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: