Policy Text
Correctional Services P age 1 of 3 1/17 (REV 12/10)
MJ/RCCC
OPERATIONS ORDER
Operations Orders Review and Update
The purpose of this Order is to outline the poli cy and procedur es for reviewing and
updating operations orders for the Main Jail and the Rio Cosumnes Correctional
Center (RCCC).
I. General Guidelines
A. In accordance with Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations, the
operations orders will be reviewed at least quarterly.
B. The Division Commander or des ignee will assign personnel to perform the
review and update of the operations orders.
C. Staff wishing to submit proposed changes to the operations o rders outside
of the normal review process may do so by submitting an Inter-departmental Correspondence (IDC) describing the change and the
reasons for the change.
1. Proposed changes may be subm itted as draft outlines.
2. Draft outlines must be accompanied by an IDC explaining the
proposed changes.
3. An operations order t emplate is available as Appendix 12-R,
Operations Orders Template. The draft template is labeled with
the watermark label “DR AFT” across the page.
II. Routing
A. Proposed changes and updates to the operations orders will b e routed to
the Assistant Division Commander and/or the Operations Lieutenant
for the division, via the chain of command. Drafts submitted by s h i f t
personnel will be routed to the Shift Watch Commander before
submission to the Assistant Division Commander and/or the
Operations Lieutenant .
B. The Assistant Division Commander a nd/or the Operations Lieutenant
will review the changes and updat es, and will submit the drafts to the
Division Commander for review.
Correctional Services P age 2 of 3 1/17 (REV 12/10)
MJ/RCCC 1. If a proposed change is submitt ed, the facility administrati on will
notify the other custody fac ility of the proposed change.
C. When the Division Commander has completed the review of the draft, it
shall be submitted to the Sher iff’s Department Legal Affairs Bu reau.
1. The Legal Affairs Bureau will review the draft and may compl ete
changes and/or corrections or return the drafts to the Division
Commander .
2. The Division Commander or designee will make any changes or
corrections, or will assign staff to complete changes or correc tions
to the drafts.
D. The Division Commander will submit the corrected te ntative drafts to the
Chief Deputy of Correctional Services and other appropriate managers
for final review and approval.
1. The Chief Deputy of Correctional Services will have the final
authority to approve or disappr ove the proposed changes and/or
updates to the operations orders.
2. Approved changes will be resubmitted to all divisions by the
Sheriff’s Department chain of c ommand. The changes should be
communicated to all divisions to maintain lines of communicatio ns
and to maintain consistency between facilities.
3. The Division Commander or designee will present the
implemented changes to each divi sion at their next available
briefings and in IDC form including the new orders. Additional training for affected personnel may be arranged as needed.
4. Each division will maintain records which indicate the compl etion of
the review of the operations ord ers, regardless of whether chan ges
or updates are implemented. The record of review will be kept b y
the facility administration.
Appendices: Operations Order Template (12-R)
Related Orders: None
References: None
Correctional Services (REV 7/07)
MJ/RCCC Appendix 12-R
OPERATIONS ORDER
{Document Title}
[To start your template, point to the tool bar section at the t op of the screen. Right click.
Turn off the Formatting tool bar and turn on the Template tool bar. A Purpose
statement is required as the fi rst section. Sample: The purpos e of this Correctional
Services Operations Order templ ate is to standardize the format of Operations Orders.
This template should be used for the development and maintenanc e of divisional
Operations Orders. ] III. Policy Statement
[A policy statement may be used ; however it is optional. Sampl e: The select font is
Arial 12 point. No format changes are allowed. Sentence case wi ll be used to type all
information. Sections that are m arked as optional may be highl ighted and deleted. Be
sure to review and edit the NEW/ REV number in the footer as app ropriate.]
IV. Outline Format
A. [Use tab and shift and tab to change the outline level. Uppe r case
alphabet is subordinate to Roman numerals]
1. The Arabic numerals are subor dinate to upper case alphabet
a. Lower case letter are subor dinate to Arabic numerals
(1) Arabic numerals in par entheses without punctuation
(a) Lower case letter in parentheses without
punctuations
B. When you are finished typing your outline, select all text i n under one
roman numeral and click the doubl e space (=) button on the Temp late
Format Tool Bar.]
Appendices: List of attachments
Related Orders: Other General or Operations Orde rs relating to this subject
References: Penal Code, Government Code or other outside sources of
information