200-04 DEFINITIONS

A work-related event that is extraordinary in nature with an expectation of producing a significant reaction on the part of an employee. All officer-involved shootings resulting in death or serious injury to another person shall be considered a critical incident. An employee may be directly or indirectly involved with the critical incident and suffer a physical or psychological injury as a result.

A formal, specialized physical or psychological examination of an employee because of (1) objective evidence that the employee is unable to safely or effectively perform the essential functions of assigned job duties and (2) a reasonable basis for believing that the inability to perform may be attributable to physical or psychological factors.

A stress management session with a staff psychologist to provide support, education, and an informal assessment to reduce the probability of long-lasting psychological and emotional problems resulting from a critical incident. The intervention is also designed to screen for unusual circumstances (past or present) that could intensify the impact of a critical incident on an employee.

A duty assignment aimed at providing an officer who is involved in a critical incident the opportunity to obtain emotional and psychological support. The officer shall be assigned to an administrative assignment, in plain clothes, with limited citizen interaction while on restricted duty. Any employee, whether on or off duty, involved in an officer-involved shooting, shall immediately be placed on restricted duty.