CORE PRINCIPLES
MAINTAIN PROFESSIONALISM
COURTESY
USED TO SIFNIGY SERIOUS IN PROGESS CALLS OR JUST OCCURED CRIMES
IN PROGRESS TONES
HELP WITH PROPER RECORD KEEPING
EPD 114
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE/ VIOLENCE
INCIDENT ADDRESS AND CALL BACK NUMBER REGARDLESS OF ANI/ALI INFORMATION
VERIFY
KEEP TRANSMISSIONS SHORT
BREVITY
USED TO DISPATCH ALL CALLS THAT INVOLVE THE USE OF THREATS OF A WEAPON
WEAPON TONES
ALWAYS STATE YOUR RADIO ID OR UNIT NUMBER BEFORE GIVING INFORMATION
IDENTIFY YOURSELF FIRST
EPD 113
DISTURBANCE/NUISANCE
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE HAS THE CHANCE FOR ESCALATION
ANY TIME
SPEAK AT A MODERATE CONVERSATIONAL PACE, AVOID WHISPERING
CLARITY
ASSAULT IN PROGRESS, DOMESTIC IN PROGRESS, ABDUCTION/KIDNAPPING, AND SUICIDAL SUBJECTS ARE EXAMPLES OF
SERIOUS IN PROGRESS CALLS
ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN YOU'VE RECIEVED INSTRUCTIONS OR UPDATES
CONFIRM RECEIPT
EPD 135
WEAPONS/FIRE ARMS
TARGETS HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR SPECIFIC REASONS
HOME INVASION
AIRTIME IS LIMITED AND PRECIOUS
BREVITY
NECESSARY AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING NON-ESSENTIAL RADIO TRAFFIC DURING TIMES OF SCENE SAFETY
EMERGENCY TRAFFIC
40
ASSAULT/SEXUAL ASSAULT, SHOOTING, STABBING
EPD 106
WITENESSED HOMICIDES ARE CLASSIFIED AS
ASSAULTS
ENSURE NAMES, NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS ARE CORRECT
ACCURACY
SERIOUS IN PROGRESS CALLS
WHERE, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY
STRUCTURE OF DISPATCH
BURGLARY/ HOME INVASION
EPD 110
MAY REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE OR ADVICE
CIVIL MATTERS