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Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2018/01/31, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Monica Police Department Emergency Management Plan - 1 Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Policy Manual This version contains redactions per Government Code § 6254(f) Policy 202.1 Emergency Management Plan 202.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The City has prepared an Emergency Management Plan for use by all employees in the event of a major disaster or other emergency event. The plan provides for a strategic response by all employees and assigns specific responsibilities in the event that the plan is activated (Government Code § 8610). 202.2 ACTIVATING THE EMERGENCY PLAN The Emergency Management Plan can be activated on the order of th e official designated by local ordinance. 202.2.1 RECALL OF PERSONNEL In the event that the Emergency Management Plan is activated, all employees of the Santa Monica Police Department are subject to immediate recall. Employees shall consider any catastrophic event occurring within the City of Santa Monica to be an automatic recall. Catastrophic disasters may be defined as, but not limited to, earthquake, civil unrest, tidal wave, hurricane, conflagration, and war hostilities. Employees may also be subject to recall during extraordinary circumstances as deemed necessary by the Chief of Police or the authorized designee. Prior to responding to work for a catastrophic disaster, employees shall telephone their immediate supervisor, Watch Commander, or the Front Office to determine if they are needed. If telephone contact cannot be made, the employee shall report to their place of assignment. Employees shall not respond to other law enforcement agencies unless advised to do so by a supervisor. In the event an employee is on pre-approved annual vacation leave, they should attempt to contact the Watch Commander and advise him/her of their status. If circumstances prevent the employee from responding, a notification should be made to the Deputy Chief, or their designee. Failure to promptly respond to an order to report for duty may result in discipline. 202.3 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) - REDACTED 202.4 EOC ACTIVATION - CITY WIDE PLAN - REDACTED 202.5 EOC POLICE DEPARTMEPT ORGANIZATOIN The EOC may not require a formal operation at Level I, with appropriate emergencies being handled by available on -duty safety employees, the City emergency manager, and other City departments as needed. a) The Police Department will be organized at three levels during a Level II or Level III EOC activation 1. Incident Command Post (Field). There may be one or more major problems in the Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica Police Department Policy Manual Emergency Management Plan Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2018/01/31, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Monica Police Department Emergency Management Plan - 2 2. field, which result in a n EOC activation. These incidents may be handled in the field by the establishment of a single field command post, with a single Incident Commander or Unified Command; or multiple incidents may be so complex and/ or separated by such distance that they re quire separate command posts and incident commanders. a) In the Incident Command System, a Unified Command is an authority structure in which the role of the incident commander is shared by two or more individuals, each already having authority in a different responding agency. b) The Incident Commander/Unified Command and their staff are responsible for the development of the plan and the tactics necessary to mitigate their incident, or to provide support for the C ity department responsible for mitigation efforts. The commander and staff als o are responsible for recording all police personnel, supplies and equipment used at their incident for later transmittal to the Department Operations Center (DOC). 3. The Department Operations Center (DOC) will operate out of the Operations Division, or other location chosen by the DOC Commander. The DOC is responsible for the overall management of all incidents being handled by the Police Department. The DOC will allocate police resources according to the priorities assign ed to each incident by the EOC, and will be the communications link between the field command posts and the EOC. The DOC Commander will review all field activity in light of the existing mission and priorities and will coordinate requests for resources, to be forwarded to the EOC. The DOC staff will engage in long range planning and organization of the overall police field response and they will collect information concerning personnel, supplies and equipment used by all police field operations for transm ittal to the EOC. a) The duty Watch Commander will be the DOC Commander, in the absence of the DOC Commander or their designee. Once the DOC Commander arrives and assumes command, the Watch Commander becomes a section coordinator for the DOC Commander. The Watch Commander’s duties will then be to coordinate station activities and station security, as well as any other duties assigned by the DOC Commander. 4. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) manages the overall City response to major disasters. The EOC does not plan the Police Department field response, but it does coordinate interdepartmental activity, implements City policy, determines