Policy Text
Butte County Sheriff's Office
Policy Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
100 - Butte County Sheriff's Office Code of Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
101 - Mission and Goals Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
102 - Core Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
103 - Law Enforcement Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
104 - Chief Executive Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
105 - Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
106 - Policy Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
201 - Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
202 - Electronic Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
203 - Administrative Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
204 - Supervisory Staffing Levels - Patrol Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
205 - License to Carry a Firearm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
206 - Retiree Concealed Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3 - General Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
300 - Use of Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
301 - Use of Force Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
303 - Control Devices and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
304 - Conducted Energy Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
305 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
306 - Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
308 - Canines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
309 - Deputy Response to Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
310 - Domestic Violence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
311 - Search and Seizure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
312 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
313 - Senior and Disability Victimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
314 - Discriminatory Harassment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
315 - Child Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
316 - Missing Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
317 - Public Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
318 - Victim and Witness Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
319 - Hate Crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
320 - Standards of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
321 - Information Technology Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
322 - Sheriff's Office Use of Social Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
323 - Report Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
324 - Media Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
325 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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