Policy Text
I. General
A. This plan provides for the:
1. Protection and evacuation of citizens;
2. Management or control of masses of people; and
3. Protection of property from damage and destruction.
B. Implementation
1. Implementation of any portion of this plan will depend upon the
seriousness of a situation and notification to those concerned to
execute any of the Operational Phases. Terminology is defined
below for standardization.
2. Emergency Alert and Emergency Standby
a. During the early stages of any possible emergency or
mobilization condition, Department employees must be
informed and kept aware of the developing situation.
Inherent in the police function is a stated and implied
employee responsibility to protect life and property in the
community at all times. To this end, every Department
employee must be prepared and ready to report for duty
whenever a condition develops that threatens the safety of
the public and may require police action to restore law and
order.
b. The Department is cognizant of, and sympathetic to, not
imposing unnecessary restrictions on an employee’s off-duty
time; however, the contingencies of a potential emergency
condition that indicates that Department resources may be
committed to reducing the danger to life and property
demands that certain precautionary measures be taken to
facilitate possible mobilization.
c. Should circumstance warrant, and prior to mobilizing under
any of the operational phases, Department employees may
be notified of a potential or developing emergency condition
and placed on emergency alert or emergency standby.
3. Emergency Alert: Off-duty employees will be notified that a
potential emergency condition exists or is developing that may
require reporting for duty subject to later notification. Off-duty
employees are not restricted to their residence but, if absent, will
provide contact capability via alternate telephone number, another
person, Department radio or cellular telephone or by periodically
consulting the alternate contact source every two hours.
Employees on approved annual, sick or extended leave will not be
placed on emergency alert.
4. Emergency Standby: Off-duty employees will be notified that a
potential emergency condition exists or is developing and that a
requirement to report for duty is imminent subject to later
notification. Off-duty employees will be personally available at their
residence or will be available by Department radio or cellular
telephone or be physically available at an alternate telephone
number. Employees on approved annual, sick or extended leave
will not be placed on emergency standby. Emergency standby
readiness conditions are normally announced prior to Department
components implementing control plans and mobilization under one
of the operational phases.
a. Each Department component will maintain a current roster
reflecting classification, name and telephone number.
b. Only the Chief of Police or designee may initiate an
emergency alert or emergency standby prior to mobilizing
under any of the operational phases.
c. Immediate notification will be made to the Staff Duty Officer
(SDO) who will initiate the same notification procedures
utilized at the implementation of any operational phase.
d. Employees who are notified and have been placed on
emergency alert or standby, will maintain a state or
readiness including all necessary equipment and uniform
items appropriate for the nature of the emergency.
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e. Employees called to report for duty will do so as
expeditiously as possible, but no later than two hours after
personal notification. On-call employees will report per
instructions given upon receipt of the notification.
f. Employees will consider a call to report to duty under this
SOP as a direct order of the Chief of Police, regardless of
who delivers the order to them. Any employee who fails to
report to duty subjects themselves to disciplinary action.
g. Compensation will be in accordance with the appropriate
collective bargaining agreement.
5. Standby
a. Once mobilization has occurred under any operational
phase, any supervisor may place subordinates on standby.
Off-duty employees except those on approved annual, sick
or extended leave, will be physically at their residence, at an
alternate telephone number, or available by a Department
radio.
b. Compensation will be in accordance with the appropriate
collective bargaining agreement.
6. Mutual Aid Agreements
The Department’s plan for providing aid to other jurisdictions in
unusual occurrence situations is contained in Mutual Aid
Agreements between the City of Miami Beach and other
participating municipalities and the county.