5/209.14 VOICE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Flashcards
Priority Zero calls are:
- crime in progress;
- crime having occurred with good chance of locating suspect;
- incident with person’s life in imminent danger
- robbery alarms;
- unknown trouble call (404); and
and. ..
- officer needs help (444).
The use of the self-dispatch feature by officers on an MDT is permitted only under certain limited circumstances without having to dispatch by voice. This feature is not to be used for daily, _______ events.
routine
Officers may only use the self-dispatch feature on an MDT on high-priority calls after the primary and secondary units have been dispatched and have announced they are en-route via voice communication, or under circumstances when there is a code red on channel and an officer is requesting a large __________ (numerous units) regardless of the original priority.
response
Field supervisors are permitted to utilize the self-dispatch feature under the following circumstances:
- To close out pending non-response required type calls without using the radio. Just to add notes and close.
- After contacting the PR and deeming the call can be canceled, or if the sergeant resolves the call
Note: Make sure to tell dispatch via AM or radio
Priority “__” calls (also transmitted digitally) will be transmitted for benefit of those units not having MDT’s or out of their vehicle.
1
The only time an event number will be obtained through Communications is when the officer does not have an MDT available, T/F?
True
Incident Disposition Function
IDF
current Response Category Profile
RCP
The field supervisors will have the responsibility to supplement and delete field units responding to calls in their area as they deem necessary, taking into account their knowledge of:
- the incident,
- location, and
- participants involved.
Note: Supervisors are to avoid over response to calls and exercise discretion in these variations.
When a sufficient number of officers have been assigned to a situation, non-assigned units who indicate that they will also be responding will be canceled by the field supervisor, T/F?
True
Communications may dispatch any unit out of the unit’s assigned area, based on need and availability in the event of an emergency or with clearance from an area__________.
sergeant
Reports Delayed Due to Victim Receiving Medical Treatment: When a unit is requested to contact a crime victim at a hospital, hotel or residence after the victim is hospitalized or discharged following medical treatment, and the request is made _________the shift the event occurred, a unit from the sector of occurrence will be dispatched.
If a similar request is made _________ the shift on which the incident occurred, a unit from the sector where the victim currently is will be dispatched.
DURING
AFTER
