Men’s Central Jail shall remain prepared to mobilize up to one properly supervised, equipped, and trained platoon. Other facilities shall remain prepared to mobilize at least one properly supervised, equipped, and trained squad on a 24-hour basis. Platoon and squad organization shall parallel those specified in Department Emergency Operations Procedures #4-4.
Beyond preparedness to handle internal needs, each facility shall remain prepared to respond in squad or platoon configuration to the urgent needs of other facilities, or elsewhere as necessary. The following list of facility back-up responsibilities is by location, and is intended to facilitate pre-planning and cross training for timely and appropriate responses to adjacent facilities.
Primary - Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Secondary - Inmate Reception Center
- NCCF, PDC North, and PDC East
- East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - Inmate Reception Center
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- Century Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - PDC East, PDC North, and PDC South
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- Twin Towers Correctional Facility
- Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - NCCF, PDC North, and PDC South
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- Twin Towers Correctional Facility
- Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - NCCF, PDC South, and PDC East
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- Twin Towers Correctional Facility
- Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - NCCF, PDC North, and PDC East
Secondary - Men’s Central Jail
- Twin Towers Correctional Facility
- Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station
- Special Enforcement Bureau
Primary - Lancaster State Prison / I.N.S.
Secondary - Lancaster Sheriff’s Station
- Palmdale Sheriff’s Station
- NCCF, PDC East, PDC North
- Special Enforcement Bureau
NOTE: Watch commanders and incident commanders shall be cognizant that depending on the time of day, several primary response facilities may not be able to muster a complete squad. Therefore, it may be appropriate to initially request both primary and secondary response units.
Also, in large scale emergency operations, the largest manpower resource will be Men’s Central Jail.