Policy Text
GENERAL ORDER GO #19-04
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
CALEA Standard(s): 61.1.5h
PURPOSE: To modify Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) # 127, Traffic Enforcement,
through the inclusion of K 3 in section X., Traffic Crashes - Duties and
Responsibilities.
SCOPE: This General Order (GO) applies to all Department employees.
POLICY: It is the policy of the Department to provide emergency assistance to
persons injured in crashes, to protect the crash scene, to conduct at scene
and follow-up investigations, to take proper enforcement action and to
educate the general public on traffic safety.
PROCEDURE:
K. Follow-up Investigation
3. AIU will respond to, or be called in to respond to, all hit and run traffic
crashes in which any person is transported to a medical facility as a result of
the hit and run traffic crash. In these instances, AIU will take over the
investigation.
RMC/pjp
APPROVED BY:
Richard M. Clements
Chief of Police