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Police commission moves to study patrol-specials rules after repeated compliance complaints
Summary
Commissioners heard Sergeant Giacino and public commenters say patrol-special beat owners are relying on assistants or selling beats without documented transfers; the commission directed Commissioner De Jesus to work with the city attorney for a 30—5-day follow-up and possible rule revisions to Rules 4.11 and 4.12.
The Police Commission opened a lengthy discussion about Rules 4.11 and 4.12 governing patrol-special beat owners and their assistants after Sergeant Hector Jacino raised repeated examples of noncompliance and ambiguous practice.
"Patrol specials must personally participate in the patrol of their beats," Sergeant Jacino said while reading Rule 4.11, and he told commissioners he had found instances where beat owners were medically unable to work but allowed assistants to perform long-term beat duties without proper paperwork. He cited a specific case involving a beat owner…
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