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# Specialized Operations ## Special Events Unit/Extra Duty ### Section 1. Policy 2. Organization 3. Responsibilities 4. Definitions 5. Procedures ### 1.1 Policy It is the policy of the Miami Police Department to coordinate police services for special events and allow members to engage in extr...

# Specialized Operations ## Special Events Unit/Extra Duty ### Section 1. Policy 2. Organization 3. Responsibilities 4. Definitions 5. Procedures ### 1.1 Policy It is the policy of the Miami Police Department to coordinate police services for special events and allow members to engage in extra duty employment, provided the activity has prior departmental approval. Job basis members are prohibited from working extra duty jobs. Working special events or extra duty jobs shall be considered a privilege, not a right, to the members of the Miami Police Department. ### 1.2 Organization The Special Events Unit is a function of the Specialized Operations Section under the Field Operations Division. ### 1.3 Responsibilities The Special Events Unit is primarily responsible for the planning, implementation, and analysis of police services required for maintaining public safety for citizens who patronize special events within the City of Miami. These events occur throughout the City on a continual basis, thus requiring a special unit of the Police Department to coordinate staffing, payroll, pre-event coordination with event sponsors, other governmental services, post-event analysis, and documentation. The Special Events Unit is also responsible for the management of extra duty employment. This includes the responsibility for the monitoring of roadway construction projects, utility maintenance work, and related functions, which temporarily close streets or sidewalks and impede the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. As part of the monitoring process, extra duty employees are used to direct traffic around such construction sites. ### 1.4 Definitions - Extra Duty Police Jobs: Extra duty police jobs are any approved jobs worked by members in which a non-routine police service is provided to a private entity. Non-routine is defined as any service similar in scope to routine police functions but, because of resource limitations or those that serve a limited segment of the community, cannot be provided by on-duty personnel. All uniformed police officers are expected to enforce all laws as they would normally enforce on-duty while working in an extra duty capacity. - Temporary Extra Duty Police Jobs: Short term, non-repetitive in nature, and usually occur on short notice (i.e., parties, dances, traffic assignments, etc.). Such assignments must be made in conformance with this order. - Permanent Extra Duty Police Jobs: Repetitive jobs extending more than a one month period, and involving the same employer. The assignment will be made in conformance with this order. **Rev: 12/10/2019**