PG 202-08 DUTY CAPTAIN

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2. Supervise all personnel performing duty within

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borough command.

Question 1

1. Perform duty, in uniform, in patrol borough-based Department Duty Captain Response

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Vehicle (DCRV) and be equipped with a Department radio.

Question 2

3. Respond to major

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radio runs and unusual occurrences.

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NOTE: If available, the commanding/executive officer, precinct of occurrence, will respond and

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perform prescribed functions. The duty captain will assist the commanding/executive officer, precinct of occurrence, as requested.

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4. [IO 10(10)] Visit precincts, police service areas, transit districts and borough court section facilities located within patrol borough of assignment. And

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a. Inspect and sign Interrupted Patrol Log of commands visited
b. Visit command detention cells, holding cells, detective holding cells, emergency rooms and hospitalized prisoner rooms, and make appropriate Command Log entries to document such visits
c. Personally prepare reports on all prisoner escapes in the absence of commanding officer/executive officer of the precinct, police service area, transit district or borough court section facility of occurrence.
d. Visit at least one (1) time per tour those Video Interactive Patrol Enhanced Response (VIPER) units located within police service areas under your jurisdiction.

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5. Confer with the Traffic Management Center supervisor, when notified by the O

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operations Unit of a traffic congestion problem or condition.

a. Evaluate the situation and assign patrol borough and/or other resources as necessary, to address the condition.
b. Direct the Traffic Management Center supervisor to record conditions in the TMC Command Log, and on the Daily Significant Incident Report.

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6. Submit report at end of each tour and include:

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a. Observations and disciplinary action taken
b. Visits to stationhouses, police service areas and transit districts
c. Unusual occurrences
d. Radio backlogs and action taken
e. Radio runs to which responded
f. Recommendations to improve police services.

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7. Make a background inquiry, if necessary, through the Internal Affairs Bureau Command Center during the initial stages of an official investigation involving

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a member of the service and prior to suspending, modifying or temporarily removing firearms from the member concerned in non-disciplinary cases.

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NOTE: This conferral is to obtain background information that may assist in the investigation. All decisions regarding the investigation, as well as any resulting determination regarding the member’s duty status, remain the responsibility of the

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commanding officer/duty captain concerned.

Question 9

The duty captain in each patrol borough, and all duty inspectors MUST carry a

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cellular telephone at all times and a Transit Bureau radio, if available.