600-24 Deconflicting Covert and Narcotic Related Operations

Question 1

Blue-on-Blue Incident.

Answer 1

Action by one officer at a location resulting in a confrontation with another officer at that same location without realizing the other was an officer.

Question 2

Case Explorer.

Answer 2

The program used for deconfliction of events by the department’s Narcotics Operations Control Center( NOCC).

Question 3

Covert Investigation.

Answer 3

Any investigationin which an officer’s physical presence is not openly shown, displayed,or acknowledged

Question 4

Event Term.The start and end times and dates for the duration of an event. The requester can request that the event be active for a period of

Answer 4

one hour to a maximum of 30 calendar days.

Question 5

Event Type.The type of action or investigation that is intended at a location. Types can be any of the following:

Answer 5

Arrest, Buy, Buy-Bust, Buy-Walk, CII or CIS Buy, Consent to Search, Controlled Delivery, Investigation, Knock and Talk, Meeting, Other, Pick Up, Reverse Undercover, Search Warrant, Sell, Surveillance, Trash Pull, or Warrantless Visit

Question 6

Open-Air Investigation/Operation

Answer 6

An enforcement or investigative operation that is roving in nature (e.g., Narcotics Division officers conducting random Buy-Bust operations, Vice Division officers conducting random prostitution operations, or on-view patrol, tactical, or gang unit and when there is no pre-determined location. This is commonly referred to as enforcement against” Targets of Opportunity.”

Question 7

When coordinating with a specialized division concerning a major or sensitive investigation or operation, the coordination shall include notification to the ______ or the _______ of that specialized division prior to initiating the investigation. An _________ of the unit performing the investigation or operation shall make the notification.

Answer 7

shift lieutenant or the division commander; on-duty supervisor

Question 8

Reversals may be conducted by only officers assigned to the _______and shall not be conducted without the approval of the _______commander

Answer 8

Narcotics Division

Question 9

Any reversal that involves the actual delivery of a narcotics substance shall

Answer 9

not be conducted without the written approval of the Chief of Police or the chief’s designee

Question 10

The purchase of narcotics(e.g., Buy, Buy-Bust,or Buy-Walkoperations) may be conducted

Answer 10

by only personnel assigned to the Narcotics Division.

Question 11

Patrol tactical units, warrant units, or any other plainclothes units shall

Answer 11

not perform covert narcotics investigations without the consent of the Chief of Police and the Narcotics Division commander.

Question 12

Officers shall contact the NOCC when it can be ______ or _____ that any covert investigation could develop into a blue-on-blue incident or could interfere with any current related investigation by any agency

Answer 12

reasonably inferred or assumed

Question 13

The following are required when utilizing the NOCC deconfliction system

Answer 13

Each requester shall first submit a Case Explorer Security Request Form

Requesters shall provide their name, event location,deconfliction radius,event term, event type, and supervisor’s name and cellular telephone contact number.

The requesters shall be asked for the last four digits of their social security number for verification.

The NOCC officer shall enter the event information into the Case Explorer event deconfliction program and verify the location with the requester by confirmation of the geographically mapped display or by the GPS coordinates.

If a requester contacts the NOCC for an event number and it is determined that no conflict of locations exists, the officer or agent shall be given an event number as well as an event code.

The officer shall maintainboththe event numberandthe eventcodefor the durationof the event.

Question 14

In cases of a conflict

Answer 14

the requesting officer shall be informed that an event already exits

The officer making the new request (conflicting event) shall be given the other officer’s event number and contact telephone number

The officer shall then be instructed by the NOCC officer to contact the officer in conflict who maintains an active event number so the coordination can be made.

If the officer in possession of an active event code determines the requesting officer’s investigation does not interfere with the active investigation,the officer shall verbally give the requesting officer the event code so that officer can return the call to the NOCC to complete the request.

Once the NOCC officer receives the event code, then the request that resulted in a conflict can be resolved and processed.

Question 15

If the officer who has the conflict does not return a call to the NOCC within ______, the new request shall be cancelled and the requester shall not obtain an event number to continue with the investigation

Answer 15

24 hours

Question 16

.It is the _______ responsibility to continue contacting the originating officer until the decode key can be obtained.

Answer 16

new requesting officer’s

Question 17

If it is determined that any requester of an active event fails to respond to a deconfliction call (by not being able to be contacted or by failure to retain the event code) that officer’s requester status shall be

Answer 17

subject to review. It may result in that officer being deleted as a requester for future events.

Question 18

.Officers shall always cooperate with

Answer 18

all new requesters

AND

share information

AND

release their event code

unless doing so would present a blue-on-blue incident

or

would compromise investigative efforts

or

any confidentiality requirements for that investigation

Question 19

If a requester wants to obtain event numbers on more than one location, the requester shall submit an __________ form listing the location or each event or investigation with as much advance notice as possible

Answer 19

Event Deconfliction Operation Plan

Question 20

Certain Criminal Intelligence Division (CID) task force members conduct investigations under the authority of the Attorney General of the United States that are top secret in nature and associated with national security. These investigations are _______ of this General Order.

Answer 20

exempt from the requirements

Question 21

“………, if any officer is involved in or becomes aware of a blue-on-blue incident,the officer shall

Answer 21

notify the NOCC so an investigationcan be initiated to determine if event numbers were requested for a location and why there was a conflict.

Question 22

When a blue-on-blue incident occurs, the covert officer shall

Answer 22

immediately comply with the requests and demands by the identifying officer.