Policy Text
FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE 02-16
Page 1 TITLE: Holding Facility – Temporary
Detention of Prisoners
NUMBER: 02-16
EFFECTIVE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
STANDARDS: CFA 30.01M, 30.02M, 30.03M,
30.04M, 30.05, 30.06M, 30.07M,
30.08M, 30.09M, 30.10, 30.11, 30.12M, 30.13,
30.14M,, 30.16M, 30.18M, 30.19M
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Temporary Detention Procedures, Use, and
Supervision
PURPOSE: To establish department policy and
provide guidelines pertaining to the operation of
the temporary detention Prisoner Processing
Area; to include the physical conditions of the
Prisoner Processing Area; to establish a time
frame for processing detainees; to establish a
fire evacuation and suppression plan for the
Area; to provide training to affected personnel.
SCOPE: All departmental personnel.
POLICY: It is the policy of the Florida City
Police Department to allow for the temporary
detention and holding of prisoners for a period
not to exceed SIX ( 6) hours , in rooms and areas
specifically designed for that purpose. After the
temporary detention p eriod has expired, the
arresting officer(s) must regain continual
supervision and control of the prisoners and
transport them to a Miami -Dade County
Corrections Department Facility or Juvenile
Assessment Center (for juvenile detainees).
Pursuant to Fed eral regulations, Juveniles
may not be detained in the holding facility
for more than 6 hours. Adults may not be
detained in holding for more than 8 hours,
but every attempt will be made to transport
adults within 6 hours. In no case will any
adult be deta ined in the holding cell for over
8 hours.
DEFINITIONS:
Accountability: The state of being held
responsible by higher authority for specified
job-related results.
Continuous Supervision and Control: Refers
to direct in -person contact.
Custody: Legal or physical control of a person
in an area or facility or while in transit, i.e. legal,
supervisory, or physical responsibility for an
individual.
In Custody: Under the full control of a law
enforcement officer. Florida City Police
Department Prisoner Pro cessing Area
(Detention): The entire prisoner/ detainee
tempor ary processing area, to include the
officers’ work a rea, holding cells, and interview
room within the Prisoner Processing Area.
Prisoner: A person/detainee who has been
arrested and taken into custody.
FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE 02-16
Page 2
The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of
2003
A Federal law which addresses the detection,
elimination and prevention of sexual assault and
rape in correctional systems, develops national
standards of compliance and accountability, and
punishment for failure to comply with said
standards, collects and disseminates information
on the incidence of prison rape, and awards
grants and technical assistance to help agencies
implement the Act. For purposes of PREA, the
term “prison” applies to all federal, state, and
local prisons, jails, police lock -ups, temporary
holding cells, private facilities, and community
settings such as residential facilities. The term
“arrestee” applies to any person held in a
custodial setting for any length of time by a ny of
the facility types mentioned above.
Processing: Include pre -booking activities
involving detainees in custody, after which
detainees may be either released from custody
by one of several means, or be transported to a
Jail (holding facility), at whic h time they will be
booked by County Corrections personnel.
PROCEDURE:
Temporary Detention Procedures, Use and
Supervision
A. The arresting officer or another officer (for
example, back -up officer) will be responsible
for the supervision,
accountabili ty, and control of all detainees under
their control. The arresting officer will be
responsible for completing a “Holding
Area Check Sheet” - SIX-HOUR USE
RESTRICTIONS .
PRISONER PROCESSING AREA
Comprises of Three (3) holding cells; a separate
cell will be used to detain juveniles. J uveniles
will be sequestered sight and sound, from adults.
Prisoners will be separa ted by male and female
genders in one of the Two adult cells.
1. The Prisoner Processing Area will be used
only as a temporary detaining facil ity allowing
officers to complete arrest forms and reports and
for the processing of prisoners. Prisoners will
also be held pending questioning, testing,
release, or transfer to another facility. Prisoners
will be under constant supervision and control
of sworn agency personnel. Each holding cell is
equipped with proper ventilation, lighting,
sanitary equipment, and a bench.
2. Prisoner control: Prisoners will be escorted
into the building through the sally port and taken
to the Processing Area The dispatc her will get
the key from the Dispatch Area. The arresting
officer will be responsible for opening, closing
and monitoring