GO 400-02 HPD Badges and Identification Cards Flashcards
Employees shall not alter, duplicate, modify, substitute, exchange between employees, or transfer to another person their department issued HPD badge, HPD hat shield, or official identification (ID) card, unless otherwise authorized in this General Order or approved by the ____________.
Chief of Police
The________________ is responsible for issuing employee ID cards.
Employee Services Division (ESD)
The _______________________ Unit, is responsible for issuing, maintaining, and ordering HPD badges and HPD hat shields.
Investigative & Special Operations, Transfers, Allocations, and Promotions (TAP)
Employees shall carry their ID card with them while _________, ____________, or _________ (see General Order 400-22, Keys, Passwords, and Personal Identification Numbers).
on duty, wearing a department uniform, performing police-related extra employment, or on police property
Officers shall give their ____, ____________, and ________to any person requesting such facts unless doing so would compromise a police assignment.
name, badge number, and other pertinent information
Whenever away from police property, uniformed police officers shall not acknowledge or show recognition of another _____ in civilian clothes unless that officer first addresses the uniformed officer.
police officer
Whenever employees are on police property, they shall wear their official HPD identification prominently displayed at or above the _____on the front of their person so that the employee’s photograph and name are easily visible.
waist
Classified employees are not permitted to purchase a __________ or _________ of the official full size HPD badge or HPD hat shield from an outside business.
duplicate or replica
The following requirements must be met in order to acquire the detective badge and hat shield:
a. A minimum of four years with the department.
b. One year of cumulative HPD investigative experience.
c. Completed the Basic Investigator training course.
d. Completed one additional investigative training course.
Specialty badges are badges that are not the HPD official full size badge or hat shield. Only the ___________ may authorize the purchase and/or utilization of a specialty badge.
Chief of Police
A badge and hat shield may be retained or obtained if requested by:
a. An officer retiring honorably from the Houston Police Department.
b. An officer receiving a promotion.
c. A designated beneficiary (or estate if no beneficiary exists) of a deceased officer who did or would have resigned or retired honorably from the department.
When employees receive disciplinary suspensions of ___days or less and the discipline is handled at the division level, employees shall be allowed to retain their badge, hat shield, ID card, and keys. The suspension paperwork shall instruct employees regarding limitation of activities and use of credentials during the term of the suspension.
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Suspensions of __days or greater shall be administered by the Internal Affairs Division (IAD). In these instances, the employee’s badge, hat shield, ID card, and keys shall be confiscated and stored in IAD.
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Whenever a badge, hat shield, or ID card is lost, stolen, or damaged, the employee’s supervisor shall give the employee a ___-hour notice and an investigation shall be conducted in accordance with the department’s disciplinary range system in which it may be handled as an expedited investigation.
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When employees’ badges, hat shields, or ID cards are lost, stolen, or damaged, employees shall do all of the following:
a. Report the incident immediately to their supervisor.
b. Generate a Significant Event Report and send it to the Command Center. See General Order 200-10, Emergency Management.
c. Have an incident report generated.
d. Send an administrative letter, including the issue record form (IRF) number, to their division commander via the chain of command.
e. For a replacement HPD badge and/or HPD hat shield, bring a copy of the Significant Event Report, incident report, and administrative letter with IRF number to the TAP Unit. The TAP Unit will ensure a replacement HPD badge and/or HPD hat shield is ordered for the employee. The TAP Unit will also issue the employee a mandatory HPD badge and HPD hat shield matching loaner set until the employee’s replacement badge and/or hat shield order is received. The TAP Unit will contact the employee when the replacement HPD badge and hat shield are received and will inquire if the investigation is concluded and if restitution is required. If restitution is required, the employee shall provide the TAP Unit with a receipt from the Office of Budget & Finance before the replacement badge and/or hat shield is issued to the employee. The employee shall return the matching loaner HPD badge and HPD hat shield set upon picking up the replacement HPD badge and/or HPD hat shield.
f. For a replacement ID card, bring a copy of the incident report, a copy of the administrative letter signed by a supervisor, and a receipt for restitution from the Office of Budget & Finance to the Employee Services Division.
