600-03 General Broadcasts Flashcards
Who can initiate a General Broadcast?
A)
B) HPD Officers (responding to incidents )
C) Other law enforcement agency (reporting or responding to incidents)
D) HPD Dispatch (receiving information from officers)
E) Houston Emergency Center (HEC) call takers (receiving information from citizens)
Citizens (reporting incidents)
When should the HEC center enter a GB/ Lookout on stolen vehicles or vehicles used in the commission of a crime
After a call for service has been has been entered
a dispatcher may enter a GB with info relayed by a classified employee? But Shall enter a GB when______
the unit initially responds to a call or on views an incident.
What information shall be disseminated over the air to the dispatcher and other units
Preliminary information regarding agg robb, kidnapping, assaults, auto thefts or missing persons
*this info Shall not go over the air until more complete info is received
What shall HEC call takers do when determining info taken over a call needs to be broadcast immediately
Relay to the appropriate dispatcher
What shall be done after info has been received and ready to transmit as a GB depending on the origin
A) call takers shall enter the information received into the CAD system. I he preformatted lookout form shall be used. This applies only to calls for which a call for service has been entered.
B) police officers shall transmit over the police radio or the mobilecom system information that receive regarding vehicles, suspects, missing persons etc. the dispatcher shall enter this info into CAD system. The preformatted lookout form shall be used.
What happens to information entered into the CAD system
The computer automatically assigns a number and sends it to all applicable computer terminals
What must a dispatcher do upon receiving a Lookout regarding suspect or vehicle info?
Print information out and broadcast it over the air
*the printout shall remain with the dispatch position until the end of shift and the ______________ or longer if necessary
duration of the next shift
What is the retention time for a stolen vehicles or vehicles used in a crime?
Shall be only one day
Who’s responsibility is it to flag a vehicle as wanted
The division investigating the incident
- for example, Once a report is made and entered, the vehicle shall be listed as possible solemn and a lookout shall no longer be necessary.
When is the only time a GB is needed for a vehicle possibly stolen
When a call for service has been entered
IF NO CALL FOR SERVICE NO GB
What to do when entering a possible stolen vehicle:
A) _____ call takers Shall enter a call for service for teleserve. The call taker Shall then enter a lookout (LOO) into the CAD system.
B) if physical evidence needs to be collected or the citizen an officer, the HEC call taker Shall enter a call for service for a unit to be .
C) all trailers are processed as stolen vehicles
D) only verified license plates Shall be entered in the license plate field Of the look out form. * do not list partial plates. List them in the description
HEC
What must be listen in a GB obtained from an officer?
The officer’s unit number
What Shall not be considered probable cause to arrest?
General Broadcasts/Lookouts
*only to be considered in conjunction with other info.
