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b. During self-initiated calls for service, plain-clothed officers will prominently
display their badge of authority and announce themselves as police officers to those
on scene, if practical.
c. In all cases, officers in plainclothes shall accede to the directions of any other
officer who arrives on scene and fails to recognize the individual as a police officer,
regardless of attempts to identify himself as such. If the other officer(s) instructs
the plain-clothed officer to drop his weapon or perform some other action, the plain-
clothed officer will do so immediately, without question.
C. Response to Calls by Officers in Plainclothes Without Proper Credentials
An officer who has no weapon and/or no badge of authority on his person shall neither respond
to nor self-initiate a call for service, except in life or death situations. Under normal
circumstances, officers without their badge and/or weapon shall contact Communications and
request a marked police unit response.
Steven R. Drew
Chief of Police
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