Re: 911:: Vacation patrols

[Guest guest]

Our department provides EP for vacationers. We service an area comparable

to yours. We have 13 substations but dispatch acts as the central receiving

point for the requests unless the citizen is familiar enough with the

structure of our dept to go direct with the substation. We take the required

info on

a duplicate form (we love paper!) with one copy remaining in dispatch and

the other being sent to the substation commander for distribution at briefing.

We used to enter the information into CAD but found that too cumbersome and

pointless. The homeowner is instructed to contact when they have returned,

regardless if they provide a return date on their initial call. The EP is

then cancelled.

Boomer

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Central Dispatch, Michigan

Afternoon Shift Supervisor/CTO

" First do no harm "

[Guest guest]

We have an form that the resident fills out. It has leaving/returning dates,

info about any vehicles that should be on the property, alarm info, keys with

neighbors, lights on timers, etc.

At roll call, the officers check the " Away Book " and make note of the properties

in their sector. We are not responsible if something happens, but we do try to

keep an eye on the house.

-Mike

[Guest guest]

We have a form that the resident fills out. It has leaving/returning dates,

info about any vehicles that should be on the property, alarm info, keys

with neighbors, lights on timers, etc.

Our form is similar and very detailed.

We are a shore resort area and do our property checks usually between

November and May. We call those our " Day pc's. " the back room gives us an

updated weekly list to complete during our day tour of duty. We are required

to turn in the completed sheet as well as enter it in CAD. There is no

liability on our end if water pipes break or the place is burglarized etc.

We just check, notify and supply a police report for insurance purposes.

The rest is up to the property owner.

We also have zones of property checks that we do on our night tours during

the same months. These are usually businesses, seasonal and year round. Each

officer is assigned a zone at roll call. We rotate through all the zones

during our night tours picking up where the last officer left off the

previous night. We provide this as a service and there is no liability to

the police department.If we find a problem we notify an emergency contact

person and either wait on scene for a key holder or just make the

notification and do the appropriate report for the problem we found. During

the summer months we haven't the time or the manpower to provide such

services.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Lucille

NWPD New Jersey