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Applicable To: All employees |
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Approval Authority: Chief George N. Turner |
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Signature: Signed by GNT |
Date Signed: 12/10/10 |
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This directive establishes the vision, mission, values, and organization of the Atlanta Police Department.
A professional crime fighting team, dedicated to providing a safe environment for all of Atlanta.
2.2 Mission Statement (CALEA 5th ed. standard 12.2.1 a):
Integrity, Professionalism, and Dedication.
2.5 The Atlanta Police Department has a written organizational structure available to all employees. (CALEA 5th ed. standard 11.1.1) 2.6 Each organizational component shown on the organizational chart shall be under the direct command of only one supervisor. (CALEA 5th ed. standard 11.2.2)
2.7 Each Atlanta Police Department employee is accountable to only one supervisor at any given time. (CALEA 5th ed. standard 11.2.1)
3.1 The Chief of Police establishes the organizational structure of the Department.
3.2 Employees shall be accountable to their immediate supervisor, with the following exceptions:
1. When working on a special assignment, temporary assignment to another unit, or a special incident, employees shall be accountable to the supervisor of that unit or incident; and
2. When employees of different units, or having different functions, are engaged in a single incident or operation, the unit with primary responsibility for that incident or operation shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all employees engaged in that operation.
4.1.1 The rank structure of sworn employees of the Atlanta Police Department shall be as follows:
1. Chief of Police
2. Assistant Chief of Police
3. Deputy Chief
4. Major
5. Captain
6. Lieutenant
7. Sergeant
8. Investigators/Senior Police Officers/Police Officers
4.1.2 Succession of Command (CALEA 5th ed. standard 12.1.2)
1. In the case of a planned absence of the commanding officer of the Department, or of any division, bureau, or other organizational component, the commanding officer shall designate an acting commanding officer.
2. In the absence of the commanding officer, if no acting commanding officer has been designated, the senior ranking officer shall assume command until relieved by a higher authority.
1. It is the responsibility of each employee to maintain the chain of command and adhere to this directive.
2. It is the responsibility of all employees to be familiar with their chain of command and the Department policy regarding the chain of command.
3. The grievance procedure is not affected by this directive nor does it affect the right of direct contact with the Office of Professional Standards, chaplain, or other APD authority as provided by SOP.
4. Employees are not prohibited, by this directive, from responding to invitations for discussion from the Chief of Police or other authority within the chain of command.
1. Supervisory personnel are accountable for the
performance of employees under their immediate supervision. (CALEA 5th ed.
standard 11.3.2) 4.1.5 Authority Commensurate with Responsibility (CALEA 5th ed. standard 11.3.1)
1. Each level of supervision shall carry
commensurate authority for the responsibilities assigned. 2. Every employee shall be held accountable for the use of authority or the failure to use authority, delegated or structured, for his or her position.
4.1.6 The Department is organized into one large bureau, the major components of which are divisions, usually headed by a deputy chief. Divisions are comprised of sections which are usually headed by a major; the patrol zones are sections. Sections are comprised of units which may be headed by a lieutenant or sergeant. Within units, the components may be called squads, offices, or other terms; these are usually headed by a sergeant. Note that a civilian may be in charge of a division, section, unit, or lower organizational level. The Department, the bureau, and divisions may also have smaller organizational components with lower-level organizational designations; for example, OPS is a section reporting to the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police is the chief executive officer of the
Department. The Chief has the authority and responsibility to manage, direct,
and control the operations and administration of the Department. 4.2.1 The Chief of Staff serves as a link between the Chief of Police and the various Departmental components. Chief of Staff consists of the following units:
1. The Public Affairs Unit serves as a liaison between the Atlanta Police Department, the community, and the news media, to provide timely, accurate and useful information about significant events. The Public Affairs Office also advises the Chief and the command staff on public opinion and news media response regarding Departmental issues. The Public Affairs Office coordinates the presentation of annual award ceremonies and memorial services.
2. The Planning and Research / Accreditation Unit performs planning and research functions and manages the written directive system for the Department. The unit is charged with maintaining compliance with accreditation standards.
