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Make attempts to contact and establish a rapport with leaders of First Amendment activity before, during, and after activity, if identifiable.
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NOTE Protest liaisons may not wear civilian attire. Wear uniform that is uniquely assigned to the Community Affairs Bureau, or attire deemed appropriate by Borough Command. Report to location and provide resources as requested by Citywide Event Planning and Coordination Section, Incident Commander, or other competent authority.Īssign a member(s) of the service as a protest liaison. Legal Bureau will confer with concerned District Attorney’s Office when MAPC is not activated.ĬOMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUREAU/ PCT COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PERSONNEL Notify District Attorney’s Office, if Mass Arrest Processing Center (MAPC) is activated. MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE ASSIGNED TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUREAU Notify and confer with Borough Command and Bureau concerned, Community Affairs Bureau, Legal Bureau, Strategic Response Group (SRG) and Intelligence Bureau. Notify affected agencies and municipalities, if necessary (e.g., Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority, New York City Transit, etc.). Liaise with commands and units as necessary to ensure appropriate staffing for scheduled activity. Notify the Citywide Event Planning and Coordination Section.ĭirect a precinct level member of the service assigned to a community affairs role to attempt to contact the activity’s organizers and report back any pertinent information, if not previously conducted.Įnsure pertinent information is relayed to the Citywide Event Planning and Coordination Section.ĬITYWIDE EVENT PLANNING AND COORDINATION SECTIONĭetermine what resources will be necessary for scheduled activity based on type, location, anticipated participants, and other relevant factors. UPON BECOMING AWARE OF A SCHEDULED FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY: PROCEDURE When directed to respond to the scene of a First Amendment activity: VIOLENT B EHAVIOR: Includes, but is not limited to, the use of physical force, or tangible objects to hurt persons, damage property, cause fire, or the incitement or encouragement of such behaviors. Command level Community Affair personnel will liaise with participants in conjunction with Community Affairs Bureau personnel. PROTEST L IAISON: A uniformed member of the service assigned to the precinct’s Community Affairs Unit or the Community Affairs Bureau and assigned to liaise with leaders and participants of a First Amendment activity. NONVIOLENT PARTI CIPANT: An individual who participates in a First Amendment activity without the use of violent behavior. If the First Amendment activity occurs or is scheduled to occur in two or more commands within the same patrol Borough, the patrol Borough commander or designee will be designated as incident commander, and in cases where the activity affects or is scheduled to affect more than one patrol Borough, the Chief of Patrol or designee will be designated as incident commander. The precinct commanding officer or executive officer will ordinarily be designated as the incident commander. INCIDENT C OMMANDER: The highest ranking uniformed police supervisor responsible for the command, control and coordination of all police operations at a First Amendment activity. The goal is to gain the voluntary compliance of the subject, when appropriate and consistent with personal safety, and to reduce or eliminate the necessity to use force. Members of the service must take care not to intrude upon the rights of expression or association of attendees while remaining neutral and maintaining the peace.ĭEFINITIONS FIRST AMENDMENT A CTIVITY: Where non-violent participants are lawfully assembled to exercise freedom of speech and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.ĭ E-ESCALATION: Taking action in order to stabilize a situation and reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and/or resources become available (e.g., tactical communication, requesting a supervisor, additional members of the service and/or resources such as Emergency Service Unit or Hostage Negotiation Team, etc.). Members of the service will be deployed to demonstrations where it is clear that nonviolent participants are gathered to lawfully engage in the aforementioned activities.
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SCOPE Under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, all people are afforded the right to free speech, peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievances. PURPOSE To establish the duties and responsibilities of members of the service assigned to First Amendment activities. Section: Mobilization/Emergency Incidents Procedure No: 213-20