General Orders 300's Flashcards
The ___ will ensure that all incident numbers assigned by Departmental computer systems have a report in the Records Management System, as authorized by this Order, within ___ of the number having been generated
Records Section Supervisor, ten days
___- The initial report used to officially record a police incident. (Refers only to the report form itself, not to the classification of incident type).
Incident Report
___- A report used to record all coded calls. This is a standard incident report form with only the incident number, unit assigned, call date, call time, type of call, date of incident, time of incident, location of incident, district, incident/offense type, and narrative completed.
Abbreviated Incident Report
___- The report used to provide additional information concerning any police incident wherein an Incident Report was previously filed. Supplement Forms (Forms A and B) may also be used to add additional suspects, victims, person reporting, etc., to the original report when necessary
Supplement Report
___- Incidents wherein there is the allegation of or evidence suggesting, the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense by any party, whether the remedy is further police investigation or civilian warrant action.
Police Incidents
___- Incidents which do not pertain to a distinct criminal offense, or attempt, and which do not require further police action or follow-up; or incidents which do not lend themselves to criminal prosecutions or property seizures
Non-Police Incidents
___- Dispatched assignments or incidents discovered in the field will require the completion of an Abbreviated Incident Report.
Code Calls
Incident Reports must be prepared for all ___.
police incidents
___- shall be indicated when an incident involves the threat or use of force against an occupant of a motor vehicle for the purpose of facilitating the motor vehicle theft.
Car Jacking
___- shall be indicated when an incident involves the illegal discharge of any firearm from a motor vehicle at any person, group of persons, motor vehicle, or occupiable structure, whether or not a person was injured or a structure or vehicle damaged.
Drive-By
___- shall be indicated when an incident reasonably appears to be the result of criminal street gang activity.
Gang Related
A ___ shall be defined as any ongoing organization, association, or group of ___ or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more criminal acts, involving the sale, manufacture, or delivery of a controlled substance or the use of force, violence, or intimidation against any person, and which has a common name or common identifying sign or symbol, whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity.
criminal street gang, three
___- shall be indicated when an incident involves a criminal offense committed against a person or property which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against an individual’s race, religion, ethnic/national origin group, disability, or sexual orientation.
Hate Crime
___ shall mean a pre-formed, negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons, based on their race, religion, ethnicity/national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
Bias
___ shall be indicated when an officer encounters or responds to an incident involving a person reasonably believed to be suffering from a mental illness or other condition including suicide threats, amnesia, or dementia.
Mentally Afflicted
___ is the unauthorized use of an individual’s personal identifying information to create, obtain, or open a credit account, debit account, or other financial resource.
Identity theft
Identity theft reports that do not occur within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Little Rock will be taken. These reports will be titled, “___”.
Outside Identity Theft
All Incident Reports detailing the theft of a motor vehicle shall immediately, upon completion, be reviewed for approval by a supervisor, taken to Communications for data entry, and forwarded to the ___.
Auto Theft Unit
Supervisors shall ensure that all Incident Reports, along with a LRPD Report Submission Form, are forwarded to the Desk Officer within ___ after each shift change.
three (3) hours
___ shall monitor all reports, and those containing errors or omissions shall be forwarded to the Records Section Supervisor, who shall ensure that the report is corrected in a timely manner and returned for data entry.
Records Division data entry clerks
___- This form will be utilized to report all accidents involving an injury to any person, DWI, city vehicles, damages greater than $1000.00, and anytime a citizen requests.
Motor Vehicle Crash Report Form (MVCR)
___- This form will be utilized to report minor accidents not involving injury or damages greater than $1000.00. This report may also be used at the direction of a shift commander for reporting weather related accidents during inclement weather.
TraCS Incident Report Form (IRF)
___- This form will be utilized to report minor accidents involving a single vehicle and animal.
Arkansas Vehicle/Animal Crash Report Form (ARVACR).
Patrol supervisors will check for completed accident reports ___ during their shift in order to ensure reports are processed in a timely fashion.
at least twice
In the event of a significant system failure, an ___ may authorize the use of paper reports for the reporting of accidents.
on duty shift commander
___ will review the TraCS Database daily to ensure reports are being reviewed and placed in an “Accepted” status in a timely fashion. As a general rule, reports should be in an “Accepted” status no later than ___ after the time of the accident.
Shift Commanders, four hours
___- are designed to provide documentation regarding the activity, appearance and bearing, or specific location of persons or vehicles, under circumstances which do not constitute a Police Incident requiring an Incident Report, but which, in an officer’s professional judgment, are noteworthy.
