CHAPTER: 034-G | TITLE: Deconfliction | |
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 20, 2016 | NO. PAGES: 3 | REVIEWED/REVISED: November 29, 2022 |
Sheriff of Monroe County | ||
Whenever it becomes necessary to conduct investigative activity that was not discussed during the weekly meeting, the supervisor or his/her designee of the MCSO Narcotics Unit conducting the activity will notify the other MCSO Narcotics Unit supervisor or his/her designee. Whenever possible, the initial notification shall be done verbally and in advance of the investigative activity. The verbal notification shall be followed up by an email with a
confirmation response required. The email communication shall be copied to the captain that supervises each MCSO Narcotics Unit.
In the event the supervisor or his/her designee of the MCSO Narcotics Unit conducting the activity is not able to make contact with the other MCSO Narcotics Unit supervisor or his/her designee, he/she shall contact the next supervisor in the respective chain of command until a command officer has been contacted and the information has been shared.
Prior to any buy/bust operation and/or search warrant execution, the supervisor or his/her designee of the respective MCSO Narcotics Unit shall contact the captain of the district where the planned operation will occur. The communication shall be followed up by an email confirming the notification.
Whenever a general crimes Criminal Investigation Unit, HIDTA task force or the Special Operations Unit organizes a planned operation, the detective/sergeant or his/her designee of the respective criminal investigation unit shall verbally contact the supervisor/designee in charge of the Special Operations Narcotics unit and the supervisor/designee of HIDTA.
The purpose of the verbal contact is to ensure open communication and cooperative efforts between investigative members of MCSO and to ensure proper deconfliction during street- level operations. The verbal contact will be followed up with an email from the criminal investigation detective/sergeant or his/her designee to the same parties.
The following activities/events shall be entered into the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system:
The service of search warrants
The planned arrest of a person immediately after he or she has delivered or received, or attempted to deliver or receive, contraband to or from an officer or informant
Taking delivery of any contraband from a suspect who is not arrested but permitted to leave pending further investigation
Informant or officer face-to-face meetings with suspects for the purpose of receiving, delivering or negotiating the receipt or delivery of any contraband
Approaching a person at his or her place of domicile and requesting permission to search for any contraband (“knock and talk”) especially in anticipation of activities involving a felony crime or drug-related crime
Predetermined surveillances, whether stationary or mobile, including those occurring in our agency’s jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of a non-participating law enforcement agency
Covert activity by officers, or by informants acting under the direction of officers, that could initiate a response from citizens or local police who may reasonably believe that a crime is in progress
Planned fugitive apprehension operations
Long-term covert operations
Any other high-risk or specialized law enforcement activities that would benefit from event deconfliction
In addition to deconfliction within the MCSO Narcotics Investigation Units, the supervisor or his/her designee of the respective Narcotics Unit shall report any planned operation to the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction either by phone or internet at least 2 hours prior to the planned event or operation. Case Deconfliction, as a deconfliction service, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The respective supervisor or his/her designee shall provide, at a minimum, the following information to Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system:
Date and time of planned operation
Nature of operation
Location of operation including any staging or briefing areas
Information about the suspects including full names, aliases, physical descriptors, vehicle information and cell phone numbers, etc.
Lead and participating agency names
Name of the lead detective and the detective’s cell phone number
When providing information to the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system, the supervisor or his/her designee of the respective Narcotics Unit shall request notification of any planned law enforcement activities occurring within one mile of the planned operation. If the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system detects another law enforcement activity occurring within the 1-mile radius of the planned operation, Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system will send a notification to both law enforcement agencies advising them to contact each other in order to deconflict.
The supervisor or his/her designee of the respective MCSO Narcotics Unit shall notify their direct supervisor, by email, that the deconfliction notification to the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction has been made.
The only exemptions from open communication and cooperative efforts between the MCSO Narcotics Unit and the MCSO HIDTA Narcotics Task Force will be an investigation that involves an MCSO member or another law enforcement officer or an investigation that may require a higher degree of confidentiality or secrecy than the listed operation. These circumstances will be reported as soon as possible to the major of the Law Enforcement Bureau. The major shall determine whether or not the exemption will apply and the information can remain covert.
This exemption does not relieve the supervisor or his/her designee of the mandated reporting of this type of investigation into the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system.
Training and Access: Only authorized users and administrators who have been trained will obtain appropriate security access to navigate through the Case Explorer Event Deconfliction system. All personnel with assignments that may require them to perform event deconfliction shall receive training.