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4.1 Liaison
4.1.1 Liaison with Criminal Justice Agencies (Revised: 5/10/23 )
A. Cooperation and Assistance
1. The goals and objectives of the Police Department cannot be achieved without the
assistance and cooperation of all criminal justice agencies.
2. Assistance and cooperation will be achieved by positive exchange with the local
juvenile and adult courts, prosecutors, parole and probation, and adult and juvenile
corrections agencies.
3. Department members may establish con tact with the other criminal justice agencies
when such contact will aid either the criminal justice agency or the Police
Department.
B. Police Department Court Schedules
The Police Department will coordinate officer work schedules with required court
appearances whenever possible. It is recognized that some scheduling conflicts will be
unavoidable, but through cooperation, communication and application of the following
guidelines, needs of both the Police Department and the Courts and be effectively met .
Whenever possible the following guidelines for court scheduling will be used:
1. Cases should not be set when an officer is on vacation leave.
2. Cases should not be set when an officer is scheduled for school and/or training
programs.
3. Cases will be set for an officer’s scheduled workday whenever possible.
4. In a situation where a court appearance [including Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) hearings] may conflict with a vacation, illness or emergency leave, the
officer is responsible to immediat ely notify his/her supervisor (Lieutenant or
Division/Unit Captain if immediate supervisor is off -duty). The supervisor or
manager will immediately notify the DMV, the District Attorney’s office or court
staff to arrange for a continuance of the case if ap propriate and possible.
5. When the prosecutor’s office receives notice that a case has been continued by the
defense, the prosecutor’s officer will notify the affected Police Department
employee via a cancellation notice sent to the Evidence and Records T echnicians .
6. If an officer appears in court on his/her off -duty time, he/she will be compensated
in accordance with the current employee Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
It is the officer’s responsibility to provide the Evidence and Records Technicians
with their most current contact information so that court cancellations received
from the prosecutor’s office can be forwarded to the officer in a timely fashion. It
is the Evidence and Records Technicians responsibility to notify officers regarding
court cancellations immediately upon their receipt.
C. The Evidence and Records Technicians will facilitate the exchange of information between
the Police Department, courts and prosecutors. Requests for additional case follow -up or
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declinations will be route d to the Investigations Unit detective for review and assignment,
when applicable.