NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT Directives & Procedures Table of Contents
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NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT Directives & Procedures Table of Contents Chapter 1 Directive 1.1 - Use of Reasonable Force/Action Response Policy 1.1.1 Use of Reasonable Force 1.1.2 Use of Deadly Force 1.1.3 Warning Shots/Restrictions on the Use of Firearms 1.1.4 Use of Authorized Less-Than-Lethal Weapons 1.1.5 Use of Knives 1.1.6 Rendering Aid After Use of Weapons 1.1.7 Reporting Uses of Force 1.1.8 Reviewing “Response to Resistance” Reports 1.1.9 Removal from Line of Duty, Use of Force 1.1.10 Authorization: Weapons and Ammunition 1.1.11 Demonstrating Proficiency with Weapons 1.1.12 Annual Proficiency Demonstration/Training 1.1.13 Issuing Writing Directives 1.1.14 Analyze Reports from Use of Force (see 1.1.7) Directive 1.2 - Training 1.2.1 Training 1.2.2 Mandatory Training 1.2.3 Optional/Specialized Training 1.2.4 Training Records 1.2.5 Remedial Training 1.2.6 Attendance Requirements 1.2.7 Travel Arrangements Chapter 2 Directive 2.1 - Traffic Enforcement 2.1.1 Enforcement Procedures 2.1.2 Violator Procedures 2.1.3 Informing the Violator 2.1.4 Uniform Enforcement Policies 2.1.5 Enforcement Practices 2.1.6 Stopping/Approaching 2.1.7 Officer-Violator Relations 2.1.8 Speed-Measuring Devices 2.1.9 OVI Procedures 2.1.10 License Re-examination Referrals 2.1.11 Parking Enforcement Directive 2.2 - Traffic Crashes 2.2.1 Policies and Procedures 2.2.2 Traffic Crash Scene Responses 2.2.3 Traffic Crash Scene Duties 2.2.4 Follow-Up Investigations 2.2.5 Victim Property Control 2.2.6 Traffic Crash Classification System 1 Directive 2.3 - Traffic Direction and Control 2.3.1 Direction/Control Procedures 2.3.2 Escorts 2.3.3 Pursuit and Emergency Vehicle Operations and Procedures Directive 2.4 - Ancillary Services 2.4.1 Assistance, Highway Users 2.4.2 Hazardous Highway Conditions 2.4.3 Towing Chapter 3 Directive 3.1 - Criminal Process 3.1.1 Criminal Process Procedures Directive 3.2 - Restraining Devices 3.2.1 Pre-Transport Prisoner Searches 3.2.2 Searching Transport Vehicles 3.2.3 Prisoner Restraining Requirement 3.2.4 Procedures, Transporting by Vehicle 3.2.5 Maintaining Visual Contact 3.2.6 Prisoner Communications 3.2.7 Procedure, Transport Destination 3.2.8 Procedures for Escape 3.2.9 Notifying Court of Security Hazard Directive 3.3 - Special Transport Situations 3.3.1 Opposite Sex 3.3.2 Sick, Injured, Disabled 3.3.3 Hospital Security and Control 3.3.4 Special Situations Directive 3.4 - Transport Equipment 3.4.1 Vehicle Safety Barriers 3.4.2 Rear Compartment Modification Directive 3.5 – Prisoner ID and Documentation 3.5.1 Prisoner ID and Documentation Chapter 4 Directive 4.1 - Juvenile Offenders 4.1.1 Handling Offenders 4.1.2 Procedures for Juvenile Custody 4.1.3 Custodial Interrogation of Juveniles 4.1.4 Reporting Procedures for Cases of Child Abuse 2 Chapter 5 Directive 5.1 - Disciplinary Actions 5.1.1 Policy 5.1.2 Progressive Discipline 5.1.3 Appeals 5.1.4 Relief from Duty Directive 5.2 - Complaints/Compliments 5.2.1 Policy 5.2.2 Complaint Investigations 5.2.3 Crashes Involving Village Owned Vehicles 5.2.4 Receipt of Compliments Directive 5.3 - Rules of Conduct 