HPM 110.1: MAIT operations Manual (need to call outs) Flashcards
The Department will conduct, with the appropriate ______ approval, in-depth investigations of designated crashes through the use of Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Teams (MAIT).
Division commander’s
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These MAIT will conduct investigations only within California Highway Patrol (CHP) jurisdictions except as
follows (3 things):
a. Any fatal or suspected serious injury crash involving on-duty CHP or California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) employees will be investigated by a MAIT in conjunction with the local jurisdiction. The fatal or suspected serious injury
pertains to any involved party, and not specifically to on-duty CHP or Caltrans employees. This includes Caltrans subcontractors working in a Caltrans-directed
work or maintenance zone.
b. Any aircraft accident, as defined in Highway Patrol Manual (HPM) 100.7, Air Operations Manual, Chapter 9, Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, and Occurrences, or when specifically requested by the Office of Air Operations (OAO) to assist with an aircraft-incident investigation.
c. Any other incident of unusual significance, subject to the prior approval of the MAIT’s respective Division commander.
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MAIT: Reconstruction work (i.e., the process of determining the velocity and vehicle dynamics of the involved vehicle(s) through a quantitative, scientific
process) should/shall only be conducted by departmental personnel currently enrolled in the TCRS program as an apprentice or certified TCRS (i.e., investigators and associates).
shall
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Area or Division personnel responsibilities in MAIT investigations are as follows:
(1) The Area’s investigating officer initially assigned to the crash will continue the investigation under the direction of the team leader (MAIT SGT), upon approval of the _________ and should/shall be responsible for the completion of pages 1 through 3 of the CHP 555, Traffic Crash Report.
Area commander / Should
Areas should/shall not form their own MAIT or MAIT-type program.
shall
Only MAIT or MAIT associates (under the guidance of the appropriate MAIT) shall perform any
traffic crash reconstruction analysis. All MAIT associates are to be either enrolled in the TCRSC program as an apprentice or TCRS-certified.
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A MAIT associate should/shall not conduct an independent crash reconstruction or investigatory follow-up, nor provide written critiques of any Department or allied agency reconstruction or investigation.
Shall - unless specifically requested to do so by the
MAIT Leader with jurisdiction over that associate.
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CRITERIA FOR REQUESTING MAIT (3):
Each Division commander shall establish standard operating procedures for MAIT utilization.
(1) A fatal or suspected serious injury crash occurs involving an on-duty CHP or Caltrans employee, including subcontractors working on a Caltrans work
project. The fatal or suspected serious injury pertains to any involved party, and not specifically to the on-duty CHP or Caltrans employee.
(2) Any aircraft crash involving a departmental aircraft in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage, or when specifically requested by the OAO to assist with an aircraft incident investigation. A qualified member of the OAO will be assigned as a member of the MAIT conducting the investigation of any departmental aircraft crash or incident.
(3) Any crash in which the Department has been notified that investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will be responding to conduct a parallel investigation.
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