Policy Text
Policy Delano Police Department
700 Delano PD Policy Manual
Department Owned and Personal Property
700.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Department employees are expected to properly care for department property assigned or
entrusted to them. Employees may also suffer occasional loss or damage to personal or
department property while performing their assigned duty. Certain procedures are required
depending on the loss and ownership of the item.
700.2 CARE OF DEPARTMENTAL PROPERTY
Employees shall be responsible for the safekeeping, serviceable condition, proper care, use and
replacement of department property assigned or entrusted to them. An employee's intentional or
negligent abuse or misuse of department property may lead to discipline including, but not limited
to the cost of repair or replacement.
(a) Employees shall promptly report through their chain of command, any loss, damage to,
or unserviceable condition of any department issued property or equipment assigned
for their use.
(b) The use of damaged or unserviceable department property should be discontinued
as soon as practical and replaced with comparable Department property as soon as
available and following notice to a supervisor.
(c) Except when otherwise directed by competent authority or required by exigent
circumstances, department property shall only be used by those to whom it was
assigned. Use should be limited to official purposes and in the capacity for which it
was designed.
(d) Department property shall not be thrown away, sold, traded, donated, destroyed, or
otherwise disposed of without proper authority.
(e) In the event that any Department property becomes damaged or unserviceable, no
employee shall attempt to repair the property without prior approval of a supervisor.
(f) No personnel shall modify, remove, disable, destroy any department property without
the expressed written consent of the Chief of Police.
700.3 FILING CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY
Claims for reimbursement for damage or loss of personal property must be reported on department
intra office memo . The memo is submitted to the employee's immediate supervisor. The
supervisor may require a separate written report of the loss or damage.
The supervisor shall forward the memo to the appropriate Division Commander noting whether
reasonable care was taken to prevent the loss or damage.. The Commander may conduct what
ever investigation is necessary to determine whether the employee followed proper procedures.
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