Policy Text
Impact Division Page 1 of 2 2/03 (REV 11/18)
OPERATIONS ORDER
Equipment and Suppli es – Impact Division
The purpose of this order is to establish procedures for govern ing the control and
issuance of supplies and equipment. I. Equipment Policy
A. The Operations Commander shall be ultimately responsible for the proper
care of permanent and temporar y equipment assigned to the divis ion.
B. Officers shall be neither careless nor wasteful of equipment and/or supplies.
C. The Division’s designated Equi pment Officer, shall be respon sible for
ordering equipment fo r the Division.
D. The Division Commander/or Oper ations Commander shall approve a l l
requests for the purchase of equipment .
E. The designated Equipment offi cer will be responsible for inv entory and
accounting of Division equipment.
II. Duties of the Equipment Officer
A. The following lists describe t he duties of the Sheriff’s Rec ords Officer I
assigned duties as the Equipment Officer.
1. The Division Equipment Office r, shall be responsible for ord ering
equipment for the Division.
2. The Equipment Officer shall also be responsible for maintain ing the
proper records for the purposes of verifying and justifying equ ipment
needs.
3. The Equipment Officer will receive the equipment ordered and insure
applicable inventory records ar e prepared and, if required, Cou nty
tags are applied.
4. The Equipment Officer shall be responsible for maintaining a list of
standard equipment to be issued to each new officer assigned to the
Division.
Impact Division Page 2 of 2 2/03 (REV 11/18) III. Procedure for ordering supplies
A. The Equipment Officer shall be responsible for ordering supp lies for each
unit.
B. The Division Secret ary will also be responsible for maintain ing the proper
records for purposes of verifyi ng and justifying supply needs.
C. The Division Secret ary will also check the supplies when rec eived and
distribute them.
D. The Division Commander or Assi stant Commander shall approve all
requests for the purchase of supplies.
IV. Special Purchase Req uests, Services and Supplies
A. The Division Budget Coordinator shall be responsible for pro cessing special
purchase requests for items not obtainable through Central Stor es or
Central Warehouse,
B. The Division Budget Coordinator shall also be responsible fo r maintaining
the proper records for purposes o f verifying and justifying req uested items.
C. The Division Commander or Assi stant Commander shall approve all
requests for special purchases, and if the cost of the requeste d item(s) will
exceed $5,000, the Chief of Investi gative Services (or in his a bsence, the
Undersheriff) shall also approve the request.
D. The Equipment Officer shall be responsible for control and s torage of these
items, and distribution.
NOTE : Personnel requesting special item(s) must first obtain appro val from their
Lieutenant and the Division Co mmander for the purchase of said item(s).
References: None
Attachments: None
Related Orders: None
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