10-107 - Notification of Investigators

Policy

On-duty investigators and the on-duty Watch Commander shall be notified immediately in the following situations:

• Homicides
• Assault with injury on a public safety officer (police, fire, ambulance) or any MPD employee
• All suicides and DOA’s - on-duty investigators 
• All suicides and suspicious DOA’s - Watch Commander
• Serious felonies where suspects are known or apprehended
• Aggravated assaults – with great bodily harm
• Business robberies
• Any robbery where there is serious injury, large loss, the possibility of immediately locating the suspect(s), or when an arrest has been made regarding the robbery
• A case with complex information available at the time of the initial response
• Any serious incident

When practical, requests for investigators and/or the on-duty Watch Commander shall be made by telephone. If the request is made by radio, an officer shall remain in contact with MECC until an investigator or the Watch Commander is contacted.

When uniformed officers are relieved at the scene by investigators, and based on staffing levels, the supervisor shall direct officers to complete all CAPRS reports.

• Aggravated Aggressive Resistance or Aggravated Assault:

  The person displays the intent to imminently harm the member, themselves or another person, and the person’s actions are likely to result in great bodily harm or death.

  Examples include:

  • Use of a firearm.
  • Use of a blunt or bladed weapon.
  • Extreme physical force.
• Bodily Harm: Physical pain or injury, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
• Great Bodily Harm: Bodily injury which creates a high probability of death, or which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or other serious bodily harm (MN Statute section 609.02 Subd. 8).
• Investigators: All persons from the MPD Homicide unit and Internal Affairs unit who are conducting an investigation of the Critical Incident, unless other Criminal Investigating and Administrative Investigating Entities have been designated by the Chief of Police or their designee.
• Limited English Proficiency: Designates individuals whose primary language is not English and who have a limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand English. LEP individuals may be competent in certain types of communication (e.g. speaking or understanding), but still be LEP for other purposes (e.g. reading or writing). Similarly, LEP designations are context specific. An individual may possess sufficient English language skills to function in one setting, but may find these skills are insufficient in other situations.
• MECC: Minneapolis Emergency Communications Center is the city's 911 center that answers emergency and non-emergency calls and coordinates the appropriate response by public safety services.
• Safety Officer: Responsible for evaluating the overall incident scene for potential hazards, and makes recommendations to the incident commander during the incident operations.