Policy Text
POLICY
212.0 SENIOR CITIZEN CHECKS
ESTABLISHED 6/2019 RELATED POLICIES:
Reviewed by Chief David Magnusson
6/2019
A.POLICY
The Village of El Portal Police Department values its senior citizens. During time of
pending emergency, such as the arrival of a hurricane, the Village of El Portal has made it
top priority to check on the welfare and well-being of its senior citizens. However, it is
also equally important that the senior citizens are checked upon with greater regularity,
not just when a storm or other major event is set to occur.
Therefore, the Village of El Portal Police Department shall consistently check on the
addresses of the list of seniors given to them on a regular basis to ensure they are ok and
not in need of any services that otherwise we may have been unaware of. Code
Enforcement personnel will also be able to take part in this most important community
caring objective.
B.PROCEDURE
1.A list of current senior citizens living within the boundaries of El Portal has been
established and will be maintained and updated periodically.
2. The officers will be assigned a block of names/addresses based on the structure
of the list. For instance, if there are 50 names and addressed on the list, officer
John Doe would take 1-8; Officer John Smith would take 9-17, and so on and so
forth. These specific names and addresses would be these officers’ responsibility
during their tour of duty over the week.
They need not check on each address every day; however, by the end of each
work week, they need check on their names and addresses at least once. That
being said, if Officer Doe went to all nine locations assigned to hm on Monday
(he is off Fri/Sat/Sun), he should not wait 10 days later to revisit the locations
again on the following Thursday.
3.The Auxiliary/Reserve Officers will check on at least four senior citizen addresses
during their tour of duty for the month. That would amount to eight checks per month.
They too will be assigned specific addresses. Their checks have nothing to do with the
checks the full-time officers are doing. This will merely supplement their efforts
4. Each day (of work) the number of senior citizen home checks will be documented on
the officers’ worksheets.
5. Needed follow up with the proper agencies and entities will commence should a
home check reveal the need to do so.