Policy Text
PORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/02/91 STANDARD NO. 016 REVISED: 04/20/18
REPLACES: SOP Portable Traffic Signs 16-03.1 – Rev. 01/01/03; Rev. 03/01/12
OBJECTIVE: To provide Homestead Police Department (HPD) officers with guidelines in
handling missing or malfunctioning traffic signs or signals.
POLICY: It is the policy of this Department to not deploy portable traffic signs when traffic
control devices are missing.
SCOPE: All employees will abide by the procedures set forth below.
I. PROCEDURES:
A. It is the responsibility of each employee of HPD to notify the on-duty dispatcher via two
(2)-way radio regarding any problems with traffic control devices (i.e., stop signs, traffic
lights, yield signs, etc.) within the City of Homestead. The dispatcher is then responsible
for notifying Miami-Dade Traffic Maintenance Division of the problem, along with
properly logging the information in the Traffic Maintenance Log.
B. If the problem is a result of a power outage, the City of Homestead Utilities Department
must be notified.
C. It will be the discretion of the on-duty supervisor to determine if a problem at an
intersection with a traffic control device required the placement of an officer(s) to control
the traffic flow.