5.3.1 Abuse of Position 5.3.2 Assistance to Fellow Officer 5.3.3 Associations/Organizational Memberships 5.3.4 Attendance at Trials/Hearings 5.3.5 Carrying Badge, Firearm, and Identification 5.3.6 Collection of Notary Fees 5.3.7 Confidentiality 5.3.8 Conflicting or Illegal Orders 5.3.9 Courtesy to Public 5.3.10 Display of Material in Police Facilities 5.3.11 Drugs/Alcohol 5.3.12 Endorsements and Referrals 5.3.13 Ethics 5.3.14 Expenditures of Department Funds 5.3.15 Gambling/Prohibited Establishments 5.3.16 Gratuities 5.3.17 Identifying Informants 5.3.18 Immoral Conduct 5.3.19 Insubordination 5.3.20 Interference in Private Business 5.3.21 Knowledge of and Obedience to Directives, Laws, and Ordinances 5.3.22 Lockers 5.3.23 Maintaining Department Property and Publications 5.3.24 Neglect or Inattention to Duty 5.3.25 Personal Correspondence 5.3.26 Public Statements and Appearances 5.3.27 Release of Police Information 5.3.28 Reporting Arrests or Court Actions 5.3.29 Reporting for Duty/Tardiness 5.3.30 Reporting Misconduct 5.3.31 Requirement to Submit to Medical Exams, Line-Ups, Photographs, and Polygraphs 5.3.32 Sick/Injury Reporting 5.3.33 Telephone/Address 5.3.34 Truthfulness 5.3.35 Unbecoming Conduct 5.3.36 Withholding Information Directive 5.4 – Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) Rules 5.4.1 LEADS Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC) 5.4.2 Validations 3 5.4.3 Dissemination and Record Keeping 5.4.4 LEADS Audit 5.4.5 National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) 5.4.6 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) 5.4.7 LEADS Owned Equipment/Connected Agency Owned Equipment 5.4.8 Sanctions 5.4.9 Contingency Plan Chapter 6 Directive 6.1 - Organization 6.1.1 Chain of Command 6.1.2 Acting Supervisors 6.1.3 Notification/Call Out Procedures 6.1.4 Reports Directive 6.2 - Shift Selection and Leave Requests 6.2.1 Shift Selection - Officers 6.2.2 Shift Selection - Supervisors and Dispatchers 6.2.3 Leave Requests Directive 6.3 - Uniforms and Appearance 6.3.1 Uniforms 6.3.2 Appearance 6.3.3 Uniform Inspections and Repair 6.3.4 Body Armor Directive 6.4 - Community Relations 6.4.1 Civilian Ride-A-Long Program Directive 6.5 – Specialized Units 6.5.1 Bicycle Patrol Unit Procedures 6.5.2 Canine Patrol Unit Procedures 6.5.3 Mounted Patrol Unit Procedures 6.5.4 Honor Guard Unit Procedures Chapter 7 Directive 7.1 - Special Duty Employment 7.1.1 Defined 7.1.2 General Rules 7.1.3 Rates of Pay 7.1.4 Hours Worked 7.1.5 Procedures Directive 7.2 - Off-duty Employment 7.2.1 Definition 7.2.2 General Rules 4 Chapter 8 Directive 8.1 - In-Car Video Cameras 8.1.1 Purpose 8.1.2 Training 8.1.3 Procedures 8.1.4 Digital Video File Control and Management 8.1.5 Requests for In-Car Recordings 8.1.6 Supervisory Review and Responsibilities Directive 8.2 - Video Surveillance Cameras 8.2.1 Purpose 8.2.2 Training and Responsibilities 8.2.3 Audio/Video Taping Exceptions 8.2.4 Video Control and Management 8.2.5 Requests to Record Video 8.2.6 Supervisory Review and Responsibilities Directive 8.3 - Digital Cameras 8.3.1 Purpose 8.3.2 Training and Responsibilities 8.3.3 Procedures 8.3.4 Storage of Digital Images 8.3.5 Request for Copies of Digital Photographs Directive 8.4 - Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Protocol 8.4.1 Purpose 8.4.2 Training 8.4.3 Procedures 8.4.4 Medical Protocol 8.4.5 Approval by Medical Director Directive 8.5 - Mobile Data Computers (MDC’s) 8.5.1 Purpose 8.5.2 Training 8.5.3 Procedures 8.5.4 Supervisory Review and Responsibility Directive 8.6- Door Access Control System (DACS) 8.6.1 Purpose 8.6.2 Training 8.6.3 Procedures Chapter 9 Directive 9.1 - Fingerprinting 9.1.1 Importance of Good Fingerprinting 9.1.2 Fingerprints Required 9.1.3 BCI & I Final Disposition Report 9.1.4 Civilian Fingerprinting Services 5 Directive 9.2 – DNA Collection 9.2.1 Purpose 9.2.2 Procedure Chapter 10 Directive 10.1 - Missing Persons 10.1.1 Missing Person Definition 10.1.2 Missing Persons – Procedure 10.1.3 Missing Child – Procedure 10.1.4 Missing Adults over age 65 or Individuals with Mental Impairments – Procedure Directive 10.2 - Handling of Mentally Ill Persons 10.2.1 Policy 10.2.2 Mentally Ill Persons – Procedure 10.2.3 Elderly Persons – Procedure Chapter 11 Directive 11.1 - Death Notification 11.1.1 Policy 11.1.2 Line-of-Duty Death/Injury 11.1.3 Next-of-Kin Notification (Non-Employees) 11.1.4 Chaplaincy Program Chapter 12 Directive 12.1 - Holding Facility 12.1.1 Definition 12.1.2 THF Procedures 12.1.3 THF Emergency Responses 12.1.4 THF Juvenile Procedures 12.1.5 Staff Training Chapter 13 Directive 13.1 - Property Room 13.1.1 Property Control System 13.1.2 Records & Inspections 13.1.3 Final Disposition Directive 13.2- Forfeiture of Property 13.2.1 Purpose 13.2.2 Custody of Property 13.2.3 Receipts of Proceeds-Law Enforcement Fund (Seizure Fund) 13.2.4 Expenditures of Proceeds Chapter 14 Directive 14.1 - Crime Scene/Investigative Procedures 14.1.1 Guidelines and Procedures 6 14.1.2 Photography and Video Recording 14.1.3 Fingerprinting 14.1.4 Equipment and Supplies 14.1.5 Report Preparation Directive 14.2 - Domestic Violence Response 14.2.1 Introduction 14.2.2 Definitions 14.2.3 Policy 14.2.4 Enforcement of the Domestic Violence Statute 14.2.5 Protection Orders 14.2.6 Domestic Violence/Dispute Statistics Directive 14.3 - Domestic Violence Involving Law Enforcement Personnel 14.3.1 Policy 14.3.2 Procedure Directive 14.4 - Specific Crime Response / Procedures 14.4.1 Purpose 14.4.2 Sexual Assault/Rape 14.4.3 Burglary/Breaking & Entering 14.4.4 Robbery 14.4.5 Homicide/Felonious Assault 14.4.6 Suicide 14.4.7 Arson 14.4.8 Kidnapping/Abduction 14.4.9 Hostage Chapter 15 Directive 15.1 - 911 Protocol 15.1.1 24 Hour Emergency Phone Service 15.1.2 Victim/Witness Assistance Information 15.1.3 Officer Response to 911 Hang-up Call 15.1.4 Recording Phone Conversations Directive 15.2 - Alarm Responses 15.2.1 Private Security Alarms Chapter 16 Directive 16.1 - Mutual Aid Agreements 16.1.1 Geographical Boundaries 16.1.2 Concurrent Jurisdiction 16.1.3 Written Agreements for Mutual Aid 16.1.4 Requesting Federal Assistance 16.1.5 Private, Non-governmental Security Agencies - Cooperation/Assistance Chapter 17 Directive 17.1 - Personnel Hiring Process - Police Officer 17.1.1 Personnel Hiring Process 17.1.2 Recruitment 7 17.1.3 Application Process 17.1.4 Written Test 17.1.5 Physical Fitness Test 17.1.6 Background Investigation 17.1.7 Oral Review Board 17.1.8 Polygraph 17.1.9 Final Interview 17.1.10 Psychological Test 17.1.11 Physical