SECTION VIII COMMUNICATIONS

CHAPTER 8-1 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

8-1-1 Objective

8-1-2 Policy

8-1-3 Procedure

8-1-4 Dispatching Calls For Service

8-1-5 Failure to Respond to a Call

8-1-6 Vehicle Stops

8-1-7 Car-to-Car Traffic

8-1-8 In-Progress Crimes

8-1-9 Assignment of Emergency Vehicles

8-1-10 Phonetic Alphabet

8-1-11 Recording Telephone and Radio Calls

8-1-12 Copying of Taped Radio or Telephone Traffic

8-1-13 Routing of Misdirected Emergency Calls

8-1-14 Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System

8-1-15 Private Alarm Policy

8-1-16 Officer Leaving Vehicle

8-1-17 Emergency Messages

8-1-18 Salvation Army Checks

8-1-19 House Watches

8-1-20 Notification of Officers on Call

8-1-21 Criminal and Municipal Court Warrants

8-1-22 Disposition Codes

Brunswick Police Department Ten Signals

CHAPTER 8-2 DISPATCHING UNIT

8-2-1 Objective

8-2-2 Policy

8-2-3 Maintenance of Equipment

8-2-4 Priorities

8-2-5 Inter-Agency Communication Coordination

8-2-6 Telephone Calls for Officers

8-2-7 Monitoring Emergency Telephone Lines

8-2-8 In-Progress Crimes

8-2-9 Responsibilities of Communications Officers

8-2-10 Responsibilities of Patrol Officers

8-2-11 Dispatching Calls

8-2-12 Notification of Superiors

8-2-13 Sending and Receiving Law Enforcement Information

8-2-14 Submission of LEDS Reports

8-2-15 Police Units and Radio Equipment

CHAPTER 8-3 TELEPHONE PROCEDURES

8-3-1 Objectives

8-3-2 Policy

8-3-3 General Telephone Procedure and Rules

8-3-4 Communication Center Telephone Rules and Procedures

8-3-5 Long Distance Telephone Calls

CHAPTER 8-4 REQUEST FOR COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION

8-4-1 Objective

8-4-2 Policy

8-4-3 Definitions

8-4-4 Information Request through GCIC/NCIC

8-4-5 Interstate Identification Index (III)

8-4-6 GCIC/NCIC Operations

8-4-7 Hit Confirmations

8-4-8 Locates

8-4-9 LEDS Worksheet Drivers= History Checks

8-4-10 Criminal History Dissemination LOGS

8-4-11 Procedure for Sending Bolos

8-4-12 GCIC/NCIC Bulletins

8-4-13 Release of Criminal Histories

8-4-14 Individual Inspection of Criminal History

8-4-15 GCIC/NCIC Validations

8-4-16 Release of Drivers= Histories

CHAPTER 8-5 PUBLIC INFORMATION/NEWS RELEASES

8-5-1 Objective

8-5-2 Policy

8-5-3 Procedure

8-5-4 Definitions

8-5-5 Authority and Responsibility

8-5-6 Release of Investigative Information

8-5-7 Release of Arrest Information

8-5-8 Special Considerations

8-5-9 Release of Confidential or Internal Investigations Information

8-5-10 Citizens= Request for Information

8-5-11 Media Request for Information

8-5-12 News Releases, Features and Announcements

8-5-13 Telephone Numbers Available to the News Media

8-5-14 Dissemination of Policy to the Media

CHAPTER 8-6 TDD/TTY COMMUNICATIONS

8-6-1 Objective

8-6-2 Policy

8-6-3 Definitions

8-6-4 Procedure

8-6-5 Responding to TDD/TTY Calls

8-6-6 TDD/TTY Equipment and Operation

8-6-7 TDD/TTY Call Handling Process

8-6-8 TDD/TTY Etiquette

8-6-9 Dispatching the Call

8-6-10 Completing the TDD/TTY Call

8-6-11 TDD/TTY Call Documentation

8-6-12 Self-Evaluation and Audits

CHAPTER 8-7 CONCERN, AWARENESS AND RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY (CARE)

8-7-1 Objective

8-7-2 Policy

8-7-3 Description of C.A.R.E.

8-7-4 Services Provided

8-7-5 C.A.R.E. Eligibility Requirements

8-7-6 Suspension of C.A.R.E. Services

8-7-7 Cancellation of CARE