303 – Disciplinary Procedures Flashcards
To achieve the desired degree of effectiveness, disciplinary procedures address considerations and expectations from
the following three perspectives:
- Community or external concerns
- Departmental or internal concerns
- Employee concerns
The ____Unit shall coordinate all investigations of alleged non-criminal misconduct by sworn members of the Department in accordance with this procedure
Internal Affairs
The Chief of Police shall determine which unit or Department member shall investigate allegations of ____ made against a member of the Department.
criminal misconduct
Any supervisor who received a self-report from an officer shall, submit a report and route his
report along with the officer’s report utilizing Blue Team, through their chain of command to ____ for an administrative review, by ____ upon receiving the report.
Internal Affairs
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the end of tour of duty
On-duty officers handling any disturbance involving another officer (including ________________) shall immediately notify their supervisor (handling officer’s supervisor) prior to departing the location
from other departments
When handling a call for service or interacting with a member of the public and a member of that public, including but not limited to a complainant, witness, suspect, reporting person, etc., requests to speak to a supervisor, officers shall immediately contact and inform ____________ of such request through the dispatcher. The supervisor may initially communicate with the requesting person over the telephone to determine whether the supervisor’s presence is needed. The supervisor will _______________________.
an on-duty supervisor
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record his/her actions in a written report
generally constitute disciplinary matters limited to and involving a minor variance from the routine activities and responsibilities of the sworn member in question
Line complaints
(Line Complaints)
When appropriate, the Section Commander, with concurrence from the Division Commander, addresses the sworn member’s behavior with counseling, a written reprimand, or a suspension of up to ____ calendar days. (Anything less than ____ suspension is not considered discipline.)
five
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a one (1) day
All line complaints shall be investigated by the officer’s chain of command within ________ days from the date of the written complaint
twenty-one (21) calendar
LINE COMPLAINTS
If the member does not agree with the contemplated disciplinary action within ____days, the case will be forwarded to the Internal Affairs Unit for investigation
five (5) calendar
LINE COMPLAINTS
If the sworn member is the rank of Captain or above, or has no Captain in their chain of command, the officer’s
____, will investigate the complaint.
Division Commander, Bureau Commander or the Chief of Police or his designee
Officers will immediately self-report to their immediate supervisor, ________ and ________ on SAPDForm 200-OR, any disturbances that they are involved in that require a law enforcement response or have knowledge or become aware that their involvement in a disturbance has the potential to result in a law enforcement response or a complaint.
verbally and in writing
generally constitute matters involving conduct that exhibits a significant variance from behavioral expectations or practices established through formal training, departmental rules, regulations, policies, or procedures which regulate a sworn member’s conduct.
Formal complaints
Formal complaints include, but are not limited to, the following: (7)
- Activities that deal with significant behavioral infractions;
- Any conduct that if proven would constitute a crime;
- Any conduct that exhibits the potential to require stringent disciplinary action in the form of a suspension that exceeds five (5) calendar days;
- Any allegation of harassment/discrimination;
- Any allegation of racial profiling;
- Any allegation of unnecessary or excessive force; or
- Any other incident that may require formal disciplinary proceedings in order to be properly resolved.
Sworn members who receive written complaint notification of a formal complaint from the Internal Affairs Unit may request the complaint be submitted to the expedited disciplinary track method. Any disciplinary action must be agreed upon by the sworn member and the Chief, and must be enacted within ____ days of the agreement.
thirty (30) calendar
In no event can the expedited disciplinary track be requested within ____ calendar days of the expiration of the complaint’s one-hundred and eighty (180) calendar day timeline in Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code. (GM)
sixty (60)
All formal preliminary investigations shall be entered into Blue Team and forwarded through the officer’s chain of command to Internal Affairs for review and disposition as soon as possible but no later than ____ after complaint
is received.
15 days
constitute citizen dissatisfaction with police services for reasons other than complaints of officer misconduct.
Service complaints
These type of complaints include, but are not limited to the following:
- Call response times – Not due to an officer’s negligence;
- Handling of a civil matter – Due to Department policy or civil law;
- Discretionary call screening;
- Unavailability or delay of other police services;
- Any other complaint that does not involve officer misconduct.
Service complaints
Supervisors receiving ________________from citizens shall document the complaint in Blue Team … and route it through the officer’s chain of command, and it is to include complainant contact information, the nature of the complaint, and details specific to the incident that may assist in addressing the dissatisfaction. Supervisors should communicate to citizens making service complaints that their concerns will be documented with the intent of providing feedback on Department policy.
service complaints
consist of any other complaint that does not violate policy or procedure or involve officer misconduct. This documentation shall be forwarded to Internal Affairs through the chain of command utilizing Blue Team.
Information Logs
All complaints of alleged misconduct by sworn members, except complaints initiated by the Department, must identify ___________
a principal complainant or aggrieved party from outside the Department.
All complaints of alleged misconduct by sworn members, except ________________________, must identify a principal complainant or aggrieved party from outside the Department.
complaints initiated by the Department
Complaints of alleged misconduct by sworn members that are initiated from within the Department shall list the ____________as the complainant.
“Administration”