200-27 Meal Period

Question 1

Employees shall limit meal period locations to within _________ of their work assignment (district) as pre-determined by the division commander to ensure rapid response to emergencies.

Answer 1

reasonable proximity

Question 2

Officers assigned to _____ shall not call out of service for a meal period within two hours following the beginning of their shift or be out of service on a meal period within two hours before the end of their scheduled shift without _________.

Answer 2

patrol, an on-duty supervisor’s permission.

Question 3

Officers are limited to _______ for a meal period.

Answer 3

40 minutes

Question 4

At no time shall there be more than ______ marked police vehicles or no more than ______ uniformed officers (official uniform or special assignment uniform), regardless of rank, eating at the same food establishment at the same time. It shall be the responsibility of individual officers and department supervisors to ensure this policy is followed.

Answer 4

two, four

Question 5

With a shift commander’s permission, the uniformed officer limit of four may be exceeded due to due to _________.

Answer 5

a special event or circumstance (e.g., banquets, large operations such as SWAT, Vice, and Narcotics teams).

Question 6

If uniformed officers arrive at an eating establishment and find that the number of marked police vehicles would be more than two or the number of uniformed officers in the eating establishment would be more than four, the newly arriving officers shall do either of the following:

Answer 6

If working patrol duty, the newly arrived officers shall immediately notify the dispatcher and go back into service. The officers then may call out of service at a different eating establishment at that time, or with the dispatcher’s approval, call out of service at a later time.

If on duty at a fixed-post assignment (e.g., desk officer), the newly arrived officers shall immediately leave the eating establishment, go to another establishment, and comply with the above policy.

If off duty, regardless of assignment, the newly arrived officers shall immediately leave the establishment, and comply with the number of officer and vehicle restrictions stated above.

Question 7

Upon completion of the meal period, patrol officers shall immediately advise _____ they have returned to service.

Answer 7

the dispatcher

Question 8

The ________ or a ________may pre-empt meal periods due to operational necessity (e.g., response priority code E, 1, or 2 calls for service).

Answer 8

emergency communications dispatcher, supervisor

Question 9

Plainclothes officers are not limited to four officers at an eating establishment unless it is obvious to the general public _______ or ______ that the officers are on duty.

Answer 9

by method of transportation, circumstance