PCSAR Guiding Documents

The Sheriff or designee and Team Leader or designee will locate the individual’s emergency notification information and will be responsible for notifying the individual’s family of the event, the condition of the individual, and their location.

This notification should be done in person, when possible, and as soon as possible following the event.

The individual making the notification should not be involved in any aspect of any pending investigation of the incident and should remain available to the family as long as possible.

The individual may also be available to assist with the notification of other family members or support providers on behalf of the immediate family.

PCSAR team members will be promptly notified by the Team Leader of the facts and circumstances of the event. The format of the notification will be at the discretion of the Team Leader and may include restrictions on the sharing of information, particularly on social media, and the name of the family liaison as a point of contact for support offerings.

The Sheriff will designate a Public Information Officer as the point of contact for all media inquiries, information releases, and the publication of any information provided by the Sheriff’s Office and PCSAR.

Information will not be released to the media until all immediate family members and team members are notified. The content and format of the media release will be at discretion of the Sheriff and Team Leader.

Prior to the release of the employee’s condition, location, and family members, the information will be reviewed with the family.

If the notification of the individual’s serious injury or death renders current team members unfit to continue their duties or the incident requires active team members to cease their current duties, the Team Leader will notify the Sheriff and relief will be provided through other members or assistance of another agency.

On duty members should be allowed to notify their immediate family members when applicable.

A critical incident debrief, on-site psychological services, Chaplains and the employee assistance program will be made available to all affected team members.

Transportation

Provider, Visitor and Support Coordination

Household Management

As the injured individual returns to volunteer status and/or work, follow-up assistance should continue to be offered. This may include transportation to appointments, home maintenance or other services pertinent to recovery.

The individual’s return to volunteer status and/or work will be supported within the confines of employment law and employer policy.

If unable to return to volunteer status and/or work following injury, the PCSO and PCSAR will assist in the exit process to ensure the celebration of duty and filing of all applicable benefits.

Available services should be offered to the family and individual to assist in their recovery process.

Upon return to volunteer status and/or work following serious injury, the employee may be required to complete a fit for duty evaluation.

If the incident results in criminal or civil court proceedings, a designee will provide the individual and/or family with updates and assist in the understanding of the process.

In the event a full public servant funeral may be conducted, the Sheriff and Team leader will have overall responsibility to coordinate services. The Sheriff and Team Leader will assign tasks upon the families wishes to complete the following:

In the event of an individual’s death not in the line of duty, a liaison shall still be provided to assist the family with any of the above.

Following the death or serious injury of an individual, the family liaison and human resources will work with the family to coordinate the compensation and benefits process. Below is a summary list of entities that may be applicable. Thorough research should be conducted into all benefits available based upon the situation.