What Public Safety Support Specialists can do independently (Note: This list is not exhaustive.) • Write police reports for non-emergency situations that do not require police officer authority, and do not involve potential evidence, suspects, or a crime scene. • Respond to: - vehicle break-ins with no suspect information - non-injury traffic collisions to facilitate information exchange between involved parties; coordinate tow services for disabled vehicles. - bicycle thefts - burglaries with no suspect information (the PS3 could summon a Criminalist to look for latent fingerprints or other latent evidence) - Found/lost property - Other thefts with no suspect information (stolen wallets, purses, other items) • Conduct follow-up on property crimes where there is no suspect information, either by phone or in person, with an emphasis on crime victims’ rights and referrals to other City Bureaus. • Perform property board-ups in cases where a window is broken but no one entered (they could also wait for the board-up vendor to come after officers have cleared the location to make sure there are no burglars inside, which would free up an officer) • Walking patrols, if assigned by PPB sergeants • Community engagement functions • Attend neighborhood meetings, community and/or public events • Assist with inventory and maintenance of PPB-issued equipment, excluding weapons and ammunition. • Assist drivers in stalled vehicles and summon other necessary assistance; respond to pedestrians, bicyclists, and other community members in need of assistance. • Assist with temporary street closures, detours and other public service duties identified by police supervisors. • Broadcast and receive messages via police radio and Mobile Data Terminal (MDT); maintain contact with field units; ask for assistance when appropriate due to incident type and scope. • Summon a police officer • Deliver emergency food boxes to a family in need What Public Safety Support Specialists Can Assist Officers With • Assist police officers in searching for missing persons such as elderly adults, medically fragile adults, or children when there is no reason to believe they are a threat to themselves or the community. • PS3s can also help sworn officers with things that, in the past, would have required the help of another sworn officer. For example, a NRT team could bring PS3s along to inventory property seized at a search warrant. PS3s could help canvas a neighborhood and collect video after a robbery or other crime. What Public Safety Support Specialists Cannot Do Because They Do Not Have Police Authority • PS3s do not have police authority, the power granted by the state to enforce criminal laws. • PS3s cannot respond to calls by themselves if police authority is required. • Search warrant service • Make arrests • Carry firearms • Civil holds such as mental health or detox holds • Any situation involving weapons or the potential for violence • Traffic collisions where a citation is necessary (for example when someone doesn’t have insurance) • Traffic collisions when a police investigation is required (trauma-entry injuries or traffic crimes, such as DUII or hit and run, although a PS3 could take a hit and run if the suspect is gone and there’s only property damage) • Situations requiring community caretaking functions of police, such as forcing entry to a home to do a welfare check • Persons crimes, such as assaults, sex crimes, and child/elder abuse • PS3s will not serve as front desk clerks. There is already a position for this and that work is protected by AFSCME. • PS3s will not drive patrol vehicles. They will have their own specially-marked vehicles.