PURPOSE OF ORDER
The purpose of this order is to establish a procedure in which all newly assigned detectives at Operation Safe Streets (OSS) Bureau receive a standardized orientation regarding the tasks and responsibilities of a Bureau investigator. Each newly assigned member will receive a mentoring packet containing a training task check-off form. This packet, coupled with our training program, will enable new personnel to understand and develop positive techniques and gang expertise.
SCOPE OF ORDER
This order applies to all newly assigned deputy and detective personnel to OSS Bureau.
ORDER
Newly assigned detectives to a Bureau detective team will be provided an investigator mentoring packet. They will be assigned a mentor to assist them in understanding all of the subject areas.
Newly assigned detectives with the assistance of their mentors, team sergeants, co-workers, and the Bureau’s training staff, will familiarize themselves with the methods, operation, and responsibilities of each of the topics. After discussion and in some cases demonstration, each topic will be initialed and dated by the newly assigned detective. The team sergeant may elect to comment on specific topics if he/she deems necessary. The team sergeant shall make sure the mentoring packet is completed by the end of the detective’s first six months.
The team sergeant shall ensure that a newly assigned detective authors six search warrants during the mentoring period. The detective shall also testify at least once in a court of law as a gang expert during the mentoring period. The team sergeant will observe the gang expert testimony and make a note of it on the training task check-off form. The team sergeant will also fill out the Gang Expert Testimony Evaluation form, which is attached to the mentoring packet.
The detective’s mentor, team sergeant, and area lieutenant will each sign the completed mentoring packet and return it to the Bureau’s training office for final review and approval.
The mentoring packets of the newly assigned deputies and detectives will be made part of their permanent training folders.