Policy Text
Policy Delano Police Department
201 Delano PD Policy Manual
Special Order
201.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Special Orders establish an intradepartmental communication that may be used by the Chief
of Police to make immediate changes topolicy and procedure consistent with the current
Memorandum of Understanding and as permitted by Government Code § 3500 et seq. General
Orders will immediately modify or change and supersede sections of this manual to which they
pertain.
201.1.1 SPECIAL ORDER PROTOCOL
General Orders will be incorporated into the manual as required upon approval of Staff. General
Orders will modify existing policies or create a new policy as appropriate and will be rescinded
upon incorporation into the manual.
All existing General Orders have now been incorporated in the updated Policy Manual as of the
below revision date.
Any General Orders issued after publication of the manual shall be numbered consecutively
starting with the last two digits of the year, followed by the number 01. For example, 12-01 signifies
the first General Order for the year 2012.
201.2 RESPONSIBILITIES
201.2.1 STAFF
The staff shall review and approve revisions of the Policy Manual, which will incorporate changes
originally made by a General Order.
201.2.2 CHIEF OF POLICE
The Chief of Police shall issue all General Orders.
201.3 ACCEPTANCE OF SPECIAL ORDERS
All employees are required to read and obtain any necessary clarification of all General Orders.
All employees are required to acknowledge in writing the receipt and review of any new
General Order. Signed acknowledgement forms and/or e-mail receipts showing an employee's
acknowledgement will be maintained by the Training Officer.
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