Policy Text
11/20/25, 2:08 PM FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE
[CFA 23.03]
??????????? PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS WILL DIRECT TRAFFIC ONLY IN AN
EMERGENCY AND MUST DISPLAY THEIR BADGE AND WEAR A
REFLECTIVE VEST.
??????????? THE FIRST OFFICER TO ARRIVE AT A TRAFFIC SCENE WILL
COORDINATE TRAFFIC CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH OTHER
OFFICERS.
??????????? OFFICERS WILL SELECT POSITIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE TO
DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND THAT PROVIDE A FULL VIEW OF THE
INTERSECTION OR SCENE.
??????????? OFFICERS WILL USE THE FOLLOWING SIGNALS:
??????????? WHISTLE SIGNALS: WHISTLE SIGNALS WILL BE COMBINED
WITH HAND SIGNALS AND WILL BE OF SUFFICIENT VOLUME TO BE
AUDIBLE OVER SURROUNDING NOISE.? ONE LONG WHISTLE BLAST WILL
BE USED TO COMMAND ?STOP?; TWO SHORT BLASTS TO COMMAND ?
GO?; AND A SERIES OF SHORT BLASTS TO COMMAND ?ATTENTION.?
??????????? HAND SIGNALS: OFFICERS WILL USE HAND SIGNALS AS
FOLLOWS:
?STOP? - THE ARM IS EXTENDED AT SHOULDER LEVEL TOWARD
APPROACHING TRAFFIC WITH THE PALM OUT AND FINGERS POINTING
UPWARD.
?GO? (FORWARD) - THE OFFICER SHOULD STAND WITH HIS SHOULDER
AND SIDE TOWARD THE TRAFFIC TO BE STARTED.? HE WILL POINT AT
THE DRIVER AND ESTABLISH EYE CONTACT.? THE POINTING ARM IS
SWUNG FROM THE ELBOW WITH THE PALM UP THROUGH A VERTICAL
SEMICIRCLE UNTIL THE HAND IS ADJACENT TO THE CHIN.? THIS
GESTURE IS REPEATED UNTIL THE TRAFFIC BEGINS TO MOVE.? TO START
TRAFFIC FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS, THE PROCEDURE IS REPEATED FOR
TRAFFIC FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION.
?TURNS? - THE OFFICER WILL POINT AT THE DRIVER AND ESTABLISH EYE
CONTACT.? THE OFFICER WILL INDICATE THE TURN BY BENDING THE
ARM AT THE ELBOW AND POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TURN.?
LEFT TURNING TRAFFIC SHOULD NOT BE DIRECTED TO MOVE WHILE
THE OFFICER IS DIRECTING ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PROCEED.
WHEN DIRECTING PEDESTRIANS, THE OFFICER MUST FIRST CONTROL
THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.? PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WILL BE
COORDINATED INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.? PEDESTRIANS SHOULD
WALK FROM CORNER TO CORNER IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE
11/20/25, 2:08 PM FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE
TRAFFIC IS FLOWING.? THE OFFICER SHOULD POINT IN THE DIRECTION
INTENDED.? WHISTLE BLASTS DIRECTED AT PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE
MODERATE IN VOLUME.
??????????? VERBAL COMMANDS: THE VOICE IS SELDOM USED WHEN
DIRECTING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF OUTSIDE NOISE AND THE RISK OF
MISINTERPRETATION OR MISUNDERSTANDING.
??????????? TRAFFIC WAND SIGNALS: THE TRAFFIC WAND SHOULD BE
USED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE HAND AND INDEX FINGER.? SIGNALS
AND DIRECTIONS SHOULD BE EXAGGERATED AND REPEATED OFTEN.?
THE WAND SHOULD BE TURNED OFF WHEN IT IS NOT BEING USED.
??????????? WHEN USING THE WAND TO COMMAND A ?STOP,? THE
OFFICER SHOULD:
FACE ONCOMING TRAFFIC;
HOLD THE WAND WITH THE ELBOW BENT AND THE WAND VERTICAL;
SWING THE WAND FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THROUGH A 45 - DEGREE ARC.
??????????? TO COMMAND ?GO? OR TURNS, USE THE SAME GESTURES AS
DESCRIBED IN HAND SIGNALS.
??????????? FLASHLIGHTS: OFFICERS WILL USE FLASHLIGHTS WHEN
DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT NIGHT OR DURING ADVERSE WEATHER
CONDITIONS, i.e., FOG, SMOKE, RAIN, ETC.? THE FLASHLIGHT SHOULD BE
USED ONLY TO STOP TRAFFIC ? NOT AS A TRAFFIC BATON.?