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351Garden Grove Police Department
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DepartmentColor Guard - 1Color Guard
351.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The Color Guard serves as uniformed representatives of the Garden Grove Police Department.
The Color Guard is an excellent community relations and recruitment tool, promoting a positive
image for the department. The Color Guard may serve at funerals of Garden Grove police officers,
retired or active employees of the police department or members of their immediate family, or any
ceremonial function authorized by the chief of police or his representative. The Color Guard will
not be permitted to attend any function without prior approval of the chief of police.
As used in the above paragraph, "immediate family" shall be defined as a spouse, child, brothers,
sisters, parents and grandparents.
351.2 ORGANIZATION
The detail will consist of eight officers of any rank. Reserve officers may serve on the Color Guard.
The Color Guard detail shall be organized and administered by a supervisor appointed by the chief
of police. All requests for use of the Color Guard should be forwarded to the detail supervisor.
It shall be the responsibility of the appointed supervisor to make appropriate and timely requests for
personnel to serve as Color Guard representatives for the Garden Grove Police Department. Every
effort shall be made to utilize off-duty personnel so as to not adversely affect uniform patrol staffing
levels. In the event on-duty personnel are to be used to serve as Color Guard representatives,
unit commanders will be notified in advance of the assignment.
351.3 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Color Guard will act as an official representative of the Garden Grove Police Department. A
minimum of four officers will be required to serve as Color Guard. The Color Guard may work in
conjunction with, or may serve as, a flag detail or honor guard.
Upon the family's request, the Color Guard may attend the funeral of any police department
employee, sworn or non-sworn, or retired Garden Grove police officer, or any immediate family
member of a current police department employee. The Color Guard may act as honor guard during
the viewing or funeral, or act as pallbearers.
351.4 UNIFORMS AND APPEARANCE
Color Guard uniforms shall be supplied by the police department. A Class Color Guard uniform
shall be worn for any Color Guard function.
UNIFORM A:
•Dress Blue with white piping (Crown Clothing Company)
•Felt Campaign hat with adjustable leather chinstrap
•Sam Browne with shoulder strap, high-gloss Clarino finish, buckles and hardware are
silver-colored finishes
Garden Grove Police Department
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Color Guard
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Published with permission by Garden Grove Police
DepartmentColor Guard - 2•Dress Blues shall have name tag, qualification pin, service ribbon, and badge
•Military ribbons may be worn
•White gloves
•Black dress shoes (Corfam)
•Dress Blues may have rank designation of MO, Corporal or Sergeant. Years of service
may be worn in the form of hash marks (one hash mark for every five years)
Members of the Color Guard will be expected to maintain a high standard of personal appearance.
Hair will be neatly trimmed and cut behind the ears. Mustache and personal hygiene will strictly
conform to department regulations.
351.5 SELECTION PROCESS
All sworn personnel and police reserve officers are eligible to serve on the Color Guard. Personnel
desiring to serve as a member of the Color Guard must submit a memo to the Chief of Police
listing reasons why they should be selected. Applicants will demonstrate a working knowledge of
basic, manual of arms movements.
Appointment to the Color Guard detail is at the discretion of the Chief of Police and is a part-time,
temporary assignment.