Policy Text
SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ORDERS
GO 532.12
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532.12
REQUESTING DETECTIVES
04-14-17
PURPOSE
The purpose of this order is to establish procedures for requesting detectives.
POLICY
It shall be the policy of the Sacramento Po lice Department to ensure that detectives respond to major
incidents, incidents involving suspicious circumstances , and major crime scenes.
PROCEDURE
A. DEFINITION
1. ON-CALL STATUS – Available to respond without delay as directed by a supervisor.
2. CALL -BACK STATUS – When a detective is called back to work from another location prior to
the start of his/her next regularly scheduled shift.
B. GENERAL
1. Supervisors may request that detectives be called to respond to major incidents, incidents
involving suspicious circumstanc es, and major crime scenes when appropriate.
2. Field supervisors shall contact the appropriate unit supervisor within the Office of Investigations
(OOI) to request assistance.
3. Detective supervisors shall first consider on -duty detectives assigned to the appr opriate unit for
response to a request for assistance.
4. Detectives, while "on -call", shall
a. Be properly equipped for plain clothes duty.
b. Ensure that they can be contacted by telephone.
c. Be available to respond directly to the location assigned.
d. Not drink alco holic beverages.
C. REQUESTING OFF -DUTY OOI PERSONNEL
1. A system shall exist whereby specified off -duty detectives and/or sergeants can be contacted to
report to work.
2. On-call
a. Detectives and/or sergeants assigned to the OOI shall be placed on 24 -hour “on -call” status
at the direction of the appropriate division lieutenant.
b. The initial request for on -call detectives shall be placed to the on -call sergeant of the
appropriate OOI Unit. If the on -call sergeant cannot be contacte d, the request shall be
directed to the division lieutenant.
c. "On-call" status shall begin at the end of the employee’s regularly scheduled work day and
shall end when the employee reports to work at the beginning of his/her next regularly
scheduled work da y.
3. Re-call
a. Detectives from any other units in OOI may be called in to work ("re -call") to meet specified
needs when an OOI supervisor deems it necessary.
b. Detectives assigned to units who are not designated as "on -call" may be called back to work
in the ord er in which they appear on the Versadex on -call list.
c. Detectives assigned to units not designated as “on -call” in the Versadex on -call list may be
asked to return to work by telephone by the sergeant, lieutenant , or captain of the
appropriate division or u nit.