Policy Text
11/20/25, 2:17 PM FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE
OFFICERS.
4.???????? OFFICERS WILL SELECT POSITIONS THAT ARE VISIBLE TO
DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND THAT PROVIDE A FULL VIEW OF THE
INTERSECTION OR SCENE.
5.???????? 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
TRAFFIC IS FLOWING.? THE OFFICER SHOULD POINT IN THE DIRECTION
INTENDED.? WHISTLE BLASTS DIRECTED AT PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE
MODERATE IN VOLUME.
6.???????? VERBAL COMMANDS: THE VOICE IS SELDOM USED WHEN
DIRECTING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF OUTSIDE NOISE AND THE RISK OF
MISINTERPRETATION OR MISUNDERSTANDING.
11/20/25, 2:17 PM FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE
7.???????? 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.
8.???????? 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.
9.???????? TO COMMAND ?GO? OR TURNS, USE THE SAME GESTURES AS
DESCRIBED IN HAND SIGNALS.
10.?????? 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.?