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Signal Hill PD Policy Manual
MISSION STATEMENT
Committed to Excellence in Service
WE THE MEMBERS OF THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DEVOTED TO
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL BY:
• Providing a proactive and professional level of police service
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Treating all persons with fairness, respect and dignity
• Strengthening our partnership with the community
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Table of Contents
CHIEF'S PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mission Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement Role and Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
100 - Law Enforcement Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
101 - Chief Executive Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
102 - Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
103 - Policy Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
104 - Law Enforcement Code of Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 - Organization and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
200 - Organizational Structure and Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
201 - VENDOR DEBARRMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
202 - General Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
203 - Emergency Management Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
204 - Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
205 - Electronic Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
206 - Administrative Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
207 - Staffing Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
208 - License to Carry a Firearm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
209 - Retiree Concealed Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
210 - Police Department Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 3 - General Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
300 - Use of Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
301 - Deadly Force Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
302 - Nasal Naloxone Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
303 - Handcuffing and Restraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
304 - Control Devices and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
305 - Conducted Energy Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
306 - Officer-Involved Shootings and Deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
307 - Firearms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
309 - Foot Pursuits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
310 - Officer Response to Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
311 - Terrorism Liaison Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
312 - Domestic Violence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
313 - Search and Seizure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
314 - Temporary Custody of Juveniles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
315 - Senior and Disability Victimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
316 - Discriminatory Harassment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
317 - Child Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
318 - Missing Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
319 - Public Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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320 - Victim and Witness Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
321 - Hate Crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
322 - Standards of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
323 - Information Technology Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
324 - Report Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
325 - Media Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
326 - Nixle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .