|
Lexington Home Page
|
Help
|
About
|
Browse
Search
12A - Command Authority, Succession and Protocol
Breadcrumb Navigation:
>
WEB PUBLISHED-PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
>
DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS
>
Police - Policies and Procedures
>
10-19 Organization and Management
>
12A - Command Authority, Succession and Protocol
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
7/17/2019 11:03:32 AM
Creation date
7/17/2019 11:03:28 AM
Metadata
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
4
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
Policy & Procedure Page 1 of 4 <br />Lexington Police <br />Department <br />Subject: <br />Command Authority, Succession & <br />Protocol <br />Policy Number: <br />12AAccreditation Standards: <br />Reference: 12.1.2; 12.1.3; 17.1.1 <br />Effective Date: <br />3/11/13 <br />New <br />Revised <br />Revision <br />Dates: <br />1/24/19 <br />By Order of: Mark J. Corr, Chief of Police <br />GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES <br />In 1921 the Town of Lexington adopted M.G.L. Chapter 41, section 97 designating the <br />Chief of Police as being in "immediate control" of the management, direction and <br />supervision of the police department. The Chief shall use this authority to direct the <br />resources of the organization toward the accomplishment of its goals and objectives. <br />The chain of command shall serve as the principle means through which the <br />organization will be managed. Consistent with this chain of command shall be a <br />designated order of precedence for command authority. The establishment of <br />command succession shall ensure that leadership and direction is available should <br />the Chief of Police be incapacitated or otherwise unavailable to act. [12.1.2] <br />In most routine situations, the chain of command will also identify the person <br />responsible for the direction and control of an operation. However, some incidents <br />require the cooperative efforts of officers from different divisions. In these instances, <br />command protocol shall designate which officer shall have the command responsibility <br />in the joint operation.
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.