3. The Staff Inspections Unit monitors the Atlanta Police Department’s compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) and applicable laws. In addition, the Unit carries out the regulation and monitoring of Department employees engaged in extra job activities. The Unit also manages the retired reserve officers through the Atlanta Retired Police Reserve (ARPR) program.
4. The Chaplaincy Corps provides employees with emotional support during times of need.
5. The Hispanic Liaison provides outreach to and liaison with Atlanta’s various Hispanic communities.
4.2.2 The Office of Professional Standards (OPS) reports directly to the Chief of Police and is responsible for the internal security of the Atlanta Police Department. Ensuring the integrity of the Department is the goal of OPS. OPS consists of:
1. Internal Affairs Unit
2. Advocacy Unit
3. Corruption Unit
The Police Operations Bureau (POB) consists of, the Support Services Division (SSD), the Field Operations Division (FOD), the Criminal Investigations Division (CID), and the Community Services Division (CSD), The Assistant Chief, the second highest-ranking member of the Police Department, commands the Police Operations Bureau. This position is also referred to as the Chief of Operations. The Chief of Operations, with the assistance of four deputy chiefs, is the bridge between strategic initiatives and operational activities within the Department. The primary goal of the Police Operations Bureau is to coordinate the activities of all police personnel providing services to the citizens of and visitors to the City of Atlanta.
The Support Services Division provides administrative and logistical support to all divisions in the Atlanta Police Department. The Division consists of the Corporate Services, Communications, Human Resources, Information Services, and Training Sections.
4.4.1 The Corporate Services Section consists of the following units:
1. The Financial Management Unit prepares the annual budget and monitors the fiscal resources of the Department. The Grants Management Office applies for grants and reports on their implementation.
2. Fleet Management coordinates maintenance of the Department’s vehicles through the City’s Motor Transport Service and insures contract compliance by the City’s wrecker services.
3. The Property Control Unit is charged with maintaining and organizing all Department-owned property; storage and proper disposition of evidence, contraband, and property turned in by Police Department employees; and release of impounded vehicles.
4. The Logistical Support Unit is responsible for
procurement orders, including uniform and equipment requests; inventory; issuing
and accounting for supplies and personal equipment; record retention; and
building maintenance. 5. The Personnel Services Unit provides support for the Department including: personnel files and orders, sick leave requests, personnel transaction forms, pension and benefit support, new employee orientation, processing payroll and monitoring the employee grievance process.
6. The Recruitment Unit seeks out and screens
applicants for employment as police officers and other authorized positions. 4.4.2 The Training Section provides and coordinates training and training records for all employees including recruit training, in-service training, and specialized training.
4.4.3 The Communications Section operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and consists of the following units:
1. The 911 Communications Center receives,
classifies and prioritizes calls from the public and dispatches the calls that
require police response; transfers and/or directs calls that do not require
police response to the proper agency/unit; performs stolen checks on items,
wanted/missing checks on persons and hit confirmations from entering agencies;
processes requests and/or subpoenas for 911 tapes and Computer Aided Dispatch
System (CADS) printouts for citizen and law enforcement personnel; takes reports
on designated, non-emergency crimes and completes GCIC/NCIC forms on missing
persons and stolen autos. 2. The Communications Training Unit provides certification for 911 and dispatch, various training for all Communications employees and assists the Training Academy with Departmental training. The Communications Training Unit also provides GCIC training for the entire Department.
4.4.4 The Information Services Section consists of the following units:
1. Central Records Unit is the central repository of
incident, traffic accident and related reports; transmits information on wanted
persons, stolen items and crimes to the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC);
and reviews and classifies incident reports according to the FBI Uniform Crime
Report (UCR) standards. a. The
Audit and Compliance Squad audits and tracks Department incident reports and
other related reports. 2. The Identification Unit (ID) provides crime scene processing including fingerprints and photographs. The ID Unit codes and matches fingerprint evidence as well as fingerprinting applicants for employment and various other permits. The Identification Unit also maintains the criminal histories on persons arrested by the Department.
3. The Crime Laboratory is responsible for administering the drug testing program, documenting and preserving the chain-of-custody of the drug evidence, and ballistics testing.
