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4.5 Patrol: Organization and Administration
4.5.6 Directed Patrol (Issued: 6/25/07)
The Police Department maintains a work ing partnership with the citizens of the community
through effective community policing. The Department provides enhanced delivery of service
and achieves a greater efficiency by solving neighborhood problems through patrol operations
(i.e., incident analys is). This process develops a communications linkage between patrol shifts
and other divisions and promotes a collaborative approach to problem resolution. A directed
patrol schedule is used to provide Patrol officers with information regarding specific pro blems
and areas of concern within a specific patrol areas. Officers should review the directed patrol
schedule during each shift and record their actions regarding the areas of concern. The directed
patrol schedule may contain, but is not limited to, the f ollowing information:
A. Officer Pertinent Information
Persons of interest, houses/locations of interest, vehicles of interest, specific
problems/activity in district/sector, etc.
B. Extra Patrol Requests
Extra patrol requests can be generated and submitted by any employee of the Police
Department, upon receipt of request (i.e., Patrol, Records, Dispatch, etc.). General “extra
patrol” requests will be addressed by the officer during the shift whenever possible. Extra
patrol requests include general area checks, traffic enforcement, etc. Items in this section
are not assigned as specific duty assignments.
C. Tactical Action Plans
1. Tactical action plans are developed to address specific criminal activity or chronic
community problems and issues. The plan must identify the problem, a plan of
action to address the problem, necessary resources and a way to evaluate the
effectiveness of the solution. Tactical action plans are normally no longer than 60
days in duration and require a specific duty assignm ent; however, the duration of
a specific tactical actions plan may vary depending on the assessed need. Any
officer may initiate and submit a tactical action plan. The officer who initiates the
plan is responsible for defining the following when developing the plan:
a. The problem
b. Action plan to address the problem
c. Necessary resources
d. Assessment the effectiveness of the plan.
2. Tactical action plans may involve other divisions or units. All tactical action plans
involving the FSD shall be submit ted to the Shift Sergeant monitoring the directed
patrol function. The Shift Sergeant will review the plan to determine if the plan
meets the specified criteria. The tactical action plan will be coordinated with the
patrol shifts resources for effective im plementation.
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3. Tactical action plans that do not meet the criteria will be returned to the initiating
officer for revision or to be submitted as an extra patrol request.
4. The tactical action will be added to the directed patrol schedule. Copies of
completed plans will be kept on file with the Shift Sergeant and provided to the
initiating officer and each involved Division Commander via the chain of
command and to the EEC/Dispatch during the planned event.
5. When an extra patrol request or tactical action plan needs to be implemented
immediately or prior to the Shift Sergeant having an opportunity to review it (on
days off, during vacation, etc.), the Watch Commander shall assume the
responsibility for reviewing and implementing the plan. A copy of t he tactical
action plan or extra patrol request shall be forwarded to the Shift Sergeant.
6. Directed patrol information is monitored by the Watch Commander. All officer
information, extra patrol requests and tactical action plans are to be submitted to
the Shift Sergeant who will ensure the information is added to the directed patrol
schedule. At the conclusion of the directed patrol time period, if any enforcement
action was taken, the Watch Commander will provide follow -up contact with the
employee/citiz en who generated the request.
7. Officer information and extra patrol requests will generally remain in the directed
patrol schedule for 30 days. The information may be removed prior to the end of
30 days if it is determined that no further police action i s needed.