PURPOSE

Society’s goals and providing an environment of peace, health and safety, are the fundamental objectives of the Helper City Police Department.

Policies and procedures are designed to provide guidance for and to impose discipline upon the Police Department members so they can respond properly, efficiently, and effectively to the fundamental objective of the Department in meeting the needs of the community.

All Police Department members are required to become familiar with the contents of the manual. An officer in the performance of his/her duties is confronted with an infinite variety of complex situations, which require police action. Policy, stated in general terms, is objective rather than situation oriented. It is, however, broad enough to encompass most situations presented to an officer.

Policies and procedures are not static but subject to revision from time to time as changing circumstances and conditions require. By following the guidelines set forth in the policies and procedures herein we will be able to fulfill our responsibilities.

These policies and procedures are designed to facilitate the internal operation and administration of the Police Department, and are not intended to replace or conflict with the personnel Policies and Procedures of the City of Helper as contained in the Helper City Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual. If any conflict if found to exist, the City’s Policy will take precedence unless determined otherwise by the Mayor of Helper City.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I – GENERAL

I/100 GENERAL PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

100.00 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

101.00 FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

101.01 PREVENTION OF CRIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

101.02 DETERRENCE OF CRIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

101.03 APPREHENSION OF OFFENDERS . . . . . . . . . 2

101.04 RECOVERY AND RETURN OF PROPERTY. . . . 2

101.05 MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

101.06 PUBLIC SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

102.00 DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

103.00 UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . 3

I/200 STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

200.00 DEPARTMENTAL STRUCTURE AND

ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

201.00 DEVINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

201.01 CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

201.02 DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

201.03 DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

201.04 UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

202.00 DEPARTMENT MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

202.01 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . 4

202.02 RANKING OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

203.00 CHAIN OF COMMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.01 COMMAND LEVEL OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.02 COMPLAINT, PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.03 DEMOTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.04 DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.05 DETAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.06 ELIGIBILITIY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.07 GRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

203.08 LINE COMMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.09 PROBATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.10 PROMOTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.11 RULES / REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.12 SENIORITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.13 SPECIAL DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.14 STAFF COMMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

203.15 SUPERIOR OFFICERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

203.16 SUPERVISORY OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

203.17 TERMINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
203.18 TOUR OF DUTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

203.19 LIGHT DUTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

203.20 TRANSFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

203.21 UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

203.22 UNSWORN EMPLOYEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

204.00 DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . 8

204.01 DIVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

204.02 SHIFTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

204.03 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

204.04 TRAFFIC AND PATROL DIVISION. . . . . . . . . 8

204.05 INVESTIGATION AND IDENTIFICATION

DIVISION. . . . 9

205.00 MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

205.01 SUPERVISORY OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

205.02 QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENT . . . . . 10

205.03 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES. . . . . . 10

205.04 POLICE OFFICERS’ POWERS

AND DUTIES . . . . . . . . 10

205.05 QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS . . . 10

205.06 UNSWORN PERSONNEL’S OBLIGATION TO

DEPARTMENT’S MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

206.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES

AND REGULATIONS. . . . 11

206.02 AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF

SUPERVISORY OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

206.03 QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS . . . . 11

I / 300 PERSONAL CONDUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

300.00 STANDARD OF CONDUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

300.01 LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE OF ETHICS . . . . 12

300.02 LOYALTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

300.03 CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER . . . 13

300.04 RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS . . 13

300.05 INTEGRITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

300.06 COURTESY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

300.07 ATTENTION TO DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

301.00 CODE OF CONDUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

301.01 PURPOSE AND SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

301.02 DUTY TO KNOW AND COMPLY . . . . . . . . . 14

301.03 PERSONAL CONDUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

301.04 OFFICERS TO ABIDE BY THE LAW . . . . . . . 15

301.05 OFFICERS TO USE DISCRETION . . . . . . . . . 15

301.06 OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

301.07 SUPPORT OF FELLOW OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . 16

301.08 CONDUCT TOWARDS OFFICERS

OF OTHER AGENCIES. . . . 17

301.09 CONDUCT TOWARD THE PUBLIC. . . . . . . . . 17

301.10 SICKNESS AND MALINGERING . . . . . . . . . . 18

301.12 SLEEPING ON-DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

301.13 READING ON-DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

301.14 LOITERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

301.15 PERSONAL APPEARANCE . . . . . . . . . . . .