300-14 Extra Employment Flashcards
Extra employment shall not interfere with…
Extra employment is a privilege afforded to employees and it may be restricted at the discretion of the Chief of Police.
an employee’s performance of official duties as an employee of the City of Houston or cause conflicts of interest between the City and the extra employment entity.
After-hours Club
An alcoholic beverage establishment that has extended hours beyond 2 a.m.
The department’s Risk Management Division Extra Employment Unit or the assistant chief over Risk Management Division shall make the final determination as to what constitutes an afterhours club.
Alcoholic Beverage Establishment (ABE).
Any place at which the primary purpose is the sale of alcoholic beverages or 51 percent or more of its income is from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
This also includes rental or temporary facilities where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or consumed.
For the purpose of this General Order, an ABE may also be a business open after 10 p.m. and holding a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) permit for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages and that is also a place of
entertainment which may include live music, dancing, or floorshows.
Business.
Refers to the owner, manager, or person in control of the establishment where an extra employment is conducted, the buildings and structures of the establishment, and all surrounding property related to the establishment (this includes the parking lot and any traffic control location that leads directly into the business).
Businesses that share the same parking lot and are clearly operating independently are to be treated as separate extra employment.
Employer.
For the purpose of this General Order, an individual or entity, e.g., organization, institution, government entity, agency, company, professional services firm, nonprofit association, business, or store that employs or provides work for an HPD employee in an extra employment capacity.
In this General Order, an employer may or may not be the entity that pays the employee for the extra employment services and the term employer also includes the terms business and third-party employer as defined herein.
Escorts of Convenience.
Escorts conducted by a police officer either by motorcycle or other vehicle with emergency equipment in use when no emergency exists (e.g., escorting sports teams, wedding parties, or corporate executives). Escorting funerals or oversized loads are not considered escorts of convenience.
Extra Employment Hours.
Time spent on any extra employment as outlined below.
a.
Nonpolice-Related Extra Employment. Any type of off-duty employment not involving law enforcement duties or use of authority as a peace officer.
b.
Police-Related Extra Employment. Any type of off-duty activity using authority or capacity as a peace officer to display law enforcement visibility, enforce federal, state, or local laws, or perform any duty that is usually fulfilled by a law enforcement officer within the scope of his or her duties, whether or not the officer receives remuneration, reduced or free rent, or any other benefit.
Forfeiture Abatement Support Team (F.A.S. T.) Properties.
Apartment communities with nuisance activity on the property as determined by Chapter 125, Texas Civil Practices and Remedies.
House Rules.
Rules of the extra employment employer or business that are not specifically authorized by state or federal law or City ordinance.
Pain Management Clinic.
A publicly or privately owned facility for which a majority of patients are issued, on a monthly basis, prescriptions as listed in the Texas Occupations Code, Section 168.001.
Permanent Extra Employment.
An extra employment spanning more than 30 calendar days.
Pharmacy.
A facility at which a prescription drug or medication order is received, processed, or dispensed under Chapter 481 or 483, Texas Health and Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.).
The term does not include a narcotic drug treatment program that is regulated under Chapter 466, Texas Health and Safety Code.
Private Solo Coordinator.
A person who acts as a guard company for the purposes of Section 1702.108 of the Texas Occupations Code and who employs an individual described by Section
1702.323(d) or engages in the business of or undertakes to provide a private watchman, guard, or street patrol service on a contractual basis for another person to control, regulate, or direct the movement of the public, whether by vehicle or otherwise, only to the extent and for the time directly and specifically required to ensure the protection of property.
Rave.
A large, organized dance club type event promoted for young people.
The typical age of participants is from 16 to 21 years of age and the crowd can easily exceed one thousand participants.
Raves often continue after the typical 2 a.m. closing time.
HPD’s Extra Employment Unit (EEU) makes the final determination as to what constitutes a rave.
If an employee is uncertain whether an event is a rave, the employee shall contact EEU prior to working the event.
If EEU is closed or unavailable for guidance, the employee shall not work the event.
Remedial Action Property.
An apartment community that according to City Ordinance Chapter 28, Article IX has excess levels of criminal activity as designated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Temporary Extra Employment.
An extra employment spanning 30 calendar days or less.
Third-Party Employer.
An entity other than the business or employer, and which coordinates and pays an employee for extra employment.
REQUIREMENTS
Time Entry
Classified employees shall utilize the department’s approved extra employment time entry procedure to…
check in and out of extra employment assignments.
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
When an officer is working extra employment and becomes aware of a reportable incident at that location, that officer is responsible for…
Both incident reports and supplements shall be completed according to General
Order 800-07, Criteria for Submitting Incident Reports.
