Janaury 2024 newsletter

Welcome to 2024:

• Municipal Police wishes everyone a Happy New Year! Wishing you a year ahead filled with joy, growth, and endless possibilities.

• This month, we will not be hosting a department meeting, and any announcements or news will be shared via the department newsletter, including January 2024 promotions!

New External Members Equivalency Policy

• To streamline information, prevent confusion, and update all of the equivalent ranks to new department rankings throughout the community, the Municipal Police will be combining two policies: #001 H.O.D. & Administration Equivalencies & #004 External Member Equivalencies into a new policy: #001 External Member Equivalencies which will go into effect immediately.

  • Members who patrol as Municipal Police through an equivalency, such as R&T CoC members, Media members, Development members, etc., should review this external member policy and ensure they are within compliance with the new policies and any new rank equivalencies that they may hold. 

  • All department administrators can receive an equivalency to patrol as Municipal Police and must reach out to a member of the Municipal Police Command to be added to the roster & given their equivalence.

    • To review the full policy, please view Policy #001 in our Municipal Police Policy Book.

Corporal Entrance Program:

• As we previously announced at our last department meeting, we have recently opened our Corporal Entrance Program. We have selected four individuals who are currently going through the Corporal Entrance Program who had applied with our first round of entry applicants. We will announce when the program will take on the next round of applicants.

Winter Uniform Structure:

• As a reminder, the Class C uniforms, Polos, and Short Sleeve Uniforms are restricted during the winter weather months.

  • Officers may wear the cargo pants when wearing the Class D (high-vis jacket), as outlined in the uniform structure.

  • Officers may wear the turtle neck variant of the Class B uniform, as outlined in the uniform structure.

Officer Reports & Paperwork:

• We would like to remind officers of the one basic responsibility of roleplaying as an officer, and that responsibility is paperwork. Whether it be writing a proper citation or a scene report from a 911 call, these reports are important as they could be involved with Judicial Services roleplay, or you may be asked to provide said reports for department review.  

• Please make sure that you are not call-hopping (leaving or jumping between calls without securing them or filing any paperwork) — If you are involved within a scene, such as an officer-involved shooting, and discharge your firearm, it is your responsibility to write and file those reports within the CAD. 

  • 7.4 - Self Attaching Policy

  • 7.10 - Integrated Subject Transport and Custody Protocol

    • These regulations go over filing paperwork concerning specific scenes and policies we have on these department operations.

Introducing Advertisement of the Month:

• As an initiative to showcase and reward creativity and boost efforts to recruit new officers into the Municipal Police, we are introducing a similar system like our "Photo of the Month", however, this will showcase advertisements for the department that will be shared within various Municipal Police assets and in the WorldwideRP Sponsors Channel!

  • Rewards:

    • 2 Week Vehicle Structure Boost

    • 5 Free Patrol Hours

    • Municipal Police Administration welcomes suggestions for additional rewards; feel free to suggest them in the suggestions channel!

Bureau of Professional Development:

• • Application for Field Training Officers:

    • You can apply here!

  • FTO of the Month: Daniel W. 206

Fusion Center & Judicial Services:

• Fusion Center Discord

• Fusion Center Regulations Manual

• Applications for the Bureau of Investigative Services & Fusion Center are here.

  • Gang Unit:

    • Documentation is continuously being worked on to establish a proper and thorough unit.  

Bureau of Field Services:

• Canine Unit:

  • Applications are open, which can be found here.

    • Must be a Patrol Officer / Reserve Officer or higher.

    • Must not have any disciplinary action in the past 30 days.

  • Supervisor Letters of Interest are open, officers holding the Rank of Patrol Officer (PO+) will have the opportunity to apply. 

  • In addition, candidates applying for this position should not have any disciplinary action in the last 60 days. 

  • Applications will be open for ONE week until Friday, January 12th at 11:59 PM EST.

• Drone Unit:

  • Applications can be found here.

    • Must be a full-time Patrol Officer or higher.

    • Must not have any disciplinary action in the past 30 days.

    • Must have completed the Advanced Training Course (ATC).

    • Must have completed all of the Officer Success Programs (OSPs).

  • Due to its specialized nature, the Drone Unit will maintain a highly selective and limited recruitment process, ensuring that only candidates with exceptional skills and expertise in advanced drone technology are chosen for this elite team.

  • This exclusivity aims to uphold the unit's high standards and proficiency in carrying out precision operations.

Bureau of Transportation:

• San Andreas Bay Transportation Authority:

  • Applications are open, which can be found here.

• Traffic Enforcement Division:

  • Applications for the Traffic Enforcement Division are closed until further notice.

  • A new vehicle structure for the division has just been released. Members: Please make sure you comply with the new structure.