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SHERIFF'S PREFACE
To the members of Alpine County Sheriff's Office
This Policy and Procedures manual was developed to assist all of you in maintaining the highest
in professional and ethical standard. It is key to ensuring the trust of the citizens we protect, that
we maintain our professionalism at all time. The pages contained within this manual will provide
the basis for you to maintain your conduct within the professional norms set by law enforcement
throughout California.
I wish all of you the best in your continued service to the citizens of Alpine County and the State
of California.
Sincerely,
Tom Minder
Sheriff-Coroner
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ALPINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE MISSION STATEMENT
We, the members of the Alpine County Sheriff's Office, in order to ensure the highest level of
services to our community, to live out the highest standards of ethics that reflect the dignity of our
noble calling, to establish a high quality of work life for those who have committed their lives to
the safety and well being of their fellow citizens, do hereby pledge ourselves to the following:
We recognize that our primary mission and highest priority is to serve our community in the most
professional, courteous and efficient manner possible.
To that end we will always strive to nurture a partnership based on trust and respect between the
Sheriff's Office, County Family and the community.
Knowing that our community is evolving and rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, we will
continuously reach out and seek to meet its needs and concerns. In doing so we will honor
and preserve the rights of every citizen and colleague, embracing the principal of respect for
differences in race, creed, style and personal opinion.
In order to be successful in our mission, each of us acknowledges his or her worth as an important
part of the whole, and thereby accepts all the rights and responsibilities such a position of trust
within the community commands. As an ongoing process, we will strive to improve ourselves, the
department, and the community.
We view our office as a living, growing enterprise and will remain flexible to positive change.
We will strive to exceed the highest ethical standards of our profession and be steadfast in our
commitment to duty.
ALPINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
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Table of Contents
SHERIFF'S PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ALPINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE MISSION STATEMENT . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
100 - Law Enforcement Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
101 - Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
102 - Oath of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
103 - Policy Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
104 - Law Enforcement Code of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
201 - Departmental Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
202 - Emergency Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
203 - Electronic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
204 - Administrative Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
206 - License to Carry a Firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
207 - Retiree Concealed Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
208 - Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 3 - General Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
300 - Use of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
301 - Use of Force Review Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
303 - Control Devices and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
304 - Conducted Energy Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
305 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
306 - Vehicle Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
307 - Deputy Response to Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
308 - Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
309 - Search and Seizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
310 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
311 - Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
312 - Senior and Disability Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
313 - Discriminatory Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
314 - Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
315 - Missing Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
316 - Public Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
317 - Victim and Witness Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
318 - Hate Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
319 - Standards of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
320 - Information Technology Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
321 - Report Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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322 - Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
323 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
324 - Outside Agency Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
325 - Registered Offender Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
326 - Major Incident Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
327 - Death Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
328 - Identity Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
329 - Private Persons Arrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
331 - Limited English Proficiency Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
332 - Communications with Persons with Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . 231
333 - Mandatory Employer Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
334 - Biological Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
335 - Child and Dependent Adult Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
336 - Service Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
337 - Volunteer Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
338 - Off-Duty Law Enforcement Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
339 - Department/Office Use of Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
340 - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation . . . . . . . . . 261
341 - Gun Violence Restraining Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
342 - Community Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chapter 4 - Patrol Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
400 - Patrol Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
401 - Bias-Based Policing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
402 - Crime and Disaster Scene Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
403 - Ride-Along Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
404 - Hazardous Material Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
405 - Hostage and Barricade Incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
406 - Response to Bomb Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
407 - Mental Illness Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
408 - Cite and Release Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
409 - Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Representatives . . . . . . . . . . 307