Officer Handbook

Introduction

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Trainings

There are various training's you can complete during your time in the MPS, which include:
Scene Containment Training: Police Constable+
Basic Pursuit Training: Police Constable+
Basic Negotiator: Police Constable+
Communications Trained: Police Constable+
Pistol Training: Police Constable+
SMG Training: MO19 Division (Available to Sergeant+)
AR Training: MO19 Division (Available to Sergeant+)
Negotiation Training: MO19 Division (Available to Sergeant+)

Divisions

This is the list of divisions inside of MPS, more information can be found here:

RPU + RT: Once you complete your final exam, you will be asked to join one of the two.
MO19: (REQ: Sergeant+) They are Specialist Firearm Officers who are allowed large arms access in the force.
COP: (REQ: Sergeant+) These are Members of the force who do trainings as well as interviews for new recruits.
NPAS: (REQ: Communications Trained) These are helicopter trained and take lead communications in a pursuit.
CID: (REQ: Sergeant+) These are undercover officers who work closely with other officers in order to prevent criminal and gang activities.
These divisions have trainings, usually hosted by the Divisional Command team.

Arresting Procedure
When arresting someone, you have to read them their rights on the scene of the arrest. The correct rights to read them are as follows:
“You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you
later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”

You should be searching the suspect at the scene of the arrest; immediately seizing and ridding any illegal possessions the suspect may have. Any illegal possession should be added as an additional charge. Once any items have been removed, you should then transport the suspect back to the nearest Police Station to begin processing them.
Once you take the prisoner to the station, you are to make sure you offer them their basic human rights. These include: offering them their rights to a lawyer as well as their rights to: food, water and medical attention.

Use of Force
Use of force should always be justifiable, and you should always seek to use non-lethal approaches as opposed to automatically opening up a situation in a lethal manner. Remember you are a member of the Met Police Department, you are advised always to talk a situation out with a suspect rather than approach a situation with a taser on standby.
The use of tasers are still a potentially deadly tool and those who constantly use tasers over de-escalation tactics such as talking and calming the situation down will be classed as excessive force and punished accordingly.
/panic
Situations within HDN can turn very quickly, that's why the radios our officers carry are equipped with an emergency panic button. This can be activated by entering /panic within the text box.
Once pressed, all on-duty officers will be alerted to your location which will be broadcasted to their in car satellite navigation systems and will automatically them to your location for the next 90 seconds.
It is imperative to give some details of what is happening around you when pressing /panic. If you manage to press this before your communications devices are taken then you can give up to 5 seconds of information.

Identification

If anyone asks you to provide your identification such as your name and callsign you must provide it. You can do this by using /wc this will show your details to the nearest person. The only exception to this is undercover officers or officers with a hidden identity; these only need to provide their callsign.

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