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Azusa PD Policy Manual
THE AZUSA POLICE DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT
The members of the Azusa Police Department, in partnership with the Community, are dedicated
to providing public safety and service with the highest standards of ethics, values and integrity.
THE AZUSA POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Table of Contents
Chief's Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
THE AZUSA POLICE DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
100 - Law Enforcement Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
101 - Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
102 - Oath of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
103 - Policy Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
104 - Law Enforcement Code of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
201 - Departmental Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
202 - Emergency Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
203 - Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
204 - Information Technology Appropriate Use Policy . . . . . . . . . . . 24
205 - Electronic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
206 - Administrative Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
207 - Staffing Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
208 - License to Carry a Firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
209 - Retiree Concealed Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 3 - General Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
300 - Use of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
301 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
303 - Control Devices and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
304 - Homeless Persons "HALO" Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
305 - Conducted Energy Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
306 - Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
307 - Vehicle Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
308 - Officer Response to Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
309 - Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
310 - Search and Seizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
311 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
312 - Senior and Disability Victimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
313 - Discriminatory Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
314 - Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
315 - Missing Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
316 - Public Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
317 - Victim and Witness Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
318 - Hate Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
319 - Standards of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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320 - Information Technology Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
321 - Report Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
322 - Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
323 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
324 - Reserve Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
325 - Outside Agency Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
326 - Registered Offender Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
327 - Major Incident Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
328 - Death Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .