Procedure 313-Use Of City Vehicles

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.04. Members in a city vehicle transport only…

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Authorized persons.

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.01. This procedure establishes guidelines for the…

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Routine use of city vehicles.

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.04. Authorized persons include..

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On duty members, prisoners, complainants, and witnesses.

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.04. Approval to transport off-duty members or non-members must be received from the…

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Unit supervisor.

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.04C. Ensure all units under their command maintain a daily record of the assignment and use of all city vehicles assigned to their respective commands.

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Division commanders.

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.05. For automated fueling the FLEET SERVICES OFFICES has equipped all…

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MARKED POLICE vehicles with a “CANceiver”.

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.05. When will members refuel any city vehicle they operate?

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Prior to ending their tour, utilizing their COSA ID.

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.05. Members operate a city vehicle with a lost, damaged, or inoperative FOB key:

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1. Notify Police Fleet Services.

2. Go to Automotive Operations Office prepared to provide veh number and odometer

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.06. Members of units, which do not have city vehicles assigned, may request the use of a vehicle from…

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Personnel at the Fleet Services Management Office.

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.06. The department maintains a Limited number of…

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Fleet Services Administrative vehicles which are temporarily assigned.

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.06B. Fleet Services Administrative vehicles temporary assignment priority:

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1. Unit with no vehicle assigned.

2. Temporary use by member, in unit with no vehicle assigned, to travel out of city on approved trip.

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.06. Fleet services administrative vehicles and keys are returned to the…

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Fleet Services Management Office.

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.07. Prior to being assigned a take-home vehicle, members will complete and submit SAPD form # 167-TBA, through their change of command to the…

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Office of the chief of police.

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.07. Members assigned a take-home vehicle shall return the vehicle to their assigned units if they are off-duty for a…

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Period exceeding three days.

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.07. Members assigned a take-home vehicle shall return the vehicle to their parent unit if they are…

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On light duty status.

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.07C. Upon receiving written approval from the chief, members assigned a take home vehicle, while on standby or subject to immediate call out may use the vehicle as their…

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Primary means of transportation.

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Are on permanent stand by and subject to immediate call out based on their position.

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Assistant Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs

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.07C. Members may transport immediate family members in their take-home vehicle only when subject to…

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Immediate call out and when using the vehicle as their primary means of transportation.

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.07E. Members requiring a temporary replacement for a take-home vehicle will use a vehicle from…

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Their assigned units.

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.07E. Members assigned to units which have no vehicles, will make arrangements through the…

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Police Fleet Services Management Office.

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.08. Members discovering damage to the city vehicle or equipment shall immediately notify…

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Their supervisor.

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.08. Members discovering mechanical impairment, which may affect the safe operation of the vehicle, immediately report the condition to the…

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Vehicle repair shop and their immediate supervisor.

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.08. Members encountering mechanical problems with their assigned vehicle which would not ordinarily impair the safe operation of the vehicle, immediately notify…

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Their supervisor. The supervisor determines whether the vehicle is immediately repaired or kept in service and the repair made later.

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.08. Members remove portable items from vehicles placed in the repair shop if the repairs cause the vehicle to remain out of service…

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Beyond the end of the officers tour of duty.

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.08. Members shall ensure proper preventive maintenance is performed on their assigned vehicle on a regular basis or when notified by the…

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Vehicle repair shop.

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.09. Members do not expose a city vehicle to unreasonable hazards or abuse, except in…

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Exigent circumstances.

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.09. Members must remove portable equipment from city vehicles parked or stored overnight at a location other than a…

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Police facility.

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.09. Members park city vehicles on the headquarters parking lot in the visitor spaces when…

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Attending court or conducting assigned duties within the area.

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.09E. Members requesting reimbursement of parking fees must submit a…

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Petty cash voucher, with the parking receipt attached, to their division commander.

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Members receiving citations in city vehicles shall immediately submit a report and attach the violation and forward it through the chain of command to…

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The office of the chief.

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.09. If the member was performing his assigned duties when a citation was issued, the office of the chief will represent…

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The Department in the adjudication of the ticket or violation.

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.10. Members authorized offering a city vehicle outside of Bexar county should present an approved travel request to the…

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Accounting and personnel office at least 14 calendar days prior to departure.

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.10. On their return to the city, members return the assigned city vehicle to the…

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Issuing unit on the first business day following their return.