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607.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
This procedure will provide guidelines for the service and recording of arrest warrants.
607.2 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR WARRANT RECORDS ACCESS
The criminal arrest warrant system for the State of California and the County of Orange is
automated and available on a twenty-four hour a day basis. In the event the computer system
is non-operational, each of the departments can be contacted via telephone, and the warrant
information located by a hand search.
The warrant systems queried are:
(a)National Crime Information Center (NCIC) (Wanted Persons System - WPS)
(b)California Department of Justice (DOJ) (Wanted Persons System - WPS)
(c)County of Orange Automated Warrant Service System (AWSS)
(d)California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
The Orange County Automated Warrant System (AWSS) fulfills the need of Orange County law
enforcement agencies to have access to criminal warrants 24 hours a day, and to warrants that
may be assigned to other agencies. Criminal warrants, traffic warrants, bench warrants and all
civil warrants are entered into AWSS.
The system is designed to provide enough information to determine whether a subject has a
warrant and to arrest the person solely relying on the responses from the system. To provide
maximum service efficiency, the Orange County Automated Warrant System (AWSS) interfaces
with the statewide Wanted Person System (WPS). The Central Warrant Repository (CWR) enters,
updates and cancels all Wanted Persons System (WPS) entries for all Orange County law
enforcement agencies.
All local warrants are stored at the Orange County Sheriff's warrant repository and remain there
until served, at which time they are returned to the court of issue.
607.3 WARRANT RECORDING
All warrants issued by the court are sent directly to the repository. They are then entered into the
automated system with the following information:
(a)Date received
(b)Date of issue
(c)Type of legal process
(d)Nature of document
(e)Source of document
(f)Court case docket number
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DepartmentWarrant Service Procedures - 2(g)Amount of bail
(h)If endorsed for night service
Retrieval of the warrant information is done by entry using the subject's name as it appears on the
warrant and date of birth, or by the warrant file number (WFN).
607.4 RECORDS OF ATTEMPT WARRANT SERVICE
A warrant worksheet for each active local warrant entered into the County of Orange Automated
Warrant Service System (AWSS) is delivered to the Records Specialist Warrant Specialist of
the Support Services Records Division. The warrant is verified; teletypes are run for updated
information such as addresses, date of birth, additional warrants, etc. The worksheet is then
logged and routed as follows:
(a)The department warrant files are logged and retained in the Records Division.
(b)Subjects with a felony warrant will be notified via certified mail and subjects with
misdemeanor, traffic, and GGMC warrants will be notified via regular mail through the
Warrant Specialist.
Prior to each subsequent attempt service, the warrant will be checked to confirm that it is still
active. Each attempt service will be noted on the warrant work sheet with a brief explanation of
the reasons for non-service.
607.5 RECORDS OF SERVICE
An investigator or officer serving an assigned Garden Grove warrant will complete a copy of
the Due Diligence form and return it to the Warrant Specialist. When the computerized warrant
abstract is requested from AWSS, it is automatically cleared from the system and a served teletype
notice is received by the agency assigned the warrant. The served notice teletype will be placed
with the warrant work sheet. The completed work sheet is filed with the case file.
All warrants served will require a department daily report number, an arrest face page, and M.O.
data sheet. The arrest report will contain all relevant case and service information. If it is a GGPD
warrant, the original DR number will be assigned. If the warrant is from an outside agency, a new
DR number will be issued.
607.6 WARRANT SERVICE OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF GARDEN GROVE
Arrest warrants for Garden Grove cases are issued by Orange County courts and can be served
by sworn officers from other police agencies.
If a Garden Grove Police Department investigator chooses to serve a warrant outside of the City
of Garden Grove, he must ensure that all of the notifications are met. The severity of the offense
and the criminal history of the wanted person will dictate the number of officers and equipment
required to successfully serve the warrant.
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DepartmentWarrant Service Procedures - 3607.7 EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS IN A FOREIGN JURISDICTION
The following procedures are to be followed to execute the legal process in a foreign country.
(a)It must be established to a "reasonable degree" that the person who is being sought is
or has recently been seen in a particular foreign jurisdiction, or has a history of fleeing
to such a location