Policy Text
Policy
201San Luis Obispo Police Department
San Luis Obispo PD CA Policy Manual
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DepartmentDepartmental Directive - 1Departmental Directive
201.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Special Orders establish an interdepartmental communication that may be used by the Chief
of Police to make immediate changes to policy and procedure consistent with the current
Memorandum of Understanding and as permitted by Government Code § 3500 et seq. Special
Orders will immediately modify or change and supersede sections of this manual to which they
pertain.
201.1.1 DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTIVE PROTOCOL
Departmental Directives will be incorporated into the manual as required upon approval of Staff.
Special Orders will modify existing policies or create a new policy as appropriate and will be
rescinded upon incorporation into the manual.
All existing Special Orders have now been incorporated in the updated Policy Manual as of the
below revision date.
Any Special Orders issued after publication of the manual shall be numbered consecutively
starting with the last two digits of the year, followed by the number "01" For example, 12-01 signifies
the first Special Order for the year 2012.
201.2 RESPONSIBILITIES
201.2.1 STAFF
The staff shall review and approve revisions of the Policy Manual, which will incorporate changes
originally made by a Special Order.
201.2.2 CHIEF OF POLICE
The Chief of Police shall issue all Special Orders.
201.3 ACCEPTANCE OF DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTIVES
All employees are required to read and obtain any necessary clarification of all Special Orders. All
employees are required to acknowledge in writing the receipt and review of any new Special Order.
Signed acknowledgement forms and/or e-mail receipts showing an employee's acknowledgement
will be maintained by the Training Manager.