Dunell Hills Police Department/Policies and Procedures

DHPD Policies and Procedures

Foreword

As the DHPD has expanded, there has been a need for our official policies and procedures be codified so that all personnel can be operating under the same assumptions and directives whilst in the field.

Expanded Manifesto

The Dunell Hills Police Department exists to protect and serve the people of Dunell Hills and the rest of Malton from the zombie threat. To achieve this, we will do all that is within our power to protect the survivors of Malton within our borders, and do our best to keep the zombie threat outside these borders. The fear and tyranny brought forth by the hordes of the undead must be resisted, and we will use all our skill, equipment and experience to do this.

The DHPD motto is "Fac fortia et patere," a latin phrase meaning "Do brave deeds and endure."

Stay Human

The unofficial motto of the DHPD is Stay safe, stay alive.

As a survivor organization, all personnel are encouraged to take all possible actions to get revived in the event that they are killed in the field.

Consolidate

Dunell Hills is the primary home of the DHPD. The DHPDs mission is bring survivors to the suburb, and protect it from the zombie threat.

Membership Requirements

Membership to the Dunell Hills Police Department is open to any and all survivors that are willing to relocate to Dunell Hills or its nearby environs. Operations frequently take officers well out of Dunell Hills, but Dunell Hills is the centre of the DHPD's area.

To join, apply in the Recruitment section of the Forum. As a member of the DHPD, you shall always represent the DHPD in the best possible light and provide assistance whenever possible to civilians and to your fellow officers.

Requirements for Leadership Position

Primary leadership positions in the DHPD are determined by popular vote. Only full officers may vote in such elections.

Other leadership roles are assigned based on experience, activity and character.

Chain of Command

Commissioner

The leader of the DHPD.

First Commissioner

Deputy leader of the DHPD.

Department of Field Operations - Chief (DFO-C)

Strategic leader and squad coordinator.

Squad Leaders

In charge of individual teams.

Officers

Members of the DHPD.

Recruits

New members of the DHPD.

Barricading Policy

Standard Barricade Policy

The DHPD follows the Counterpoint Barricading Strategy rather than the Strategy of Distributed Defense. Although 'DD' works well in siege environments, it sacrifices new players for the survival of older, more experienced players. The DHPD believes its responsibility is to protect ALL survivors, not just those with free running.

Why follow the CP Strategy?

Newbies need to cluster together for survival. Preferably near resource buildings.

Characters that are likely to be specific targets are more likely to have free running.

Said characters are also more likely to be able to dump ammo and make a significant difference on an attacking horde and still be able to run back into a building and then free run to an Extremely Heavily barricaded building.

While...

The mass of newer characters are in the buildings that need defended the most, with their 5-30% hit accuracy, rather than clustered in a building that holds relative unimportance to the suburb.

This follows the "General Grant" theory of infantry deployment.

As the Strategy of Distributed Defense is popular throughout Malton, Zeds are likely to believe that the EH buildings are holding more survivors than they are.

This will create "bottlenecks" of Zeds, keeping them close together, allowing us to spend our APs firing rounds and swinging axes rather than having to travel to meet the enemy.

For details, refer to the Dunell Hills Standard Barricade Plan.

Lock-Down Barricade Policy

In times of extreme zombie activity, the DHPD may follow a lock-down barricade policy. All buildings except churches and designated entry points should go to VERY HEAVY or above. Entry points such as libraries and museums should be very strongly barricaded.

Prsonnel without countermanding orders should concentrate on maintaining the barricades as a priority, rather than engaging zombies. Any personnel without Free Running are encouraged to evacuate for safety.

For details, refer to the Dunell Hills Lock-Down Barricade Plan.

Tagging Policy

Officers should consider the following guidelines when using a spray can:

Tag the area to direct wandering survivors to safety.

Do not paint over DHPD tags, except with new DHPD tags.

If you see a DHPD tag that has been painted over, replace it.

Tags outside the hallowed walls of Dunell Hills suburb; don't be inconsiderate and write over others people tags if their tags are for real.

Otherwise, by all means write over "the zombies are ownzed" with something meaningful and helpful.

The DMZ

The DHPD's area of operation is referred to as the Dunell Military Zone, or DMZ. It consists of the following suburbs:

The DHPD does not claim 'possession' of these areas, but endeavours to patrol it.

Mergers and Acquisitions

This section is to outline how the DHPD will handle connections with entire groups that go beyond the basic or extensive alliance.

For any of the following actions, there must be a majority consensus among DHPD officers via forum polling.

Joining a multi-group Alliance
Merging into a Malton-wide organization
Subsuming another group

DHPD Stances

Player Killing (PKing)

The DHPD considers PKing to be a violation of its criminal code. Individuals who are observed PKing may be warranted by the DHPD.

Note that the DHPD Most Wanted is an internal list. Third party reports are not accepted. The DHPD does not condone or take responsibility for non-members who take actions based on the list.

DHPD officers are not permitted to kill survivors unless the following conditions are satisfied:

The subject has a current warrant on the DHPD Most Wanted for a valid criminal code violation.

The subject is subject to a group warranted on the DHPD Most Wanted.

The subject was witnessed committed a clear violation of the Criminal Code, and immediate action was required by the officer to prevent the subject escaping. The officer shall capture evidence which will be scrutinised by the appropriate DHPD personnel.

Warrant executions must be performed as per the correct procedures on the DHPD forum.

Zerging and Alts

The DHPD permits members to have only one character in the DHPD.

Alternate characters ('alts') of members must remain outside the DMZ. Interaction between these characters is not permitted.

Alts within allied and enemy groups are permitted, provided they remain outside the DMZ. Alts shall not be extensions of the DHPD to enforce/execute DHPD policies outside our area. Alts are not subject to the same policies, procedures, or protections as DHPD members.

Members shall refrain from sharing information gained from their membership in outside groups. Likewise, sensitive information on DHPD activities shall not be shared with other organisations.

Shared-Use Characters

The DHPD previously used shared characters ('Desk Sergeants') for the purpose of training new members.

This practice is no longer considered appropriate, and is now prohibited with the DHPD.

Zombie Spying

The DHPD does not warrant or take action against survivors for activities considered to be 'spying' for zombie groups, provided no violation of Criminal Code takes place.

Griefers

Continued hostile actions against the DHPD may result in the issuing of permanent warrants.

Conndraka

Conndraka (UD Character, Khannoir) is a former Commissioner General of the Dunell Hills Police Department. He was fundamental in building up the department as it exists today and was awarded the title, Commissioner Emeritus, in recognition of this fact.

However, Conndraka no longer operates at the direction of the Dunell Hills Police Department, nor does he in any way influence our decision making process or represent the department's opinions and intentions. We are happy for Khannoir to continue wearing the Dunell Hills Police Department tags for as long as he so wishes, in recognition of past service. But to all other intents and purpose the Dunell Hills Police Department considers Khannoir to be just another resident of Malton and not a departmental Officer.

Complaint Resolution

The first step in resolving a conflict is to address the issue with the other individual(s) involved. If this fails, please bring the matter to our attention at the DHPD Forum.

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