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Hawthorne Police Department Policy MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS Our Mission The mission of the Hawthorne Police Department is to provide a safe and secure community for its citizens while at the same time promoting a high degree of professionalism and respect for human dignity. Our Vision To be a strong and effective organization through open communication, teamwork, mutual respect, and a partnership with the community, willing to pioneer innovative approaches to law enforcement. Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2020/12/16, All Rights Reserved. MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS - 2 Published with permission by Hawthorne Police Department Hawthorne Police Department Policy Table of Contents CHIEF'S PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 100 - Law Enforcement Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 101 - Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 102 - Oath of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 103 - Policy Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 201 - General Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 202 - Emergency Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 203 - Training Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 204 - Electronic Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 205 - Administrative Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 206 - Staffing Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 207 - License to Carry a Firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 208 - Retiree Concealed Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 3 - General Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 300 - Use of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 301 - Critical Incident Review Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 302 - Handcuffing and Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 303 - Control Devices and Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 304 - Conducted Energy Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 305 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 306 - Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 307 - Vehicle Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 308 - Officer Response to Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 309 - Canines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 310 - Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 311 - Search and Seizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 312 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 313 - Adult Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 314 - Discriminatory Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 315 - Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 316 - Missing Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 317 - Public Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 318 - Victim and Witness Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 319 - Hate Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 320 - Standards of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 321 - Information Technology Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2020/12/16, All Rights Reserved. Table of Contents - 3 Published with permission by Hawthorne Police Department Hawthorne Police Department Policy 322 - Report Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 323 - Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 324 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 325 - Reserve Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 326 - Outside Agency Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 327 - Registered Offender Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 328 - Major Incident Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .