Policy Text
Policy Delano Police Department
104 Delano PD Policy Manual
Oath of Office
104.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that oaths, when appropriate, are administered to
department members.
104.1.1 TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE PROCEDURES
All Department employees who are required to affirm the oath of office will be given such oath
by the City Clerk for the City of Delano, CA. A copy of the signed oath shall be placed in the
employee's personnel file.
104.2 POLICY
It is the policy of the Delano Police Department that, when appropriate, department members
affirm the oath of their office as an expression of commitment to the constitutional rights of those
served by the Department and the dedication of its members to their duties.
104.3 OATH OF OFFICE
All department members, when appropriate, shall take and subscribe to the oaths or affirmations
applicable to their positions. All sworn members shall be required to affirm the oath of office
expressing commitment and intent to respect constitutional rights in discharging the duties of a
law enforcement officer (Cal. Const. Art. 20, § 3; Government Code § 3102). The oath shall be
as follows:
“I, (employee name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution
of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon
which I am about to enter.”
104.4 MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The oath of office shall be filed as prescribed by law (Government Code § 3105).
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