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Compton College District Police Department
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MISSION STATEMENT
COMPTON COLLEGE DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of the Compton College District Police Department, in partnership with the college
community, is to deliver quality services with commitment, compassion and integrity.
This provides a safe and secure educational environment, ensuring an enhanced quality of life on
campus. We accomplish this through knowledge, community policing and high moral and ethical
standards.
Chief R. Box
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Table of Contents
Chief’s Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
100 - Law Enforcement Code of Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
101 - Law Enforcement Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
102 - Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
103 - Oath of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
104 - Policy Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
201 - Departmental Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
202 - Emergency Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
203 - Training Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
204 - Electronic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
205 - Administrative Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
206 - Staffing Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
207 - Retiree Concealed Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 3 - General Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
300 - Use of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
301 - Use of Force Review Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
303 - Control Devices and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
304 - Conducted Energy Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
305 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
306 - Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
308 - Officer Response to Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
309 - Canines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
310 - Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
311 - Search and Seizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
312 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
313 - Adult Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
314 - Discriminatory Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
315 - Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
316 - Missing Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
317 - Public Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
318 - Victim and Witness Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
319 - Hate Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
320 - Standards of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
321 - Information Technology Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
322 - Department Use of Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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323 - Report Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
324 - Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
325 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
326 - Reserve Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
327 - Outside Agency Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
328 - Registered Offender Information . .