Field Interview Cards
Completed Field Interview Cards shall be reviewed by supervisors in the same manner as Incident Reports, and shall be forwarded directly to the ___ assigned to the appropriate Field Services Division
Crime Analyst
The ___ has been designed to provide identifying information concerning violent gangs, members of these gangs, terrorist organizations, and members of these organizations to law enforcement personnel. This is a national database, which is maintained by the ___ and is accessible by local law enforcement personnel.
Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File (VGTOF), Federal Bureau of Investigations
___ is the preferred method of completing all incident reports and abbreviated incident reports
The Incident Report Direct Entry (IRDE) System
Reports that are approved will be electronically signed and transferred to the mainframe system within ___ of approval.
two minutes
___ is defined as the operation of an authorized emergency vehicle (emergency lights and siren in operation) by a police officer in response to a life threatening situation or a violent crime in progress, using due regard for the safety of others.
Emergency driving
When deciding to initiate or continue driving under emergency conditions, officers will consider such factors as ___.
traffic volume, time of day, potential hazard, and safety to themselves and the public
Emergency responses shall be made only when the call involves ___.
a life threatening situation or a violent crime in progress
Police vehicles without emergency lights and sirens ___.
not make emergency (Code Three) responses or participate in pursuits
Motorcycles may conduct emergency (Code Three) responses, but are prohibited from becoming involved in ___. If a motorcycle initiates a pursuit, it will yield to other authorized Departmental vehicles as soon as practical. They will serve as a support unit and provide assistance to the pursuing units if needed, once the pursuit is concluded.
an active pursuit
___ involve an officer or officers assisting a party or vehicle to a specific location, during which motor vehicle laws may be disregarded. Emergency escorts will only be performed with the prior authorization of a supervisor.
Emergency escorts
Emergency escorts of medical patients shall only be performed in an articulable ___, and then with authorization from a supervisor.
life threatening situation
An officer may be authorized to engage in a motor vehicle pursuit if the officer ___ believes that the suspect has committed or is about to commit a felony or if the actions of the suspect intentionally puts the public at risk.
reasonably
The pursued vehicle proceeds the wrong way on any freeway, divided highway, or one-way street. At no time will officers pursue violators the wrong way on a ___.
freeway
Any ___ may order a pursuit terminated if, in their best judgment, the necessity of apprehension is outweighed by the level of danger.
police supervisor
A formal review of all pursuits will be conducted by the officer’s Chain of Command and ___.
the Training Division
After final review, the pursuit file will be forwarded to ___ for computer data entry. ___ will retain files where any type of disciplinary action was taken. All other files will be routed to the appropriate Division Commander for retention.
Internal Affairs, The Internal Affairs Division
___ will be responsible for the completion of an ___ analysis of all police pursuits. The analysis will include statistical data and a summary recommending any training needs or policy modifications, based on trends or patterns revealed in the report. This analysis should be completed and forwarded to the Office of the Chief of Police no later than ___ of each year.
The Training Division Commander, annual, February 15th
___ will be responsible for the completion of an annual review of pursuit policies and reporting procedures.
The Training Division Commander
___ will be responsible for the completion of a ___ statistical report of all police pursuits. The report should be completed and forwarded to the Office of the Chief of Police no later than the ___ (January, April, July, October).
The Training Division Commander, quarterly, 10th of each quarter
Upon notification that tire deflation devices are being deployed in front of the fleeing vehicle, pursuing vehicles should increase the gap between them and the fleeing vehicle to avoid striking the tire deflation device (approximately ___).
3 to 5 seconds
Tire deflation devices shall not be used to stop the following vehicles:
Vehicles with less than four (4) wheels, Vehicles transporting hazardous materials, School buses transporting passengers, Public transportation vehicles transporting passengers
Anytime a tire deflation device has been compromised (ran over or damaged by any means), the entire device will be turned into ___ for replacement
the division’s vehicle/equipment coordinator
All vehicle damage or missing equipment will be reported to a supervisor, prior to the vehicle being placed in service. The supervisor will initiate an investigation to determine the cause and document his/her findings. The reports will be forwarded through the Chain of Command to ___ for resolution.
the Division Commander
The ___ will designate all take-home vehicle assignments in writing as needed
Chief of Police
___ will be responsible for assuring that employees under their command are maintaining their assigned vehicles pursuant to Departmental guidelines and will conduct ___ inspections to assure adherence.
