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MISSION VISION VALUES

PATROL GUIDE

Section: General

Procedure No: 200-02

MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

DATE ISSUED:

04/03/19

DATE EFFECTIVE:

04/03/19

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The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order.

The New York City Police Department strives to foster a safe and fair City by incorporating Neighborhood Policing into all facets of Department operations, and solve the problems that create crime and disorder through an interdependent relationship between the people and its police, and by pioneering strategic innovation.

In partnership with the community, we pledge to:

Protect the lives and property of our fellow citizens and impartially enforce the law.

Fight crime, both by preventing it and aggressively pursuing violators of the law.

Maintain a higher standard of integrity than is generally expected of others because so much is expected of us.

Value human life, respect the dignity of each individual and render our services with courtesy and civility.

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

PATROL GUIDE

Section: Duties and Responsibilities

Procedure No: 202-01

POLICE OFFICER

DATE EFFECTIVE:

05/27/21

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POLICE OFFICER

1. Perform duty in uniform as indicated on roll call or as directed by competent authority.

2. Monitor portable radio a. Obtain a portable radio from desk officer, if assigned radio is defective.

3. Proceed to post, sector or assignment as directed by supervisor. 4. Comply with meal and post relieving points as directed by commanding officer. 5. Report to desk officer when entering or leaving stationhouse/police service

area/transit district during tour of duty indicating reason for presence therein. 6. Be aware of, and inspect, post or sector for conditions requiring police attention. 7. Report immediately to the patrol supervisor and the platoon commander

any unusual crime, occurrence or condition. 8. Report conditions not requiring immediate attention to the telephone

switchboard operator. 9. Render all necessary police service in assigned area and as otherwise

directed. 10. Familiarize self with the everyday routine of people residing, doing

business or frequenting post or sector. 11. Investigate suspicious conditions and circumstances on the post. 12. Give attention to crime hazards. 13. When dispatched to an assignment by the telephone switchboard operator,

keep the telephone switchboard operator informed of police services rendered. 14. Report police services rendered in another command to desk officer of

that command. 15. Call the desk officer when detained at court or elsewhere and unable to

return to command to sign the Return Roll Call at end of tour. 16. Maintain digital Activity Log. 17. Preserve completed ACTIVITY LOGS (PD112-145) and produce them

as required by competent authority. 18. Do not leave post/sector until meal actually commences and be back on

post when meal is over. (Travel time is not authorized). 19. When assigned as a steady sector officer in a Neighborhood Policing

command: a. Perform duty in uniform as permanently assigned member of

sector car. b. Adhere to P.G. 202-02, "Radio Motor Patrol Operator," or P.G. 202-03,

"Radio Motor Patrol Recorder," depending on assignment of the day. c. Respond to calls for service in assigned sector. d. Address conditions of mutual importance in assigned sector, as

appropriate, when notified by neighborhood coordination officer. e. Participate in community meetings in assigned sector. f. When not assigned to calls for service, utilize uncommitted time to

assist neighborhood coordination officers in implementing strategies to address crime and order maintenance problems within assigned sector.

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

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DATE EFFECTIVE:

202-01

05/27/21

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POLICE OFFICER (continued)

NOTE

Uncommitted time is utilized by steady sector officers to engage the community, participate in community meetings, address conditions, and conduct enforcement operations. Uncommitted time consists of approximately two hours and forty minutes, or one-third of an eight hour tour, to be taken by steady sector officers as conditions dictate, in one or more blocks of time.

g. Notify Communications Section radio dispatcher utilizing radio code signal 10-75C for community visits and radio code signal 10-75D when addressing sector conditions and make detailed digital Activity Log entries to initiate uncommitted time.

h. Be knowledgeable about crime conditions, community issues, and resources in assigned sector.

i. Obtain sector crime information from precinct crime analysis personnel weekly and as needed.

j. Review crime analysis reports and become well-versed in crime patterns and trends within assigned sector, with the assistance of precinct crime analysis personnel.

k. Utilize the OFFICER SELF-REPORT FORM on the Craft application to report achievements in crime prevention, problemsolving, community engagement, etc.

Steady sector officers will not be utilized as backfill for other precinct assignments (i.e., shooting posts, prisoner transports, hospital posts, etc.).

Steady sector officers will not be assigned to details during regularly-scheduled tours of duty without permission of the Bureau Chief concerned, the Chief of Department or the Police Commissioner.

