Admin 26- Dept. Organizatgion Flashcards
Should the Chief of Police become incapacitated through illness, injury or death, or for any exceptional occurrence be absent from the city or otherwise unavailable to perform the duties of his office without having designated a person to command the department during his absence, the order of succession to:
command shall be:
a. The Deputy Chief of Police (Chief of Staff). If he/she is unable or unavailable to command then;
b. The Assistant Chief of Neighborhood Policing Bureau. If he/she is unable or unavailable to command then:
c. The Assistant Chief of Criminal Investigations Bureau. If he/she is unable or unavailable to command then:
d. The Assistant Chief of Special Operations Burea. If he/she is unable or unavailable then:
e. The Assistant Chief of Community & Department Services Bureau. If he/she is unable or unavailable to command then:
f. Should the Deputy Chief (Chief of Staff) and all assistant chiefs be unable to command, the senior
Neighborhood Policing Bureau captain will command the department.
The exceptions to following the chain of command include the following: exceptions to the chain of command established in other policy?
When making such contacts, an employee shall endeavor to keep the appropriate chain of command informed of their actions.
(grievance, harassment, etc.), exigent circumstances, and situations in which an employee’s assignment requires him or her to make contact with personnel involved in the completion of that assignment.
