The Louisville Metro Police Department is an agency made of up approximately twelve hundred sworn officers. They are responsible for providing services to 888,000 residents within a three hundred and ninety-nine square mile radius. In addition, during business hours from approximately 0600 hours until 1800 hours there is a population of 1.25 million due to the downtown area being a business hub for a seven county region, which includes southern Indiana. The department is made up of eight Patrol divisions, a Major Crimes Division, a Training Division, a Support Operations Unit, an Administrative Unit, and a Special Investigations Division.
(LMPD SOP 8.6) defines Domestic Violence as:
“any physical injury, sexual abuse, assault or the infliction …show more content…
The first is a domestic report only. This means that the incident occurred longer than thirty minutes prior to the complainant calling for assistance, needs some type of report, and the suspect is no longer there. The second type is a domestic trouble run with no violence. This means that there is no violence and is usually some type of verbal argument only. The third type is a domestic trouble with violence. This means that there is some type of physical violence or threat of physical violence or damage to property. A domestic trouble run with violence can be a very dangerous run for officers, which will be discussed later in this paper. The fourth type of run dispatched is to retrieve belongings. This means that one of the parties involved needs to retrieve some type of property from the location. Louisville Metro Police officers can clear the run in multiple ways. They can clear with a report, which means they take a report to document the incident. They can clear with an arrest, which means the suspect was on scene or located shortly after and an arrest was made. If an arrest is made, officers must also complete a report. They may need to take photographs to document any injuries or property damage. Officers can also change the run to a non-domestic, which then changes the coding in the computer-aided dispatch. If an officer does this, it means that the criteria of a domestic relationship did not exist at the
(LMPD SOP 8.6) defines Domestic Violence as:
“any physical injury, sexual abuse, assault or the infliction …show more content…
The first is a domestic report only. This means that the incident occurred longer than thirty minutes prior to the complainant calling for assistance, needs some type of report, and the suspect is no longer there. The second type is a domestic trouble run with no violence. This means that there is no violence and is usually some type of verbal argument only. The third type is a domestic trouble with violence. This means that there is some type of physical violence or threat of physical violence or damage to property. A domestic trouble run with violence can be a very dangerous run for officers, which will be discussed later in this paper. The fourth type of run dispatched is to retrieve belongings. This means that one of the parties involved needs to retrieve some type of property from the location. Louisville Metro Police officers can clear the run in multiple ways. They can clear with a report, which means they take a report to document the incident. They can clear with an arrest, which means the suspect was on scene or located shortly after and an arrest was made. If an arrest is made, officers must also complete a report. They may need to take photographs to document any injuries or property damage. Officers can also change the run to a non-domestic, which then changes the coding in the computer-aided dispatch. If an officer does this, it means that the criteria of a domestic relationship did not exist at the