5-09/470.00 - Major Incident Scene Containment



At the direction of a supervisor, a Major Incident Log (SH‑CR-620) shall be maintained at all major incident scene containments.  These scene containments may be a result of, but are not limited to, criminal activity, hazardous material spills, bomb threats, etc.  The Major Incident Log shall be maintained until all Department personnel have left the scene and the containment is discontinued.

Only persons authorized by the handling Deputy, supervisory personnel or handling investigator shall be permitted to enter a major incident scene containment.

All persons entering a major incident scene containment or persons known to have been at a scene prior to containment, regardless of their rank or reason for entering, shall be identified on the Major Incident Log.

The Major Incident Log shall be attached to the first report and remain a permanent part of that file.