Supervisors, monthly
The assigned driver of a take home vehicle will park the vehicle at their respective place of duty when they are off duty for a period of more than ___.
ten consecutive working days
The ___ must approve all take-home vehicle assignments.
Chief of Police
Any employee, who damages a city vehicle or becomes involved in a motor vehicle accident with a city owned, rented, leased or seized vehicle, in the city limits will immediately notify an on-duty patrol supervisor who will ensure that ___ is notified.
the appropriate Division Commander
___ will serve as the Defensive Driving Coordinator.
The Training Division Lieutenant
___ will serve as the Assistant Defensive Driving Coordinator.
The Recruit Training Sergeant
The Office of the Chief of Police will forward the original accident file to the ___ for processing. The original accident file will be forwarded to the ___ for review.
Professional Standards Section, Defensive Driving Coordinator
The ___ will maintain a log of accident files received, including date of receipt and date to be reviewed by the Accident Review Committee.
Defensive Driving Coordinator
___- as used in this Policy, is defined as that force which creates some specified degree of risk that a reasonable and prudent person would consider likely to cause death or serious physical injury.
Deadly Force
___- as used in this Policy, is defined as physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ
Serious Physical Injury
___- as used in this Policy, is defined as any bodily impact, restraint, or confinement, or the threat thereof
Physical Force
___ or ___- as used in this Policy, is defined as belief that an ordinary, prudent person would form, under the circumstances in question, and one not recklessly or negligently formed
Reasonably believe, reasonable belief
___- as used in this Policy, is defined as taking action or communicating verbally or non-verbally during a potential force encounter in an attempt to stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation without the use of force or with a reduction in the force necessary. De-escalation may include the use of such techniques as command presence, advisements, warnings, verbal persuasion, and tactical repositioning.
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De-escalation
___- as used in this Policy, is defined as those circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that a particular action is necessary to prevent physical harm to an individual, the destruction of relevant evidence, the escape of a suspect, or some other consequence improperly frustrating legitimate law enforcement efforts
Exigent circumstances
The citizens of Little Rock have vested their police officers with the responsibility to protect life and property, and to ___.
apprehend criminal offenders
The apprehension of criminal offenders and protection of property must, at all times, be ___ to the protection of life. Therefore, the use of Deadly Force is not allowed to protect property interests
secondary
Officers may draw or display___ when there is a threat or reasonable belief that there is a threat to life, or when they have a reasonable fear for their own safety and/or the safety of others.
firearms
The ___ is authorized as an additional force option for officers when faced with incidents posing a higher degree of danger where a long-range weapon or tactical weapon to meet comparable resistance is needed. The ___ is available as a supplement to the officer’s primary weapon.
carbine rifle, carbine rifle
___- Non-verbal clues indicating subject’s attitude, appearance, and physical readiness. (e.g., blank stare, clenching of fist(s), tightening of jaw muscles, etc.)
Psychological Intimidation
___- Verbal responses indicating subject unwillingness to obey commands of detainment, arrest, or to stop unlawful or dangerous behavior.
Verbal non-compliance
___- Any type of resistance where the subject does not attempt to defeat the officer(s) attempt to touch or control him/her, but refuses to actively comply with the officer(s). (e.g., dead weight, does not react to verbal commands, etc.)
Passive Resistance
___- Any action that attempts to prevent an officer from gaining control of the subject (e.g., pulling/pushing away to defeat the escort position). It is not an attack on the officer, but a physical act designed to prevent the officer from gaining control.
Defensive Resistance
___- Includes physical actions/assaults against the officer or another person with less than deadly force (e.g., advancing, challenging, punching, kicking, grabbing, wrestling, etc.)
Active Aggression
___- Any force used against an officer and/or another person that may result in great bodily harm or the loss of human life. It is important to note that a subject’s use of deadly force does not require the use of a weapon against the officer. ___ is any force that the officer reasonably believes could result in serious injury or death.
Deadly Force Assault, Deadly force
___- The identification of police officer’s authority, either by the uniformed police or the verbal indication of being a police officer.
Level 1- Officer Presence
___- Verbal commands of direction or arrest.
Level 2- Verbal Direction
___- Techniques that are designed to control Passive or Defensive Resistance, used when verbal direction/commands are not effective and there is non-compliance with lawful orders. They include strength techniques, joint locks, pressure points, or a Knee-Strike/Distraction Technique to the subject’s thigh (to prevent resistance from the escort position). These techniques have little or no potential for injury.
