of Investigative Services:

• Applications are open for Bureau of Investigative Services!

• Judicial & BIS have partnership together to conduct operations and to assist with investigations.

Bureau of Transportation:

• San Andreas Bay Transportation Authority:

  • Application's are OPEN!!

  • Discord

• Traffic Enforcement Division:

  • Applications will be open from the 1st to the 15th - closed for the rest of the cycle.

  • Trainings will be hosted in the later half of the cycle after the applications are closed.