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Redondo Beach Police Department
Redondo Beach PD Policy Manual
Table of Contents
VALUE STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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
104 - Law Enforcement Code of Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
201 - Administrative Directive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
202 - Stardardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) Multihazard Functional
Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
203 - Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
204 - Electronic Mail and Departmental Mailboxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
205 - Electronic Communications Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
206 - Administrative Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
207 - Staffing Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
208 - License to Carry a Firearm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
209 - Retiree Concealed Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 - General Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
300 - Use of Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
301 - Deadly Force/Critical Incident Review Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
302 - Handcuffing and Restraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
303 - Control Devices and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
304 - Conducted Energy Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
305 - Officer-Involved Shooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
306 - Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
307 - .50 BMG Sniper Rifle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
308 - Vehicle Pursuits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
309 - Officer Response to Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
310 - Canines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
311 - Domestic Violence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
312 - Search and Seizure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
313 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
314 - Senior and Disability Victimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
315 - Discriminatory Harassment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
316 - Child Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
317 - Missing Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
318 - Public Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
319 - Victim and Witness Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
320 - Hate Crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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321 - Standards of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
322 - Information Technology Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
323 - Report Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
324 - MEDIA RECORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
325 - Media Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
326 - Public Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
327 - Subpoenas and Court Appearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
328 - Reserve Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
329 - Outside Agency Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
330 - Agency Jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
331 - Registered Offender Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
332 - Unusual Occurrence Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
333 - Major Incident Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .