008 - EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION PLAN

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

  DETECTIVE DIVISION    

 SPECIAL VICTIMS BUREAU

PURPOSE:

To provide for the timely response of Special Victims Bureau (SVB), personnel to Departmental emergency call-outs with appropriate uniforms and roll-out gear.

REFERENCE:

5-06-000-15 and 5-06/020.25 - Department Manual of Policy and Procedures.

POLICY:

I.          Upon notification by Emergency Operations Bureau of a Phase IV mobilization, the SVB Commander shall immediately notify the field lieutenant providing him/her with the following information:

A.        Staging area

B.        Reporting time

C.        Equipment needs

II.         The field lieutenant shall immediately notify his assigned team sergeants who will in turn notify each of his/her team members.  The team sergeant will designate certain members to respond with their team vehicles and extra 480 batteries from the team headquarters.

The team sergeants shall prepare an emergency response personnel roster, which is found in EOP 4-4, Annex C.  The access is through Public Folders, Bureaus, EOB, EOP 4-4.

III.        If time permits, the SVB Commander will designate a central response location, allowing the unit to proceed to the staging area in a more orderly fashion.

All Supervisors are responsible to be familiar with EOP 4 - 4, Emergency Mobilization.

IV.       Responsibility of Department members - emergency conditions - in the event of a major disaster, such as a catastrophic earthquake, the following shall occur:

A.        On duty personnel shall remain at their assignments until properly relieved.

2. Off duty personnel shall stabilize their families.

C.        Off duty personnel shall monitor radio and television for emergency broadcast instructions, or contact their unit of assignment via telephone, as appropriate, and be prepared to report to duty when directed.

D.        If travel to the designated reporting location is impossible, personnel shall report to the nearest operational Sheriff's Department facility for deployment.

PROCEDURE:

I.          Response equipment

A.        Roll-out bag containing a minimum of:

1.         Department issued helmet

2.         Flashlight

3.         Body armor (protective vest)

4.         Raid jacket

5.         Sam/Sally Browne

6.         Loaded duty weapon

7.         Two (2) loaded clips for duty weapon

8.         Handcuffs

9.         Baton

10.       Issued 480 radio and battery

B.        Complete Class "A" and "B" uniform.

C.        Each deputy shall maintain a roll-out bag and uniforms which are immediately accessible at all times.

1.         To ensure that each deputy is in compliance, each team sergeant shall conduct an annual visual inspection of each team member's Class "A" and "B" uniforms and the contents of his/her roll-out bag. This inspection will be noted in the deputies and sergeants "Red Book" yearly.  

NOTE:           ALL DEPUTY SHERIFF'S SHALL POSSESS AT ALL TIMES A COMPLETE AND SERVICEABLE CLASS "A" UNIFORM WITH THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION TO PERFORM UNIFORMED FIELD DUTY.  THOSE ASSIGNED TO DUTY REQUIRING SPECIAL APPAREL OR EQUIPMENT SHALL ALSO POSSESS SUCH APPAREL AND EQUIPMENT.  IN ADDITION TO THE CLASS "A" UNIFORM, ALL DEPUTY SHERIFF'S SHALL POSSESS A CLASS "B" UNIFORM.

Reviewed and approved by:

Richard Ruiz, Captain                                                                                

Special Victims Bureau