CLTR RELEASED IFR DEP CPR X WITHOUT PROPER ATCT TRACON INTERFAC COORD. OPDEV.

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I WAS TRAINED TO DEPART JETS OFF RWY 18 WITH AN IMMEDIATE L TURN SO AS TO SIMULATE A RWY 13R DEP WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH DFW REGIONAL APCH. OUR LOA DOES NOT ADDRESS JET DEPS OFF RWY 18. THIS PRACTICE HAS BEEN TAKEN PLACE WITH MGMNT'S APPROVAL. ON OCT/FRI/91 MGMNT PUT A BRIEFING STATEMENT IN BINDER #1 THAT WE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A RELEASE FROM DFW APCH PRIOR TO DEPARTING JETS OFF RWY 18. ON MY FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK ON OCT/SAT/91 WE WERE ON A N FLOW AND I DID NOT READ OR INITIAL OFF ON THE NEW CHANGE. WHEN I SIGNED ON OCT/SUN/91 I WAS STILL NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW CHANGE. LATER ON THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON I CLRED CPR Y LTT FOR TKOF ON RWY 18 WITH AN IMMEDIATE L TURN HDG 130. I WAS WORKING LCL CTL E; W; RADAR 1; AND COORDINATOR POS COMBINED AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. I WAS NOT BRIEFED OF THE NEW CHANGES TO JET DEPS OFF RWY 18 BEFORE I TOOK THE POS. THE DFW SUPVR CALLED OUT CIC TO RPT A SYS DEV ON THE JET DEP OFF RWY 18. I WAS DECERTIFIED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF MGMNT INVESTIGATION ON MONDAY. I THEN READ THE #1 BINDER AND I WAS STILL NOT SURE IF IT WAS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT OR IT WAS A REQUEST TO ALERT DFW REGIONAL APCH THAT A JET WOULD BE DEPARTING RWY 18. I HAD BEEN ABSENT FROM WORK THE PAST 3 WKS PRIOR TO THAT SUNDAY FOR THE EXCEPTION OF 3 DAYS THE PREVIOUS WK ON SICK LEAVE.