20. When assigned as a response officer in a Neighborhood Policing command: a. Perform duty in uniform. b. Adhere to P.G. 202-02, "Radio Motor Patrol Operator," or P.G. 202-03, "Radio Motor Patrol Recorder," depending on assignment of the day. c. When assigned to response car, patrol as determined by platoon commander or other competent authority. d. Answer calls for service so that steady sector officers can engage in uncommitted time. e. Provide back-up for and assist sector cars, when necessary.

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

PATROL GUIDE

Section: Duties and Responsibilities

Procedure No: 202-02

RADIO MOTOR PATROL OPERATOR

DATE EFFECTIVE:

05/27/21

LAST REVISION:

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RADIO MOTOR 1. PATROL OPERATOR

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Inspect the serviceability of seatbelts in the radio motor patrol car. a. Notify patrol supervisor of any deficiencies found in accordance

with P.G. 219-01, "Inspection of Department Vehicles Each Tour by Operator." Wear safety belts. a. Wear three-point safety belts, when provided. b. Wear two-point safety belts (lap belts) if three-point safety belts are not provided. c. Use safety belt extender when three-point safety belt becomes difficult to engage due to space constraints.

NOTE

There is an increased risk of significant injury to members of the service who do not wear safety belts. There is no question that wearing a safety belt when involved in a motor vehicle collision reduces the extent and severity of injuries and saves lives.

Therefore, the wearing of safety belts is required for all individuals operating or riding in a Department vehicle (marked or unmarked) or a private vehicle authorized for Department use. Safety belts may be removed only when a member of the service is involved in what appears to be a dangerous tactical situation and the wearing of the safety belt may impair the member's ability to take police action.

3. Inspect Ballistic Window Inserts and Window Insert Wedges for proper installation and damage, if vehicle is so equipped. a. Immediately report deficiencies to the patrol supervisor.

4. Operate car for the entire tour when assigned as driver of ranking officer. a. Monitor radio messages directed to assigned area when supervisor is out of car.

5. Permit only uniformed members of the service performing related police duty to enter or ride in a radio motor patrol car on patrol.

6. Respond to messages of serious police emergency within five blocks of location even if messages are directed to another car, regardless of sector, precinct and borough boundaries.

7. Do not carry electric blasting caps in vehicles or transmit within 150 feet of any electric blasting operation.

8. Leave radio on and have the car ready for instant use when car is being cleaned or supplied with fuel. a. Do not put car out of service if fuel is to be obtained in assigned command.

9. Avoid remaining in areas where radio reception is poor. 10. Proceed to an emergency scene with due caution. (Do not use the siren

unnecessarily; approach the scene of a reported crime quietly). 11. Take RMP car out of assigned sector when:

a. Directed by competent authority, or b. Answering an emergency call, or

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

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DATE EFFECTIVE:

202-02

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c. Servicing, repairing or cleaning required, with permission of desk officer.

Constantly patrol assigned sector. Do not unnecessarily leave the car unattended. a. Remove keys and lock car when answering call. b. Do not leave portable radio in car. Position car at scene of an emergency to avoid obstructing, or being blocked by, emergency apparatus. Sign return roll call at end of tour. Perform the duties of recorder when none is assigned. Inspect the car when reporting for duty (see P.G. 219-01, "Inspection of Department Vehicles Each Tour by Operator"). Make digital Activity Log entry of findings, odometer reading and amount of gasoline in the tank as registered by the indicator, in addition to all other required entries as per P.G. 212-08, "Activity Logs." Notify the desk officer when a car requires speedometer repairs or other repairs or replacement of parts or accessories, including tires and tubes. Operate car in manner to avoid injury to person or damage to property. Drive at slow rate of speed except under exceptional circumstances or extreme emergency. Operate RMP car only when assigned and only when Department qualified to operate such vehicle. Take care of car and accessories, equipment and tools assigned. Cooperate with other operators of same car to which assigned in care and maintenance, particularly cleaning, washing and keeping the car in proper operating condition. Make minor repairs to car when possible. Enter appointment for preventive maintenance on sticker affixed to vehicle. Deliver car for regular preventive maintenance inspection as scheduled on sticker affixed to vehicle. Do not tow or push another vehicle with RMP car.

NOTE

Highway District vehicles equipped with "protective bumper guards" may push disabled vehicles obstructing active traffic lanes to the nearest location where it may be parked safely. In NO event will disabled vehicles be pushed to repair shops or onto private property (see P.G. 214-31, "Removal of Vehicles From Parkways, Highways and Expressways").

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