SECTION 3.60. Escort, Policies and Procedures

(a) Emergency vehicles.

(1) The department will furnish emergency escorts and emergency transportation for persons only when the escort or conveyance is necessary for the preservation of life or when expediting movements of supplies and personnel for the armed forces during national emergency.

(2) Emergency vehicles, particularly ambulances, will not be escorted by officers except under special circumstances.

(3) Whenever possible, officers will avoid escorting private automobiles on emergency runs. If an escort is necessary and the patient can be transferred to the department vehicle without jeopardizing his life, he will be transferred to the department vehicle for the emergency run.

(b) Funerals. Officers will not escort funerals without permission of their immediate supervisor.

(c) Transportation of blood or other life-sustaining serums. Transporting blood or other life-sustaining serums will not be done unless a probability of loss of life exists or unless authorized by immediate supervisor.

(d) State official or other dignitaries. Escorts will be provided when authorized or assigned by immediate supervisor.

(e) Parades. Escorts will be provided when authorized by immediate supervisor.

(f) Routine requests for escorts. Escorts will not be provided for any organization unless authorized by the immediate supervisor.

(g) Exceptional circumstances. Should any of the aforementioned situations arise under circumstances in which adequate time is not available to secure supervisory approval, an officer may, exercising reasonable discretion, perform the service he judges to be appropriate. Having done so, he will then advise his immediate supervisor of the action taken and the justification therefor.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.60 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976