Policy Text
KISSIMMEE POLICE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ORDER
General Order 405 – Arrest and Transport Procedures
Page 1 of 9 TITLE: ARREST AND TRANSPORT PROCEDURES 405
EFFECTIVE: 07/01/2015 REVISED: 09/11/2025 SCOPE : ALL EMPLOYEES
REVIEW AUTHORITY: PATROL DIVISION CAPTAIN
CFA STANDARDS: 2.01M, 2.02, 21.01M (A-D), 21.02M, 21.03M, 21.05M, 21.06M (A-C),
21.07M, 21.08M (A-E)
405.01 Statutory Requirements 405.07 Positional Asphyxia
405.02 Stop and Frisk 405.08 Transportation Procedures
405.03 Strip Searches 405.09 Prisoner Escape
405.04 Limit of Authority 405.10 Sick or Injured Prisoners
405.05 Alternatives to Arrest 405.11 Securing of Weapons
405.06 Use of Restraint Devices
Policy: Police officers are entrusted by law with the responsibility to enforce the law objectively
and without prejudice and are empowered with the authority to perform those acts necessary for
effective law enforcement. Police officers must perform their duties within the guidelines and
restrictions of their legally mandated authority. Police authority inc ludes powers of arrest. Because
the physical arrest of a person is a legally sanctioned deprivation of that person’s constitutionally
guaranteed freedom, physical arrests must conform to those constraints established by law and the
procedures established h erein.
405.01 Statutory Requirements: Florida Statutes mandate procedures regarding the detention,
arrest, transport and confinement of persons suspected of, or charged with, crimes. All officers
shall have a working knowledge of that statute.
No officer shall detain any person or make any arrest, which they know or should know, is not in
accordance with current law and Department procedures. No arrest shall be made except upon
probable cause to believe the suspect committed a criminal offense or upon ser vice of a valid arrest
warrant. No detention shall be made except upon a well -founded belief that the suspect has
committed, is committing, or was about to commit a crime.
405.02 Stop and Frisk: Officers should read and be familiar with the Stop and Frisk law, which
reads in part:
“Whenever any law enforcement officer of this state encounters any person under circumstances
which reasonably indicate that such person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit
a violation of the criminal laws of the state, or the criminal ordinances of any municipality, or of
any county, the officer may temporarily detain such person for the purpose of ascertaining the
KISSIMMEE POLICE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ORDER
General Order 405 – Arrest and Transport Procedures
Page 2 of 9 identity of the person temporarily detained and circumstances surrounding the person’s presence
abroad which led the officer to believe that the person had committed, or was committing, or was
about to commit a criminal offense.”; (and)
“Whenever any law enforcement officer authorized to detain temporarily any person under the
provisions of this statut e has probable cause to believe that any person whom the officer has
temporarily detained, or is about to detain temporarily, is armed with a dangerous weapon and
therefore offers a threat to the safety of the officer or any other person, the officer may s earch such
person so temporarily detained only to the extent necessary to disclose, and for the purpose of
disclosing the presence of such weapon.”
405.03 Strip Searches: [CFA 2.01M] A prisoner shall not be strip searched unless there is
probable cause to believe that the individual is concealing a weapon or controlled substance. If a
strip search is necessary, it shall be conducted by the qualified personnel of the Osceola County
Department of Corrections. For the purpose of officer safety, a strip search may be conducted by
Department officers prior to arrival at the department of corrections. Pr ior to conducting a strip
search an officer shall obtain permission from the Watch Commander. The Watch Commander
granting permission shall complete a supplemental report specifying the offense and other
pertinent information necessitating the strip search .
Each strip search shall be performed by, and witnessed by, an officer of the same gender as the
prisoner and on premises where the search cannot be observed by persons not physically
conducting or witnessing the search. A strip search shall not be cond ucted or witnessed by a
civilian employee of the Kissimmee Police Department.
Body cavity searches are prohibited. [CFA 2.01M]
405.04 Limit of Authority: Kissimmee Police Officers shall have full arrest authority within the
corporate limits of the City of Kissimmee.
Mutual Aid – The “Florida Mutual Aid Act” located within Florida Statutes, and any other current
mutual aid agreement, shall be addendum to t his Order. Department police officers shall also have
full arrest authority within the confines of those jurisdictions contained in any mutual aid
agreements within the articles of those agreements.
Fresh Pursuit – Officers may make an arrest outside the city limits of Kissimmee, if in an attempt
to arrest or detain a person within Kissimmee, the person flees across jurisdictional lines and if the
officer has probable cause to believe the suspect has committed a crime.
With the exception of fresh pursuit cases and circumstances