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Policies and Procedures
Rules and Regulations
July 26, 2022
Organization and Maintenance of the Brookline Police Manual
Section 1: Rules and Regulations
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Professional Responsibilities
- Conflict of Interest
- Orders
- Required Conduct
- Prohibited Conduct
- Uniforms and Appearance
- Departmental Property and Equipment
- Disciplinary Actions
- Allegations of Criminal Misconduct made against Police Officers
- Brookline Police Organizational Chart
- Brookline Police Functional Responsibility Chart
- Brookline Police Sector Map
Section 2: Duties by Rank and Assignment
- Chief of Police
- Superintendent
- Deputy Superintendent
- Lieutenant
- Sergeant
- Patrol Officer
- Detective
- Detective Lieutenant
- Detective Sergeant
- Officer in Charge
- Intelligence Supervisor
- Intelligence Investigator/Town Counsel Liason
- Office of Professional Responsibility Officer
- Accreditation Manager
- Patrol Supervisor
- Evidence and Property Officer
- Records Officer
- Commanding Officer Traffic Division
- Commanding Officer Community Service Division
- Commanding Officer Service Division
- Commanding Officer Patrol Division
- Commanding Officer Detective Division
- Domestic Violence/Juvenile Officer
- School Traffic Working Supervisor
- School Traffic Supervisors
- Parking Control Officer
- Senior Clerk and Secretary
- Chief Emergency Telecommunications Dispatcher
- Emergency Telecommunications Dispatcher
- Lodging House Officer
- Liquor License Officer
- Secretary to the Chief of Police
- Walk and Talk Officer
- Community Service Officer
- School Education Officer
- Animal Control Officer
- Canine Unit Officer
- Comfort Dog Handler
- Technology Officer Service Division
- Traffic Officer Traffic Division
- Motorcycle Traffic Officer
- Traffic Meter Collector Traffic Division
- Detail Officer Traffic Division
- Traffic Supervisor Traffic Division
- Court Prosecutor Detective Division
- Crime Analyst
- Crime Scene Unit Supervisor
- Business Manager: Public Safety Business Office
- Warrant Unit Officer
- Special Response Team Officer
Section 3: Policies and Procedures
- Organization and Administration
- Absenteeism Sick/Injured
- Arrest
- Civil Rights
- Criminal Investigations
- Department Vehicles
- Evidence
- Employee Initial Briefing and Exit Interview
- Barricaded Persons Hostage Situations
- Responding to Individuals with Mental Illness
- Infectious Diseases
- Information Systems
- Injured Domestic Animals and Wildlife
- Juvenile Operations
- Legal Process
- Missing Persons
- Motor Vehicle Inventory
- Patrol
- Patrol Vehicle Equipment
- Promotions
- Communications
- Recruitment and Selection of Personnel
- Search and Seizure
- Investigatory Stop and Frisk and Threshold Inquiry
- Sudden Death
- Traffic Enforcement/Investigation Direction/Control
- Traffic Management System
- Training Division
- Uniforms and Equipment
- Use of Force
- Use of Informants
- Victim/Witness Assistance
- Domestic Violence
- Civilian Complaint Process and Select Board Review
- Motor Vehicle Pursuit
- News Media Relations/Release of Official Information
- Transportation and Handling of Prisoners
- Fiscal Management Policy
- Off-Duty Intervention/Arrests
- Supervisory Management
- Criminal Intelligence
- Special Operations/V.I.P. Security
- Federal Immigration Enforcement
- Eyewitness Identification
- Line of Duty Death
- Crime Analysis
- Public Safety K9 Unit
- Bias Free Policing
- Paid Police Detail Guidelines
- Duty to Report
- Mass Demonstrations
- U and T Visa Certification