4. The Validation Unit maintains the quality (timeliness, accuracy, completeness, and validity) of the Department’s records entered into the GCIC/NCIC computerized hot files; monitors the CHRI (Criminal History Record Information) files for the entries made by the Department ensuring that GCIC/NCIC policies and procedures are followed.
5. The Electronic Maintenance Unit installs and maintains the Citywide radio system, transmission equipment, mobile data terminals and monitors alarm receivers for City facilities. The Electronic Maintenance Unit maintains the City paging system and access control systems within the Police Department.
4.5 Criminal Investigation Division
The Criminal Investigation Division consists of investigative units that are primarily responsible for the follow-up investigation of especially serious crimes committed against persons or property in the City of Atlanta and for proactive investigation of vice and narcotics crimes.
4.5.1 The Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire Section
1. The Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire Section performs licensing, permitting, and enforcement functions regulating the activities of all taxicabs and other vehicles for hire which operate within the City of Atlanta.
4.5.2 The Executive Protection Unit provides a security staff for the Mayor and visiting dignitaries.
4.5.3 The Major Crimes Section is primarily responsible for the follow-up investigation of crimes and consists of the following units:
1. The Homicide Unit investigates homicides, cold cases (unsolved homicides), missing adults, kidnappings, police-involved shootings, and deaths in custody.
a. The General Investigations Squad is responsible for the preliminary investigation of crimes against persons and property, except homicide and sexual assault, during the morning watch hours.
2. The Special Victims Unit investigates rape and other sexual assaults, cases of child exploitation, child abuse, missing juveniles, and child neglect.
3. The Fugitive Unit assists the entire Department in finding and apprehending persons who have outstanding warrants.
a. The Regional Fugitive Task Force consists of Department investigators and investigators from other State and Federal agencies in the Atlanta metro area who assist in locating wanted persons.
4. The Central Investigations Unit is primarily responsible for the pawn desk and follow-up investigation with the following units.
a. Commercial Robbery investigates robbery involving commercial or retail businesses.
b. Major Fraud Squad investigates forgery, identity theft, fraud, credit or check transactions, and embezzlement.
5. The Auto Theft Task Force investigates stolen vehicles and their recovery.
6. The School Detectives Unit provides crime prevention, law enforcement, and related services for the Atlanta Public Schools System.
7. Crime Stoppers receives and forwards tips from citizens.
4.5.4 The Special Enforcement Section provides proactive enforcement of laws relating to homeland security, drugs, vice and technology.
1. The License and Permits Unit investigates the applicants for a wide variety of licenses, most notably, liquor licenses. This unit prepares cases to be presented to the City's License Review Board.
2. The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) is a task force of local, state and federal officers charged with investigating drug trafficking organizations.
3. The Homeland Security Unit is responsible for gathering, collating, analyzing and disseminating information relating to criminal activity that presents a threat to the community.
a. The Cyber Crime Squad (CCS) investigates computer-related crime. The unit assists in collection and preservation of electronic crime evidence and provides support for other investigations.
b. The Gangs Squad is responsible for identifying, verifying, monitoring, tracking and suppressing the growth of gang activities.
c. The Intelligence/ Organized Crime Squad is responsible for identifying and monitoring organized crime.
d. The Electronic Surveillance Squad maintains the Department’s surveillance equipment, authorizes employees to use equipment, and provides surveillance support for other investigations.
4. The Narcotics Enforcement Unit is responsible for investigating all forms of drug activity.
a. The Financial Investigations Squad is responsible for preparing forfeiture actions at the State and Federal levels for seizing assets and proceeds belonging to criminals involved in illegal drug activity, gambling, prostitution and all other RICO related incidents.
b. The Narcotics Squad is responsible for enforcement of narcotics laws in the areas of undercover buys, raids, and the use of informants to intervene in the supply of narcotics.
5. The Red Dog Unit provides proactive police presence in areas that have a high incidence of street drug sales, use, and drug-related crimes.
6. The Vice Unit is responsible for investigating all forms of vice activities involving liquor, drugs, prostitution and gambling.
7. The Targeted Enforcement Unit
b. The Guns Unit is responsible for identifying, verifying, tracking and monitoring offenders that are convicted felons in possession of firearms.
c. The Violent Crime Impact Team (VCIT) works with a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) task force to reduce violent crime in targeted areas.
d. The Gang Task Force is responsible for hindering the rising criminal activity associated with gangs in the community.
