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 PLANT CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT General Order Title SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION General Order Number 24-1 Effective: 01/01/1996 Revised: 02/28/2020 Reviewed : 02/01/2020 CFA: PURPOSE To establish guide lines for traffic administra tion, law en force ment, crash investigations, direction and control, engineering and ancil lary services. (See FSS 316, 318 and 320) To reduce traffic crashes through the application of such techniques as geographic/temporal assignment of pers onnel and equipment and the establishment of preventive patrols to deal with specific categories of unlawful driving behavior. The techniques used should be based on crash data, enforcement activity records, traffic volume and traffic conditions. The ob jective is to direct appropriate enforcement efforts toward violations, not only in proportion to the frequency of their occurrence in crash situations but also in terms of traffic -related needs identified in the agency's service community. DISCUSSION Traffic law en force ment and the deliv ery of law en forcement related servic es will be applied in a consis tent and courteous manner to foster a positive public atti tude and acceptance of such enforcement. Continuing dia logue with other agencies in volved in the trans portation manage ment system will en sure that channels of commu nication remain open and problems are resolved as quickly and effi cient ly as possible. The Department will partic ipate in transportation systems man agement planning concerning con struction and/or reconstruc tion of traffic ways and facil ities. Further, upon request, the Department will participate in the draft ing and/or review of proposed legislation to deter mine impact and the need for additional manpower or equ ipment. Finally, the Department will initiate and promote programs to inform and educate the pub lic as to conditions adversely af fecting the safe movement of traffic and the countermeasures used to com bat them and other mea sures that en hance traffic safety. The assign ment of Traffic Units does not pre clude, nor allevi ate, all uni formed members of the Depart ment from meet ing their responsibility for en forcing traffic laws and regu lations. All uni formed members are ex pected and re quired to take the appropriate en forcement action when confronting any traffic violation(s). INTENT It is the intent of the Plant City Police Depart ment to plan, analyze, moni tor, im plement and coordinate the Department's traffic activi ties. G E N E R A L O R D E R 24-1 – S E L E C T I V E T R A F F I C E N F O R C E M E N T A N D A D M I N I S T R A T I O N P a g e | 2 RULES AND PROCEDURES A. The planning, analysis, inspection, and coordination of the Department's traffic units' activities is the responsibility of the Patrol Division Commander or his/her designee. B. The Department has estab lished the follow ing objectives and functions for the delivery of law enforcement traffic -related services by the Department. These objectives are to be re viewed by the Patrol Division Commander annual ly and an evalu ation made. 1. Analyze crash reports and re cords. 2. Provide selective traffic en force ment of determined high crash areas. 3. Develop and coordinate the Department's selective enforce ment program, to include specialized DUI, and speed enforcement efforts. 4. Operation of speed measuring devices. 5. In conjunction with the Crime Prevention Unit establish traffic safety educa tion and public information. 6. Establish liaison with local traf fic safety groups and agencies on a quar terly basis. These agencies and groups are outlined in this direc tive. 7. Develop and evaluate annual goals and objectives. 8. Investigate traffic crashes. A. Prepara tions and dissemination of crash/enforcement data summa ries. 1. The Uniform Patrol Division Commander is responsible for the preparation and dissemi - nation of ap propriate crash/enforcement sum maries to sup port field opera tions, facilitate program planning, and assist in the de velopment of countermeasures along with an evaluation of program effec tiveness. 2. The Uniform Patrol Division Commander, with the assistance of the Communications and Records Section, will maintain a system to determine concen tration of crash and enforce ment act ivities to identify areas warrant ing detailed analy sis. Limited time span reports are available to identify crash/enforcement patterns unique to specific time frames. 3. Comparison of current to past data will be conducted to help reveal chang ing crash and enforce ment pat terns. Data will be maintained for at least three years. 4. Appropriate crash and enforce ment data summaries will be dissem inated to the Uniform Patrol Division OIC(s) and all affect ed compo nents upon completion. 24-1.1 TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION 24-1.2 PROCEDURE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC CRASHES G E N E R A L O R D E R 24-1 – S E L E C T I V E T R A F F I C E N F O R C E M E N T A N D A D M I N I S T R A T I O N P a g e | 3 A. The Traffic Records System is to be