Unless otherwise approved by an HPD supervisor, incident reports and supplements shall be completed and reported to the department by the…
An officer may be required to provide an account of the circumstances that prevented the officer from meeting this requirement.
Extra employment incident reports and supplements shall not be…
1) generating the incident report and any necessary supplements.
2) end of the extra employment hours.
3) completed while on duty for HPD.
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
An officer who is working extra employment and needing to complete an incident report that does not involve an arrest shall do so by…
contacting the Emergency Communications Division, Teleserve Unit and providing the report to Teleserve personnel by dictation or by completing the incident report as stated above.
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
Officers are reminded that in the event an arrest is made and a transporting officer is utilized, the transporting officer shall be responsible for completing the:
a.
_____ report.
b.
_____ in the Records Management System (RMS).
c.
_____in the District Attorney Intake Management System (DIMS).
d.
_____of property and/or evidence.
The extra employment officer shall…
1) Original incident
2) Jail initialization
3) Charges
4) Tagging
5) complete the remainder of the report as a supplement.
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
If an incident involves response to resistance, the officer who made the response to resistance shall be responsible for _____, _____, and _____.
1) entering a supplement report
2) contacting the appropriate supervisor
3) completing all necessary response to resistance documentation as stipulated per departmental policy
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
If an officer working extra employment is informed of an incident occurring at a location other than that of the extra employment, the officer shall…
Officers working extra employment shall make a supplemental report if they…
1) inform the dispatcher and request an on-duty officer to be assigned to investigate.
2) collect physical evidence, receive information about or from a suspect, or interview a complainant or witness.
REQUIREMENTS
Duty to Respond and Incident Reports
Officers working extra employment for businesses where loud noise is an issue shall…
Officers working extra employment shall cooperate with officers responding to calls for service concerning potential violations of the noise ordinance and they shall…
Officers working extra employment and found to be repeatedly allowing violations of the noise ordinance at the location may…
1) be proactive in preventing violations and enforcing the law
2) take steps to ensure compliance with the ordinance
3) have their extra employment permit for that location revoked.
REQUIREMENTS
Officers working extra employment are governed by the same rules and guidelines concerning racial profiling as if they were on duty (see General Order 600-42, Racial Profiling Prohibited).
Adequate field notes shall be maintained and racial profiling data shall be entered at…
When racial profiling data is collected during extra employment, but no incident report is required (e.g., issuing a ticket), the racial profiling data shall…
Extra employment racial profiling data shall not…
Officers shall not be compensated by the department for the time required to…
1) the same time as the incident report.
2) be entered into RMS before the officer’s next regular duty shift.
3) be completed while on duty for HPD.
4) enter racial profiling data generated in an extra employment setting
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT UNIT (EEU)
The Risk Management Division Extra Employment Unit (EEU) has primary administrative authority over…
All provisions for extra employment, including permit application, denial, or revocation, as well as conditions that both restrict and prohibit extra employment, shall be…
The Risk Management Division and division and unit commanders shall perform…
1) extra employment including, but not limited to, permits and investigations.
2) determined and enforced by EEU
3) for-cause and random extra employment inquiries for compliance with department policy.
PROBATIONARY AND LATERAL ENTRY POLICE OFFICERS
Probationary police officers shall not work extra employment. The restriction is waived if the probationary police officer meets al/ the below listed requirements. The probationary police officer:
a.
Is classified as a _____.
b.
Was previously employed by a law enforcement agency as a peace officer and worked _____.
c.
Has completed the…
A probationary police officer is not permitted to work at an alcoholic beverage establishment unless the officer meets all the above listed requirements and the requirements outlined in section 15 of this General Order.
No probationary police officer shall be allowed to work…
1) lateral entry or reinstatement officer
2) patrol duty for at least 12 months for that agency
3) Houston Police Department’s Field Training Program required for his current employment
4) live-on property apartment or multifamily housing security.
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Civilian employees shall not work any…
Civilian employees shall not display, wear, or utilize any portion of department issued…
Civilian employees shall not work any extra employment as a…
Civilian employees may work as _____for other police agencies.
1) police-related extra employment.
2) uniforms, jackets, hats, caps, or equipment at an extra employment site.
3) security guard, private investigator, police officer, or jailer.
4) dispatchers
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Civilian employees shall not hold a license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety Private Security Bureau while employed with the Houston Police Department unless the employee is a Security Services Contractor holding a Class B Security Services license covering operations of a Security Services Contractor or a Private Security Consulting Company and who is employed as any of the following:
a. An ____instructor
b. An alarm systems _____
c. An electronic access control device _____
d. A _____
e. A ____trainer
f. A manager or ____ manager
g. A _____ consultant
h. A security _____
1) alarm
2) installer
3) installer
4) locksmith
5) dog
6) branch office
7) private security
8) salesperson
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Civilian employees working extra employment shall notify the police dispatcher of any _____.