4.6 Field Operations Division
4.6.1 Patrol Zones (see figures 1-6):
1. Zone 1 (West Atlanta
2. Zone 2 (North Atlanta)
3. Zone 3 (Southeast Atlanta)
4. Zone 4 (Southwest Atlanta)
5. Zone 5 (Downtown-Midtown)
6. Zone 6 (East Atlanta)
4.6.2 The patrol zones are organized as follows:
1. Mobile Patrol Operations handle 911 calls twenty-four hours a day. The zones work either a two shift twelve-hour workday or a three-shift eight or ten hour workday.
2. Teams of investigators are assigned to each geographic patrol zone to investigate assaults, terroristic threats, family violence, robbery, burglary, larcenies and auto-thefts.
3. The Field Investigation Team (FIT) provides the zone commanders with flexibility to provide plain clothes enforcement of problems specific to the individual zones and other specialized assignments.
4. Foot patrols and bicycle patrols provide a variety of community policing and patrol operations covering a specific area of concentration.
4.6.3 Mini-precincts are facilities throughout the patrol zones that are intended to either provide a police presence in a community or to house special zone-related operations.
4.6.4 The Crime Analysis Unit provides analysis of crimes to identify patterns and trends. The information gathered is given to commanders to develop crime-fighting plans
4.7 The Community Services Division
The Community Services Division establishes proactive community partnerships and embodies principles established in community oriented policing through strategic planning, decentralized decision making, and transparency of operations. The CSD consist of the Airport Section, the Special Operations Section, and the Community Oriented Policing Section.
4.7.1 The Special Operations Section (SOS) provides a variety of different patrol functions in support of the six patrol zones.
1. The Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit specializes in hostage, barricaded gunman situations and bomb disposal.
2. The Traffic Unit specializes in the enforcement of traffic laws and in managing the flow of vehicular, pedestrian traffic and manages the school crossing guard program.
3. The Hit and Run Unit investigates fatal and hit-and-run traffic accidents.
4. The Helicopter Unit is used to assist the patrol units in a variety of functions, including but not limited to: support for vehicle and foot chases, stolen vehicle recovery, and managing traffic flow.
5. The DUI Task Force specializes in the detection of and the enforcement of impaired driving laws and related traffic offenses.
6. The Mounted Patrol Unit fields officers on horseback for crowd control purposes.
4.7.2 The Community Oriented Policing Section (COPS) is comprised of the Community Liaison Unit, the Weed and Seed Unit, the Police Athletic League, and the Crime Prevention Inspectors. The members in these units shall work as a team to identify community issues, develop strategies and implement multi-disciplinary solutions within neighborhoods.
1. The Weed and Seed Unit proactively rids the community of the criminal element and replaces it with programs to enhance the quality of life for citizens in those communities.
2. The Police Athletic League provides structured activities and role models for youths in crime prone neighborhoods.
3. The Community Liaison Unit establishes and fosters partnerships within the community; develops and implements proactive and preventative law enforcement strategies; and increases knowledge and understanding of community policing to current neighborhood governances through educational and training initiatives.
4. The Crime Prevention Inspectors interact with Community Liaison Officers, beat officers, crime analysts and serve as liaisons between the Department and the community to prevent crime.
4.7.3 The Airport Section works in conjunction with the Department of Aviation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to provide police services for the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, including the concourses and parking lots.
1. Specialized Unit.
2. Explosive Ordinance Disposal.
5.1 Work site: One of the following: The Chief's administrative office, a bureau or division administrative office, a section, or a geographically detached unit, squad, or office specified by the Chief of Police.
APD.SOP.1010 “Organization of the Department”, that was effective February 15, 2008
7.1 CALEA 5th Edition Standards: 11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.3.1, 11.3.2 and 12.2.1a
7.2 Organizational Chart: (CALEA 5th ed. standard 11.1.1)
7.9 Departmental Components and Work Sites
7.9.1 Work sites shall maintain reference material specified by APD.SOP.1030 “Written Directive System” so that it is up to date and readily accessible to employees assigned to the work site.
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