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Policy 517Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Transportation of Incarcerated Persons Outside the Secure Facility - 1Transportation of Incarcerated Persons Outside the Secure Facility 517.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines for the transportation of incarcerated persons outside this facility and to ensure that the staff assigned to transportation duties is qualified and adequately trained. 517.2 POLICY It is the policy of the Santa Ana Police Department to provide safe, secure, and humane transportation for all incarcerated persons and other persons as required by law. 517.3 PROCEDURES Only staff members who have completed department-approved training on incarcerated person transportation should be assigned incarcerated person transportation duty. All staff members who operate transportation vehicles shall hold a valid license for the type of vehicle being operated. Any member who transports an incarcerated person outside the secure confines of this facility is responsible for: (a)Obtaining all necessary paperwork for the incarcerated person being transported (e.g., medical/dental records, medications, commitment documents). (b)Transportation officers are expected to be aware of the following factors: 1.Type of restraints to be used on the incarcerated persons being transported. 2.The routes, including alternate routes, to be taken during the transportation assignment. Routes should be selected with security for the community in mind. 3.Emergency response procedures in the event of a collision, the breakdown of a transportation vehicle, or some other unforeseen event. 4.Site verification, unloading and reloading instructions, and parking rules at the destination. (c)Ensuring that all incarcerated persons are thoroughly searched and appropriate restraints are properly applied. 1.Incarcerated persons who are known to be pregnant will not be handcuffed behind their backs or placed in waist restraints while being transported (see the Use of Restraints Policy). 2.Incarcerated persons who are transported to a hospital for the purpose of childbirth shall be transported in the least restrictive way possible and in accordance with Penal Code § 3407. The incarcerated person shall not be shackled to anyone else during transport (see the Use of Restraints Policy) (Penal Code § 4023.8(l)). Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Transportation of Incarcerated Persons Outside the Secure Facility Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Transportation of Incarcerated Persons Outside the Secure Facility - 2(d)Ensuring that all vehicle security devices (e.g., window bars, inside cages, door locks) are in good repair and are operational. (e)Thoroughly searching the transporting vehicle for contraband before any incarcerated person is placed inside, and again after removing the person from the transporting vehicle. 517.3.1 TRANSPORTATION LOGS Incarcerated person transportation logs shall be developed by the Jail Administrator or the authorized designee and used to log all incarcerated person transportation. The logs shall include: •Name and identification number of the incarcerated person. •Date and start/stop time of the transport. •Location where the incarcerated person was transported. •Name and identification number of the transporting correctional officer. •Circumstances of any unusual events associated with the transportation. The logs shall be retained by the facility in accordance with established records retention schedules. 517.4 TRAINING The Training Supervisor shall ensure that all employees charged with incarcerated person transportation duties receive training appropriate for the assignment. Documentation of all training presented shall be retained in the employee's training file in accordance with established records retention schedules.