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63B Escort and Relay Services <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 4 of 5 <br />c. If in the officer’s opinion, delay or transfer would jeopardize a person’s <br />life, the officer may, with the approval of the Commanding Officer of the <br />shift, escort the vehicle to the nearest emergency medical facility. <br /> <br />i. All emergency equipment must be operated in accordance with <br />M.G.L. c. 89 s. 7, 7A, and 7B. <br />ii. If possible, an ambulance shall be dispatched to intercept the <br />escort and take over the transportation of the person in need. <br /> <br />C. Safety Escorts <br /> <br />1. An officer may, with the approval of the Commanding Officer of the shift <br />provide a person with a safe ride within the Town of Lexington. <br /> <br />2. No safety escorts shall proceed outside of the Town of Lexington without the <br />prior authority of the Commanding Officer of the shift. <br /> <br />D. Money Escorts <br /> <br />1. The Commanding Officer of the shift may authorize officer(s) to provide money <br />escorts to local businesses to the extent practical and consistent with the <br />demands for more urgent police services at the time of the request. When <br />providing money escorts: <br /> <br />a. Officers shall not assist with the loading, unloading, or carrying the <br />money to be escorted. <br />b. Officers shall not ride in any vehicle other than a Lexington Police <br />Department vehicle. <br />c. The escort shall take the most direct route from the business to the bank <br />or depository. <br />d. Walking escorts may be provided if circumstances warrant. <br /> <br />E. Reporting, Recording and Communication <br /> <br />1. Officers taking part in or otherwise providing an escort or relay shall notify the <br />dispatch center via cruiser radio or portable radio of the start and the end of <br />the escort or relay for emergency, safety, and funerals escorts. Other escorts <br />such as dignitary, money and certain hazardous materials escorts shall be <br />relayed off the public airwaves, or in a manner that does not reveal the <br />location of the person or item being escorted. <br /> <br />2. Starting and ending mileage, accompanied by a time check, shall be reported <br />by the officer conducting the escort to the dispatch center for money escorts <br />as well as any safety escort where the person being escorted is of the <br />opposite sex than the escorting officer. <br /> <br />3. The dispatcher shall create a log/journal note that contains the appropriate <br />information concerning the escort or relay in the Department’s central <br />computer system.