Any exception to this section requires written approval from the _____
1) reported or observed criminal activity
2) Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee.
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT NUMBERS
An extra employment permit number represents an employee’s…
Permit numbers shall be obtained prior to…
1) temporary authority to work extra employment.
2) working any extra employment (temporary or permanent).
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT NUMBERS
To obtain a permit number, the requesting employee shall log into the HPD Extra Employment System via the department’s Intranet Portal, submit the mandatory information on the Extra Employment Permit Application form, and obtain a permit number.
If the extra employment utilizes a third-party employer, that employer’s ____shall be entered in the appropriate field of the application form.
When not at work, the requesting employee shall contact his or her…
The on-duty employee shall enter that information into the _____ so that a permit number can be obtained.
If the requesting employee’s division is closed, the employee may contact…
1) name
2) division and give all pertinent information to an on-duty employee.
3) HPO Extra Employment System
4) any other division to obtain a permit number.
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT NUMBERS
If the requesting employee is unable to obtain a permit number prior to working the extra employment because the department’s Intranet Portal is down, the employee shall contact…
When the requesting employee is able to complete the Extra Employment Permit Application form, the employee shall…
If the requesting employee does not adhere to all of HPD’s extra employment requirements and restrictions or is unable to supply all the mandatory information, a permit number shall…
1) a supervisor who shall document the information regarding the extra employment.
2) document the supervisor notification in the Comments field of the form.
3) not be issued
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Prior to completing an Extra Employment Permit Application, employees must be in compliance with all training and qualification requirements of HPD and the_____.
The employee must also complete all training as outlined in this General Order or…
Specific training includes, but is not limited to, _____, _____, ______, _____, and _____.
1) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).
2) as required for a specific extra employment
3) traffic control training, alcoholic beverage establishment training, police motorcycle operator course, bicycle course, and mounted patrol riding evaluation
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Prior to completing an Extra Employment Permit Application, employees shall review the…
The Unauthorized Lists include businesses and employers that are…
Permits shall not be submitted if the business or extra employment employer, also referred to herein as employer, appears on _____.
It is the _____ responsibility to verify that neither the business nor the employer is included on the Unauthorized Lists.
1) Unauthorized Lists in the HPD Extra Employment System.
2) prohibited from employing police personnel.
3) either unauthorized list.
4) employee’s
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
EEU shall investigate all extra employment permit applications. EEU shall not approve an Extra Employment Permit Application that does not…
If the permit application is approved, the disposition status shall state _____in the appropriate field.
If the permit application is disapproved, the division commander of the Risk Management Division shall…
An employee whose extra employment permit application is disapproved may_____.
1) meet the requirements of this or any other General Order.
2) Approved
3) notify the applicant’s division commander
4) appeal the action in writing to the division commander of the Risk Management Division.
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Employees working extra employment at multiple locations shall request a permit number for each location at which the employee works even if…
the locations are owned by the same employer.
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Permanent extra employment permits must be renewed by the date of expiration.
All permanent extra employment permits shall be valid until the…
An expiration date shall automatically be calculated once a…
1) last day of the employee’s birthday month of the following calendar year.
2) permit application has been entered
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
If any information in an employee’s extra employment permit changes (e.g., location, name of business, person employed by, coordinator) during the life of a valid permit, the employee shall…
The employee shall then complete and submit a…
1) contact the Risk Management Division and have the Extra Employment Unit cancel the permit.
2) new Extra Employment Permit Application.
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Supervisors’ Responsibilities
All supervisors shall be held accountable for monitoring the extra employment worked by employees under their direct supervision by reviewing each employee’s…
Supervisors shall utilize the _____ to approve or disapprove all permit applications submitted by their subordinates within _____ days following notification of the application.
1) Extra Employment Permit Application for compliance with department policy.
2) HPD Extra Employment System supervisory review process
3) ten calendar
EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMIT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Supervisors’ Responsibilities
If a supervisor disapproves a permit application, the supervisor shall enter the reason for the disapproval into the _____ and notify the affected employee that…
The supervisor shall advise the employee _____ and that the employee shall not work the extra employment until…
1) HPD Extra Employment System
2) the application was disapproved.
3) of the reason for the disapproval
4) all noted problems are addressed and a new permit application is submitted.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Extra Employment Permit Applications shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved via the _____.
EEU shall also review all permit applications for compliance with department policies and may disapprove or cancel applications that have…
1) supervisory review process
2) already been approved by a division supervisor.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Division commanders shall temporarily suspend any previously approved extra employment permit in which…
The division commander shall document the reasons for suspending the extra employment in correspondence sent to the…
1) an element of the extra employment violates department policy.
2) division commander of the Risk Management Division with a copy sent to the employee.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
On-duty patrol supervisors shall monitor extra employment at alcoholic beverage establishments and other extra employment in their respective areas by…
Supervisors have the authority to immediately suspend (temporarily) the extra employment permit of an officer who may be in violation of…
If a supervisory conflict occurs,…
1) performing periodic inspections.
2) department policy, City ordinance, or law pending review by EEU.
3) a supervisor holding a higher rank shall be called to the scene.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
All temporarily suspended permits shall be immediately reported to ____.
If such action is taken, the supervisor shall document the justification for permit suspension in writing to the…
EEU shall then send written notice of suspension to all…
1) EEU
2) division commander of the Risk Management Division through the supervisor’s chain of command.
3) affected employees and their respective division commanders.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Any employee, regardless of rank, who becomes aware of infractions of this General Order or other inappropriate circumstances involving extra employment, shall immediately notify _____.
Employees shall also adhere to the requirements of reporting employee misconduct set out in General Order 200-03, Investigation of Employee Misconduct.
EEU
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
A supervisor may recommend the revocation of an employee’s extra employment permit(s) if the extra employment is…
The supervisor shall document the justification for permit revocation in writing to…
The revocation of an employee’s extra employment permit for poor productivity or due to job impact may be for…
The employee’s extra employment permit may be reinstated only upon written request by the…
Upon approval, the employee shall submit a _____ for the job in question.
1) negatively affecting the employee’s on-duty performance.
2) The division commander of the Risk Management Division through the supervisor’s chain of command.
3) any length of time deemed appropriate by the employee’s division commander
4) employee’s division commander to the division commander of the Risk Management Division
5) new Extra Employment Permit Application
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Anytime EEU is notified of infractions at an extra employment site or receives a recommendation for revocation of an extra employment permit, EEU shall…
If it is determined the permit should be revoked, EEU shall revoke the permit and notify the…
1) investigate the extra employment
2) affected employee via the employee’s division commander.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
The Chief of Police may revoke an employee’s extra employment permit or extra employment privileges without…
When the Chief of Police revokes a permit or privileges, EEU shall send written notice to the…
1) any right of appeal
2) affected employee and the employee’s division commander
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Any officer cited with a violation of department policy involving extra employment at an alcoholic beverage establishment shall not (except in the rarest of circumstances)…
This policy is regardless of the department violation and regardless of whether the
Chief of Police or a division commander issues the _____.
Division commanders receiving requests for positive discipline under these circumstances shall…
1) be eligible for positive discipline
2) final discipline
3) seek permission from the Chief of Police before approving such requests.
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Reinstatement of Privileges
When an employee’s extra employment privileges have been revoked by the Chief of Police for more than _____ days, the employee’s division commander may make a written request to the Chief of Police on behalf of the employee for reinstatement of extra employment privileges after the…
Division commanders should make such requests only when an employee’s performance is…
All recommendations from division commanders require written concurrence or opposition from the _____prior to submission to the Chief of Police.
1) 90 calendar
2) 90th calendar day of the revocation period.
3) at or near the top of the employee’s division or unit productivity standards.
4) employee’s assistant chief and executive assistant chief
REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF EXTRA EMPLOYMENT PERMITS AND/OR
PRIVILEGES
Reinstatement of Privileges
In the event the Chief of Police elects to reinstate an employee’s extra employment privileges, the employee’s division commander, assistant chief, and executive assistant chief shall review the employee’s…
Each _____ review shall be forwarded to the Chief of Police through the chain of command.
1) productivity every 90 calendar days until the original revocation period has expired.
2) 90-calendar-day
LIMITATIONS
It is possible for employees to agree to work an extra employment without first receiving all the facts of the job, or situations may occur after an agreement to work has been made and approved (e.g., extra employment at an alcoholic beverage establishment turns into a rave event).
If any of the following situations exist, occur, or become known to the employee, the employee shall immediately…
resign from the extra employment and contact EEU with the details.
LIMITATIONS
Extra Employment Permit Applications shall not be approved and existing permits shall be cancelled if:
a.
A department_____ will be exceeded.
All employees shall operate under the same department policy regarding maximum work hours as described in General Order 200-26, Workday and Workweek.
work hour limit
LIMITATIONS
Extra Employment Permit Applications shall not be approved and existing permits shall be cancelled if:
b.
The employee fails to meet the…
training or qualification requirements of TCOLE or the department, or as required for a specific type of extra employment.