Level 3- Soft Empty Hand Control
___- Techniques that are designed to control Active Aggression, but can be used to control Defensive Resistance when lower forms of control have failed or when the officer believes lower forms of control will fail. These techniques include Defensive Counterstrikes and the Shoulder Pin Restraint. These techniques have a probability of injury in the form of bruises, contusions, or lacerations.
Level 3- Hard Empty Hand Control
___- level of control is the application/use of any weapon/object that is not part of the human body to control resistance or an assault. Examples include any form of chemical agent, impact weapons (flashlight, radio, broomsticks, etc.) and conducted electrical weapons (Taser). The use of an Intermediate Weapon is justified when lower forms of empty hand control have failed, or when an officer believes that his skill level in empty hand control will be insufficient, and the use of Deadly Force is not justified. They are used with the intent to temporarily disable the subject and never with the intent to cause permanent injury.
Level 4- Intermediate Weapons
___- Any force used by an officer that may result in great bodily harm or the loss of human life. Officers may only use Deadly Force to protect themselves or others from what they reasonably believe to be an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury.
Level 5- Deadly Force
Oleoresin Capsicum (O.C.) - O.C., a chemical deterrent, may be used in defense against ___.
combative, resisting, and/or otherwise violent individuals
Conducted Electrical Weapons (i.e. Taser) – Conducted Electrical Weapons (CEW) shall be used as a resource to facilitate the safe arrest of ___.
combative, combative resisting, or violent individuals
A CEW may be used to:
(1) Defend against imminent physical attack,
(2) Prevent injury to any person, and
(3) Control ___ when necessary.
vicious animals
___- These weapons are an option in dealing with situations where an individual may be intent on harming themselves or others.
Less Lethal Launchers
Officers may purchase and use, at their own expense, a flashlight which meets the following requirements: Overall length shall not exceed ___ inches; Total weight, with batteries inserted, not to exceed ___ ounces
13, 24
The following Use of Force files will be forwarded to the Chief of Police for his findings and disposition:
a) Any file wherein a potential violation of Departmental policy has been identified;
b) Any file where counseling or other disciplinary action has been recommended;
c) Any file where there is some element of ___ in the Chain of Command evaluations;
d) Any file where an officer has been ___; and,
e) Any file where there is an indication of a safety or policy issue which should be addressed.
disagreement, injured
After final review, the Use of Force file will be forwarded to ___ for computer data entry. The Professional Standards Section will retain files where any type of disciplinary action was taken. All other files will be routed to the appropriate ___ for retention.
Professional Standards, Division Commander
The ___ will be responsible for compilation of a quarterly statistical report of all Use of Force incidents. This report should be completed and forwarded to the Office of the Chief of Police no later than the ___ of each quarter (April, July, October, January).
Training Division Commander, 10th
The ___ will be responsible for compilation of an annual analysis of all Use of Force incidents, policies, and reporting procedures. This analysis will review patterns or trends that may indicate training needs, equipment upgrades, and/or policy modification. The annual analysis shall be forwarded to the ___ no later than ___ of each year.
Training Division Commander, Office of the Chief of Police, February 15th
Officers who have employed Deadly Force which has resulted in injury or death to any person, will be referred to the ___ as soon as practical after the incident.
Employee Assistance Program
- The Deadly Force Review Board is established for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating incidents of firearms discharge, both intentional and unintentional, resulting in injury or death by sworn members while in the performance of their duties as police officers, and those incidents where an officer or another person is killed by any other means, except motor vehicle accidents.
- All incidents, as noted above, will be reviewed within ___ days after the Professional Standards Section has completed its investigation.
ten (10)
Deadly Force- All investigations shall be completed within ___ days from the date of the incident, unless evidentiary or investigatory considerations warrant delay and the Chief of Police approves.
90
Discharge of Firearm Upon Animals
- This procedure will be followed any time a member of the Department discharges a weapon at an animal while in an on-duty capacity.
- Any officer who discharges a firearm upon an animal will contact an on-duty police supervisor who will initiate an investigation.
- The supervisor will complete an Incident Report and a ___ Report, and will ensure that the involved officer(s) submit a detailed Officer’s Report of the incident.
- The supervisor will complete a ___ report in the Blue Team program, and will include a printed copy of this report in the file.
- The supervisor will evaluate the officer’s performance and submit his findings, in writing, to be reviewed at each level in the chain of command.
- The involved officer’s Division Commander will review and maintain the files on all weapons discharges upon animals.
Use of Deadly Force, Divisional Investigation
___ shall maintain the files on all accidental weapons discharges with injury.
Professional Standards
