A Tactical Alert is the preliminary step to personnel mobilization. It includes the controlled redistribution of on-duty personnel. A Tactical Alert may be initiated in selected Stations/Units, all Stations or any Department facility.
Unit Commanders shall be prepared, at all times, to redeploy approximately 50 percent of their field strength. Those Units are to be predesignated with a ratio of one Sergeant for every four two-man units.
Tactical Alerts may be initiated at the direction of Station/Unit Commanders, or any Department personnel of higher rank. They may be initiated directly, by telephone, MDCS, radio or JDIC message, and will follow the guidelines set forth in EOP 2-5 (Tactical Alert).
The following Units shall be advised of the Tactical Alert situation: