Members will act with integrity, impartiality, restraint, and respect. Officers will not use agency authority for personal benefit, retaliation, or harassment.

• Maintain professional conduct and preserve public trust.
• Treat all persons consistently regardless of status, affiliation, or prior contact.
• Follow city law, controlling policy, and lawful supervisory direction.

Members will follow lawful orders from an authorized supervisor. During joint operations, the designated incident commander coordinates the scene while each member remains accountable to their agency chain of command. Policy conflicts should be clarified and elevated without disrupting immediate safety operations.

Before entering service, members should have their agency-approved uniform, assigned equipment, working radio, authorized vehicle, and correct unit identifier. Members will advise dispatch of their agency, unit, and service status.

When a person involved in an enforcement contact requests a supervisor, the officer will promptly request an available supervisor through dispatch. An available supervisor must be notified and called to the scene or contact location.

• The officer will advise the requesting person that a supervisor has been requested.
• The request does not require an officer to delay immediate safety measures, necessary medical care, a lawful search or arrest, or other time-sensitive duties.
• If no supervisor is immediately available, dispatch or the officer will document the request and advise the person of the delay.

Units will acknowledge assigned calls promptly and advise dispatch of delays or changes in status. Emergency equipment may be used only when the nature of the call reasonably requires an expedited response.

1. Acknowledge the call with unit identifier.
2. Confirm location and relevant hazard information.
3. Advise when on scene and stage when appropriate.
4. Request additional units early when conditions warrant.

The first arriving unit should assess threats, provide a concise radio update, address immediate life safety, identify involved persons, and establish scene control. The first unit retains scene responsibility until relieved.

Responding units should avoid unnecessary congestion, unsafe positioning, and crossfire. Officers will communicate movement and assignments, especially during high-risk incidents.

At any robbery involving hostages, the involved criminal group may present no more than two demands in total. The number of permitted demands does not increase with the number of hostages.

• The designated negotiator will clarify and document the two selected demands.
• Any attempted third or additional demand will be declined.
• Acceptance of a demand remains subject to feasibility, scene safety, supervisory direction, and current policy.

1. Select a safe location and notify dispatch of plate, vehicle, occupancy, and location.
2. Position the patrol vehicle to provide a safety corridor.
3. Introduce yourself and state the reason for the stop.
4. Request required documents and complete appropriate database checks.
5. Explain the enforcement action, answer reasonable questions, and safely clear the stop.

Any order to exit, detention, frisk, or search must be supported by applicable law and articulable in the report. Consent should be clearly requested and may be withdrawn.

When a vehicle or occupant presents a credible high-risk threat, the primary unit should request backup, choose a position of advantage, designate one officer to issue commands, and coordinate custody one person at a time.

When practical, members should use time, distance, cover, communication, and available resources to reduce the need for force. Force must be reasonably proportional to the subject’s actions and the totality of circumstances.

• Reassess continuously and stop using force once control is achieved.
• Handcuffs are restraints, not punishment.
• Do not use force solely because a person is verbally confrontational.

Lethal force is reserved for circumstances in which an officer reasonably believes it is necessary to defend the officer or another person from an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury, based on the totality of circumstances. Warning shots and shooting solely to disable a vehicle are prohibited unless expressly authorized by policy.

An officer may draw or display an authorized firearm when the officer reasonably believes, based on specific and articulable facts, that the circumstances present—or are likely to develop into—an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person.

• A subject’s possession or threatened use of a lethal weapon, together with the apparent intent and present ability and opportunity to cause such harm, may support this decision.
• Drawing or displaying a firearm solely to compel compliance is prohibited.
• Once the threat no longer exists, the firearm should be secured as soon as reasonably practical.

Only officers who are currently certified and authorized on the agency patrol rifle may deploy an AR-platform or automatic-capable rifle. An automatic rifle may be deployed only when the officer reasonably believes the threat is also using an automatic weapon during an active or imminent deadly-force threat.

Three-to-one exception: When officers are outnumbered three to one in a lethal-force situation, a certified officer may deploy an authorized rifle even when the threat is not known to be using an automatic weapon. The numerical disadvantage must be considered with the totality of circumstances, including suspect weapons, distance, available cover, and bystander risk.

This exception authorizes deployment only. It does not by itself authorize an officer to point or discharge the rifle. Discharge is permitted only when deadly force is necessary to defend against an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.

After force is used, officers will provide or summon appropriate aid when safe, monitor the person in custody, notify a supervisor, identify witnesses, and document each material use of force before the end of shift.

Code Red is the first-priority emergency designation and will be declared when an officer reasonably believes a scene has become lethal or presents an active or imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. A Code Red takes precedence over routine and lower-priority calls until the lethal threat is contained or the designation is cleared.

Required Code Red classifications:

• A suspect engages an officer in combat with apparent lethal intent. The officer should communicate the conduct demonstrating that intent and the suspect’s present ability and opportunity to cause death or serious bodily injury.
• Criminals begin or continue a heist without a hostage present. Once confirmed, a hostage-free heist will be classified and handled as a Code Red, even if no weapon has yet been discharged.

1. Declare and identify: Broadcast “Code Red,” the unit identifier, exact location, nature of the lethal threat, suspect description and direction when known, reported weapons, known victims, and any safe approach or staging information.
2. Control the channel: Dispatch will prioritize Code Red traffic, repeat the location and threat, assign the closest appropriate units, notify an available supervisor, and request fire or medical staging when needed. Non-involved units will hold non-emergency radio traffic.
3. Coordinate the response: Responding officers will use available cover, communicate their approach, avoid crossfire and unnecessary congestion, contain the threat, move civilians from immediate danger when practical, and follow supervisor or incident-command assignments.
4. Reassess and transition: Once the lethal threat ends, officers will stop any force that is no longer necessary, transition to containment, custody, or medical aid as circumstances require, and advise dispatch. A supervisor or dispatch will clear the Code Red and restore normal radio traffic.

A pursuit may be initiated when the need to immediately apprehend the suspect outweighs the danger created by the pursuit. The initiating unit must promptly broadcast:

• Unit identifier, location, direction, speed, and traffic conditions.
• Vehicle description, plate if known, occupants, and reason for pursuit.
• Known hazards and requested resources.

The primary unit maintains visual contact and provides updates. The secondary unit assists with radio traffic and tactical awareness. Every pursuing officer will maintain at least two vehicle lengths of spacing from the vehicle directly ahead. Greater spacing should be used when speed, traffic, visibility, roadway, or weather conditions require it.

• No more than four law-enforcement vehicles may be actively attached to a pursuit under ordinary circumstances.
• Units beyond the four-vehicle limit will disengage from the immediate pursuit and remain available for staging, containment, traffic control, or supervisor-directed assignments.
• When a pickup vehicle is involved in the pursuit, the four-vehicle cap is suspended and all available officers may attach, while continuing to maintain safe spacing and radio discipline.

PIT eligibility depends on whether free passage was part of the incident that led to the vehicle pursuit.

• If the suspects did not request free passage, an authorized officer may perform a PIT maneuver as soon as the pursuit begins and a safe opportunity exists.
• If the suspects requested and received free passage, dispatch or the primary unit will start and announce a five-minute PIT timer when the vehicle pursuit begins. A PIT maneuver may not be performed until the timer expires.
• The timer and its expiration should be broadcast so all attached units are operating from the same time.

• Within city limits, a PIT maneuver may be performed only while the suspect vehicle is traveling below 100 MPH.
• On a highway, there is no maximum-speed restriction for a PIT maneuver; the officer must still select a reasonable contact point and account for traffic, road conditions, nearby persons, and available space.
• A PIT maneuver is a deliberate, controlled technique and is not the same as ramming. Deliberately striking, pushing, or repeatedly contacting a vehicle outside the controlled PIT technique will not be described or treated as a PIT maneuver.
• Officers must preserve safe spacing and avoid preventable contact with the suspect vehicle or another pursuing unit.

If a patrol vehicle breaks down or loses a tire during a pursuit, the officer may not repair the vehicle while remaining attached to the pursuit. Stopping to repair places that unit out of the active pursuit.

• An out-of-pursuit unit may travel on a parallel route but will not insert itself into the active pursuit line or interfere with attached units.
• If additional interference vehicles emerge and become involved with the active pursuit, a unit that was previously declared out may reattach.
• A reattaching unit will announce its status and assignment over the radio, maintain required spacing, and coordinate with the primary unit or supervisor.

Members should discontinue when the risk becomes unreasonable, the suspect is identified and later apprehension is practical, communications fail, or a supervisor orders termination. Roadblocks, spike strips, and other interventions require authorization under current pursuit policy.

During a foot pursuit, officers will give a fleeing suspect a reasonable opportunity to create distance and comply before deploying a Taser or attempting to place the suspect in handcuffs. Unless an immediate threat requires earlier action, officers should generally wait approximately one to two minutes before attempting to tase the suspect.

• Give three loud, clear warnings that the suspect will be tased if they do not comply, with approximately 20 seconds between each warning.
• Continue to identify lawful commands and allow a reasonable opportunity to surrender between warnings.
• When two or more officers are involved in a foot pursuit, officers must actively communicate their locations, observations, intended actions, and assigned roles.
• Officers may designate one officer for non-lethal response and another for lethal cover when preparing for weapons or other unknown threats. The role assignment must be announced and acknowledged.
• Immediately before attempting to place a suspect in handcuffs, the approaching officer must loudly announce, “Going for cuffs!” so other officers understand the intended action.

Officers must have the level of cause required by law. Inform the person they are under arrest, state the basis when practical, apply and double-lock restraints safely, and conduct an appropriate custodial search.

Officers should provide the agency-approved Miranda rights advisement to suspects when appropriate. The advisement is not required solely because a person has been stopped, detained, or arrested; unless a recognized legal exception applies, it must be given before custodial interrogation.

• If a person is in custody and has not been advised, officers will not ask questions reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response.
• Answers obtained through unwarned custodial interrogation may be suppressed or ruled inadmissible in court.
• Voluntary or spontaneous statements not prompted by interrogation may be documented, subject to controlling law.
• A person who invokes counsel or the right to silence will not be questioned further except as permitted by law and policy.

Search the rear seat before and after transport. Seat and secure detainees appropriately, request medical clearance when needed, inventory property, select supported charges, and ensure sentence and fine calculations comply with the current penal code.

If a suspect is agitated, disruptive, or otherwise behaving in a manner that makes the officer uncomfortable, or if the officer does not believe they can safely and effectively handle or process the suspect, the officer should request a supervisor.

• Maintain control of the suspect and use appropriate de-escalation while awaiting assistance.
• Advise dispatch of the suspect’s behavior and whether additional units or medical personnel are needed.
• When available, the responding supervisor should oversee or assume the processing of the suspect and determine any additional resources required.

An officer may grant a reasonable reduction in jail time, fines, or both based on a suspect’s behavior before and during processing. Relevant conduct may include cooperation, compliance with lawful directions, truthful communication, de-escalation, acceptance of responsibility, and the absence of disruptive or threatening behavior.

• Any reduction must be reasonable, applied consistently, and supported by the totality of the circumstances.
• The final charges, standard sentence and fine, reduction granted, and reason for the reduction should be documented in the arrest or processing record.
• A reduction is discretionary and is not owed to a suspect solely because the suspect requests one.

A suspect may not receive time-served credit for any additional time caused by the suspect delaying, obstructing, disrupting, or otherwise extending the processing stage. Officers should document the qualifying cell-hold period and any excluded delay.

Evidence will be collected lawfully, described accurately, and submitted to the approved evidence system without unnecessary delay. Maintain a clear chain of custody and avoid combining property from separate persons or incidents.

Reports should be factual, chronological, and specific. Separate direct observations from witness statements and conclusions. Identify the legal basis for stops, searches, seizures, arrests, and force.

Agency records and shared investigative information are restricted to authorized official use. Disseminate information across departments only for a legitimate operational purpose and only to personnel with a need to know.

Keep transmissions brief, clear, and operationally relevant. Listen before transmitting, use the assigned unit identifier, and yield the channel to emergency traffic. Plain language is preferred when clarity matters.

Authority: San Andreas adopted common reference set. The FEMA NIMS plain-language notice explains why clear text is required when agencies with differing codes operate together.

