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Atlanta Police Department

Zone 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section Command

Memorandum

 

Effective Date

November 15, 2011

 

APD.CM.11.15

Response to burglaries

Applicable To: All Zone 3 sworn employees

Approval Authority:  Major B. G. Cavender

Signature:  Signed by BGC

Date Signed:  11/15/11

 

       

1.               PURPOSE

 

To establish a procedure for responding to burglary incidents by Zone Three Officers.

 

2.               POLICY

 

All burglary and alarm calls will be handled by officers as efficiently and as expeditiously as possible.

 

3.               RESPONSIBILITIES                                            

 

3.1              Responding officer(s) will immediately acknowledge and respond to an alarm or burglary call when dispatched.

 

3.2              Supervisors will acknowledge all alarm and burglary calls over the air.

 

3.3              Supervisors will proceed to the location along with the dispatched officer when the officer notifies the supervisor that no prints were attainable by the officer or the Identification Unit.

 

3.4              Supervisors will monitor all alarm and burglary calls.

 

3.3              Supervisors will review the officer’s report and/or pull-in to determine if further direction is necessary.

 

4.               ACTION

 

4.1              Responding officers will, whenever processing a burglary, make an effort to lift latent prints from the scene. The responding officer, while on scene, shall notify the supervisor when the officer or the Identification Technician is not able to lift any print and document in the police report which supervisor was notified.  The supervisor will be required to respond to the location when a print is not lifted.The main precinct has a secure fingerprint drop box which may be used as an alternative to transporting prints to the Identification Unit.  Supervisors will ensure that the officer has completed the fingerprint card and envelope correctly.

 

4.2              When the responding officer is not able to obtain any useable prints and the supervisor has verified on the scene that no prints were attainable, the supervisor will complete a memorandum and forward the memorandum up the chain of command describing why no prints were attainable. The report will be attached to the memorandum.

 

4.3              Any and all deviations will be approved by a supervisor.

 

4.4              The responding officer will request assistance from the Zone CID Investigative Unit and Identification Unit, when necessary.

 

4.5              Officers should conduct directed patrols on the locations where alarms have be set off and burglarized later, when not out on a call. This is a common tactic that offenders use after responding units have left the location.

 

5.               DEFINITIONS

 

N/A

 

6.               References

 

                  APD.SOP.3081