Policy Text
Policy Delano Police Department
608 Delano PD Policy Manual
Operations Planning and Deconfliction
608.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
This policy provides guidelines for planning, deconfliction and execution of high-risk operations.
Additional guidance on planning and serving high-risk warrants is provided in the Warrant Service
Policy.
608.1.1 DEFINITIONS
Definitions related to this policy include:
High-risk operations - Operations, including service of search and arrest warrants and sting
operations, that are likely to present higher risks than are commonly faced by officers on a daily
basis, including suspected fortified locations, reasonable risk of violence or confrontation with
multiple persons, or reason to suspect that persons anticipate the operation.
608.2 POLICY
It is the policy of the Delano Police Department to properly plan and carry out high-risk operations,
including participation in a regional deconfliction system, in order to provide coordination, enhance
the safety of members and the public, decrease the risk of compromising investigations and
prevent duplicating efforts.
608.3 OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
The Chief of Police will designate a member of this department to be the operations director.
The operations director will develop and maintain a risk assessment form to assess, plan and
coordinate operations. This form should provide a process to identify high-risk operations.
The operations director will review risk assessment forms with involved supervisors to determine
whether a particular incident qualifies as a high-risk operation. The director will also have the
responsibility for coordinating operations that are categorized as high risk.
608.4 RISK ASSESSMENT
608.4.1 RISK ASSESSMENT FORM PREPARATION
assigned as operational leads for any operation that may qualify as a high-risk operation shall
complete a risk assessment form.
When preparing the form, the officer should query all relevant and reasonably available intelligence
resources for information about the subject of investigation, others who may be present and the
involved location. These sources may include regional intelligence and criminal justice databases,
target deconfliction systems, firearm records, commercial databases and property records. Where
appropriate, the officer should also submit information to these resources.
The officer should gather available information that includes, but is not limited to:
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