Incidents Requiring the Completion of a Tactical Response Report

	Chicago Police Department	General Order G03-02-05
	Incidents Requiring the Completion of a Tactical Response Report

Issue Date:

23 September 2002

Effective Date:

01 October 2002

Rescinds:

G02-08-05

Index Category:

Field Operations

Purpose

This directive identifies incidents which will require the completion of a Tactical Response Report (CPD-11.377). Department members will refer to the Special Order titled "Incidents Requiring the Completion of a Tactical Response Report" for reporting and reviewing responsibilities.

II.

Policy

A.	The Tactical Response Report will be used to document the following incidents:

1. all incidents which involve a subject fitting the definition of an assailant whose actions are directed against a Department member or directed against another person and the member intervenes.

2.	all incidents which involve a subject fitting the definition of an active resister except for incidents in which:

a. the subject's only action of resisting is fleeing; and

b.	the member's actions did not extend beyond verbal commands and/or control holds utilized in conjunction with handcuffing and searching techniques which do not result in injury or allegation of injury.

3.	incidents involving a subject fitting the definition of a passive resister or a cooperative subject when the subject is injured or alleges injury resulting from the member's use of a force option.

4. all incidents involving the discharge of OC spray or other chemical weapon, a Taser, impact munitions, or a firearm.
5. all incidents where a subject obstructs a police officer when the obstructing is a physical act between the subject and the officer.

B.	Incidents which do not require documentation on a TRR include:

1. the use of a firm grip hold which does not result in an injury or allegation of injury;
2. that force necessary to overcome passive resistance due to physical disability or intoxication which does not result in injury or allegation of injury;

3.	control holds utilized in conjunction with handcuffing and searching techniques which do not result in injury or allegation of injury and which by themselves are not described in Item II-A of this directive;

4. the use of force in an approved training exercise.

C.	If the most serious use of force requires an investigation by an On-Call Incident Commander (OCIC), then the findings of all Tactical Response Reports resulting from the use of force by any member in that instance will be the responsibility of that OCIC.

III.	Procedures for Use of the Tactical Response Report

A.	Each sworn member or detention aide in the performance of his or her duties who is involved in a reportable use of force incident, as described in Item I-A of this directive, will:

1. immediately notify the member's or detention aide's immediate supervisor that he or she has been involved in a use of force incident.

2.	complete a Tactical Response Report, detailing information as requested on the report. Specific instructions for the completion of the form can be found in the Tactical Response Report Form Preparation Instructions.

NOTE:

In reportable use of force incidents, each sworn member or detention aide who uses force will complete a TRR; therefore, there may be several such reports completed for a single arrest.

make notifications to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications and the desk sergeant in the district of occurrence and record the name of the person receiving the notification in the appropriate case report for all incidents involving the discharge of OC spray, a Taser, impact munitions, or a firearm.

4.	ensure that his or her completed TRR is submitted, along with other required reports as indicated in the Department directive entitled "Processing Persons Under Department Control," to the watch commander in the district of occurrence.

B.	A supervisor who has been notified of an incident as described in Item II-A of this directive will:

1. respond to the scene when the injury to a subject or member is of the severity to require immediate medical attention.
2. ensure that all witnesses are identified, interviewed, and that information is recorded in the appropriate report.

3.	request the assignment of an evidence technician to take photographs of subjects who have been involved in a use of force incident and are injured, allege injury, or when otherwise deemed appropriate by the supervisor.

4. ensure that other evidence is handled and processed according to existing Department procedures.
5. review the member's TRR for legibility and completeness and indicate approval of such by signing the appropriate box.

6.	complete the TRR for a member who cannot complete the report due to injury.

NOTE:

The TRR will not substitute for an Officer's Battery Report. Whenever a member is the victim of a murder or any type of a battery or an assault, whether such charges are placed against an offender or not, the supervisor will complete an Officer's Battery Report.

7.	ensure that a report is completed for the incident, consistent with the guidelines established in the Incident Reporting Guide (IRG) (CPD-63.451).

NOTE:

Tactical Response Reports resulting from incidents which would not normally require case reports (e.g., warrant arrests) will require the completion of a case report. Members will refer to the IRG section entitled "Special Case Reporting Index for Use of Force Incidents" for specific reporting instructions.

Terry G. Hillard
Superintendent of Police

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