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Policy 201Garden Grove Police Department Policy Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2022/05/18, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Garden Grove Police DepartmentDepartmental Directives - 1Departmental Directives 201.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Departmental Directives establish an interdepartmental communication that may be used by the Chief of Police to make immediate changes to policy and procedure consistent with the current Memorandum of Understanding and as permitted by Government Code § 3500 et seq. Departmental Directives will immediately modify or change and supersede sections of this manual to which they pertain. 201.1.1 DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTIVE PROTOCOL Departmental Directives will be incorporated into the manual as required upon approval of Staff. Departmental Directives will modify existing policies or create a new policy as appropriate and will be rescinded upon incorporation into the manual. All existing Departmental Directives have now been incorporated in the updated Policy Manual. 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201.2.1 STAFF The staff shall review and approve revisions of the Policy Manual, which will incorporate changes originally made by a Departmental Directive. 201.2.2 CHIEF OF POLICE The Chief of Police or their designee shall issue all Departmental Directives. 201.3 ACCEPTANCE OF DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTIVES All employees are required to read and obtain any necessary clarification of all Departmental Directives.