Transport Unit. The Prisoner Transport Unit (PTU) was created to assist field officers in the transport of female prisoners to the detention center. Officers may transfer custody of prisoners in the field or upon arrival at headquarters, depending on the PTU’s availability.14 The reinstitution of the Professional Standards Unit. In 2003, amid the city’s financial crisis, the Professional Standards Unit (PSU), the department’s original anti-corruption unit, was disbanded. The PSU was a sev- en-person team that conducted proactive investigations into the alleged or suspected criminal conduct of police department personnel. The PSU had been created in the early 1990s to ensure and maintain the integrity of the department and its members. With the unit disbanded, the job of investigating allegations of criminal misconduct fell to the specialized units, such as the gang or sex crimes units.15 Chief Xxxxxxxxx moved to reinstate the PSU. A new policy creating a duty to report misconduct. Policy 9.33 of the SDPD policy manual states that “if any member [of the department] has credible knowledge of another member’s misconduct, they shall take im- mediate, reasonable action to stop the misconduct, and the member shall report the misconduct to a super- visor as soon as possible.” Supervisors are responsible for assessing the credibility of the report and notifying others in their chain of command.16 Chief Xxxxxxxxx also followed through with former Chief Lansdowne’s request to the COPS Office and PERF, welcoming the opportunity for the outside assessment of the SDPD’s policies and practices.
Transport Unit. Leader should assure all departing ambulances and non- licensed transport vehicles depart scene with highest acuity patients
1. Assure distribution of patients to appropriate hospitals (e.g., trauma centers)
2. Maintain a tracking log of patients, acuities, and destinations
Transport Unit. The purpose of this agreement is to provide assistance to institutions with hospital watches, as the Transportation Unit’s workload permits. It is not the intent of this agreement to provide the institutions with additional post relief. The Transportation Manager and/or Transport Office Lieutenant will coordinate the staff assignment with either the Institution Security Manager or the Shift Officer or the Shift Officer in Change to facilitate the working assignments. When workload permits, Transportation Security staff will be assigned the duties and responsibilities of inmate hospital watch on second shift. This assignment will be based on areas of responsibility assigned to each of the regional Transportation offices within the State of Oregon. Assignment to a hospital watch will be accomplished by using the following protocol:
