600-02 Beat Accountability Flashcards
Beat accountability is an officer taking responsibility for _____ in an assigned geographic area. Patrol officers shall work together and be accountable for identifying and addressing crime, disorder, and other beat problems occurring in their assigned beats.
identifying beat problems and providing police services
Beat Problems.
Issues or problems occurring in a police beat that may be addressed with police services. Beat problems may include, but are not limited to, crime, disorder, traffic or mobility issues, or community service needs.
Uncommitted Duty Hours.
Time available during officers’ shifts when they can conduct self-initiated activities or be assigned activities by their supervisors.
PATROL OFFICERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
To facilitate patrol officers’ ability to become familiar with and responsive to beat problems in their assigned beats, patrol officers shall:
a. Cooperate with dispatch personnel and respond to calls for service and events _____.
b. Utilize their shift including uncommitted duty hours to identify and respond to _____.
c. Become familiar with _____of beat problems in their assigned beats.
d. _____ to beat problems. Depending upon the complexity of the problem, officers may need to discuss the proposed action with their immediate supervisor.
e. Recognize the value and importance of crime prevention and crime reduction strategies, and traffic enforcement as vital tools in _____
f. Devote some time each day toward _____ to the extent possible and note such activities on their daily work card.
a. Cooperate with dispatch personnel and respond to calls for service and events occurring in their assigned beats.
b. Utilize their shift including uncommitted duty hours to identify and respond to beat problems in their assigned beats.
c. Become familiar with historical trends and patterns of beat problems in their assigned beats.
d. Develop responses to beat problems. Depending upon the complexity of the problem, officers may need to discuss the proposed action with their immediate supervisor.
e. Recognize the value and importance of crime prevention and crime reduction strategies, and traffic enforcement as vital tools in addressing public safety concerns in their beat.
f. Devote some time each day toward addressing beat problems to the extent possible and note such activities on their daily work card.
PATROL SERGEANTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
To support officers’ handling of beat problems, patrol sergeants shall perform the following critical tasks:
a. Assess how often and how well their officers identify and address _____
b. Regularly check to ensure officers are productively spending _____ unless otherwise assigned.
c. When necessary, preempt the assignment of a call for service or event to an officer _____, provided another officer in the district is available to handle the call or the sergeant requesting the preemption responds to and handles the call.
d. Exercise authority to _____ in response to the most severe beat problems occurring in their area of responsibility.
e. Provide _____ regular updates regarding the status of beat problems being addressed by their officers.
f. Ensure accountability and implementation of _____in their area of responsibility.
a. Assess how often and how well their officers identify and address beat problems in their assigned beats
b. Regularly check to ensure officers are productively spending uncommitted duty hours in their assigned beats unless otherwise assigned.
c. When necessary, preempt the assignment of a call for service or event to an officer working on beat problems, provided another officer in the district is available to handle the call or the sergeant requesting the preemption responds to and handles the call.
d. Exercise authority to manage resources in response to the most severe beat problems occurring in their area of responsibility.
e. Provide their shift commander regular updates regarding the status of beat problems being addressed by their officers.
f. Ensure accountability and implementation of crime prevention and crime reduction strategies and traffic enforcement in their area of responsibility.
PATROL LIEUTENANTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Shift lieutenants shall perform the following critical tasks to address beat problems:
a. Routinely discuss the _____ with their field sergeants.
b. Ensure _____ are appropriately prioritized and responded to accordingly.
c. Coordinate and collaborate with persons and entities as needed to develop and implement responses to _____, when appropriate.
d. Routinely meet with _____ to discuss the nature of beat problems, efforts taken to address those problems, and results obtained whether goals and expectations were met or not.
e. Ensure _____ are implemented during their respective shifts.
a. Routinely discuss the status of beat problems with their field sergeants.
b. Ensure beat problems are appropriately prioritized and responded to accordingly.
c. Coordinate and collaborate with persons and entities as needed to develop and implement responses to pervasive beat problems, when appropriate.
d. Routinely meet with the division captain to discuss the nature of beat problems, efforts taken to address those problems, and results obtained whether goals and expectations were met or not.
e. Ensure crime prevention and crime reduction strategies and traffic enforcement are implemented during their respective shifts.
PATROL CAPTAINS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Patrol captains shall perform the following critical tasks to address beat problems:
a. Ensure_____ are being identified within the jurisdictional boundaries of their division.
b. Balance the allocation of resources in accordance with the _____ of existing beat problems.
c. Routinely meet with _____ to discuss beat problems and how they are being addressed.
d. Ensure implementation of _____ within the jurisdictional boundaries of their division.
e. Incorporate in their _____ attained from the efforts of their division personnel in addressing specific beat problems.
a. Ensure beat problems are being identified within the jurisdictional boundaries of their division.
b. Balance the allocation of resources in accordance with the severity and complexity of existing beat problems.
c. Routinely meet with shift lieutenants to discuss beat problems and how they are being addressed.
d. Ensure implementation of crime prevention and crime reduction strategies and traffic enforcement within the jurisdictional boundaries of their division.
e. Incorporate in their Crime Strategy presentation accomplishments and results attained from the efforts of their division personnel in addressing specific beat problems.
