Officer Involved Critical Incident ReportingĪ. Requests for this service must be made by the Chief of Police or his/her designee through Life Balance’s 24-hour number, 1-87, or CISM’s Team by contacting CECOMS’ 24-hour number, 1-21. In the event that an employee is killed in the line of duty, Life Balance or CISM will provide limited consultation with employees as a group. Life Balance or CISM will arrange for consultants to appear at the debriefing, generally within a few hours of the incident, but no later than 24 hours after the incident.ġ. The call will be immediately directed to the division that handles critical incident debriefing requests at Life Balance or the professional team on call at CISM.ĥ. The Cuyahoga Emergency Communications System (CECOMS) 24-hour local number to request the CISM Team, 1-21 can be contacted.Ĥ. Requests for critical incident debriefing services through Life Balance are to be made by the Chief of Police or his/her designee through the 24-hour toll-free number 1-87 or at 3. Life Balance or Cuyahoga County Critical Incident Stress Management Team (CISM) will provide critical incident debriefing on an as-needed basis.Ģ. Support Services for Officer-Involved Critical Incidentsġ. Any employee incidents which result in death or serious physical injury, and to facilitate emergency relief from duty, the highest ranking supervisor on-duty shall advise the employee(s) involved they are being placed on Administrative Leave, pending an administrative review. (see GO2203, Leaves from Duty). Insure the privacy of the involved employee and the peer counselor for any discussion. Insure that at least one employee remains with the employee(s) involved in the critical incident until a peer counselor arrives at the station. Make professional counseling available to the employee(s) and cooperate with reasonable requests of the employee, their family, EAP counselors, and religious counselors. Advise the Dispatch Center to contact a peer counselor if none available at the scene.ġ. Assign an officer to transport the employee(s) involved in the critical incident back to the Shaker Heights Police Department.į. If an Officer’s service pistol is confiscated, an attempt will be made to provide the Officer(s) with a firearm while still on the street.ĭ. Confiscate any weapon(s) used in the incident. Remove the involved employee(s) from the incident scene and from any victims, involved suspects, and media.Ĭ. Insure the scene is secure and medical aid has been rendered for anyone in need.ī. On-Scene Supervisor Duties for Officer Involved Critical Incidents:Ī. In-custody is defined as: a situation where there has been a formal arrest or when, under the totality of the circumstances, there has been a restraint of freedom of movement of the degree associated with formal arrests. The death of a person while in-custody by a law enforcement officer. Any incident involving the use of force by a law enforcement officer against another person resulting in serious physical harm or death.ĭ. Any incident in which a law enforcement officer sustains serious physical harm or death at the hands of another, to include “friendly fire” situations.Ĭ. The discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer, or other official conducting an enforcement activity, that results in human injury and/or death.ī. General: For the purpose of this General Order, an Officer involved critical incident is defined as follows:Ī. Purpose: To properly document and review an Officer involved critical incident while also providing support services for personnel involved. Policy: To develop procedures for documenting and post-incident review of Officer involved critical incidents. View a PDF of the Officer Involved Critical Incidents Policy (PDF).
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