Policy? You act like there's a policy for everything.

I worked a HS game last season. Small schools. Ball took a bad hop and hit F3 in the forehead and went to the fence. Partner got stuck in A and I came out from behind the plate and took the BR to second while F4/F9 retrieved the baseball. THEN I called time. The 5 seconds I "wasted" meant nothing and the kid stayed in the game.

I'm not too worked up with someone who would call time immediately, but I saw no need as we had a ball against a fence and a BR who had no intention of stopping at first.

When I work LL, I'll follow their advice. It's not like all organizations have written this advice, though.