Every search must be supported by a warrant, valid consent, a recognized warrant exception, or another lawful basis. Officers will limit the search to the places and items permitted by that authority and articulate the basis in the report.

• A frisk is limited to a protective search for weapons when supported by reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous.
• A search incident to arrest, vehicle search, inventory, probation search, or protective sweep must remain within the scope permitted by controlling law and policy.
• When the authority or scope is uncertain and no emergency exists, secure the scene and consult a supervisor.

Consent must be voluntary and obtained from a person with actual or reasonably apparent authority. Officers should clearly request permission, identify the object or area to be searched, and document the response.

Before executing a warrant, confirm the address, persons or property described, authorized scope, and any time or service restrictions. Brief participating units, identify a supervisor, and use reasonable measures to protect occupants and preserve evidence.

Warrantless entry or search based on exigent circumstances must be limited to the emergency that makes delay unreasonable, such as an immediate threat to life, active escape, or imminent destruction of evidence. Once the emergency ends, obtain a warrant before expanding the search.

When officers confirm that a suspect has an active arrest warrant, entry authority depends on the suspect’s relationship to the property:

• Officers may enter a dwelling in which the wanted suspect lives when they have reason to believe the suspect is inside. When feasible, officers will announce their presence and purpose and demand admittance before forcing entry.
• An arrest warrant for a suspect does not, by itself, authorize entry into or a search of a third party’s home when the suspect is merely visiting. Officers must obtain valid consent or a search warrant unless emergency aid or another recognized exigent circumstance permits immediate entry.
• The property owner may be informed that the suspect is wanted. Officers do not need to display a physical copy of the arrest warrant to the property owner, and the arrest remains lawful when the officer does not physically possess the warrant. If the arrested person requests to see it, the warrant will be shown to that person as soon as practicable.
• Once officers have lawfully entered to execute the arrest warrant, an owner’s demand that they leave does not revoke that lawful authority. Officers may remain long enough to locate and apprehend the suspect and may use objectively reasonable means necessary to overcome resistance or prevent escape.

When officers seek to search private property for evidence, they should request consent from a person with authority over the property. If consent is denied or withdrawn, officers will not search unless they obtain a search warrant or another recognized warrant exception independently applies.

• Denial of consent does not create probable cause or independent search authority.
• When probable cause exists, officers may secure the scene while seeking a search warrant to the extent permitted by controlling law and policy.
• A search warrant authorizes only the places, persons, and items described in the warrant. Officers will not use an arrest entry or emergency-aid entry as a pretext for a broader evidentiary search.

Inventory searches are administrative safeguards and will not be used as a pretext for investigation. Protect property from loss, record items accurately, photograph significant damage or unusual conditions, and provide required receipts or notices.

When issued and operational, body-worn and vehicle recording systems should be activated before enforcement action or as soon as safely practical. Record calls for service, investigative detentions, searches, arrests, pursuits, uses of force, prisoner transport, and other contacts likely to become evidentiary or subject to complaint.

Provide notice of recording when required by law or policy and when doing so will not compromise safety or an investigation. Do not record in places where no official purpose exists, including restrooms, locker rooms, or confidential personnel conversations. Follow current rules for victims, medical settings, privileged communications, and undercover activity.

Recording will continue until the enforcement contact has ended or a permitted reason for deactivation applies. State the reason on camera when practical. Upload and categorize recordings before the end of shift, preserve evidentiary media, and never alter, delete, copy, or distribute recordings except for an authorized purpose.

When practical, slow the encounter, reduce stimulation, use distance and cover, designate one communicator, and request crisis-trained or medical resources. Give simple instructions, allow reasonable time to respond, and distinguish a disability or crisis symptom from intentional resistance.

Use age-appropriate language and account for the juvenile’s maturity, disability, and ability to understand. Notify a parent, guardian, or approved responsible adult when required; keep juveniles separated from adult detainees; and use the least restrictive lawful custody option consistent with safety.

Questioning, waiver, transport, and release must follow current juvenile law and policy. Document all required notifications and the identity of the receiving adult or facility.

Separate involved persons, assess immediate danger and injuries, identify the predominant aggressor when required, check for protective orders and weapons, photograph relevant evidence, and provide victim-resource information. Enforcement decisions will be based on law and evidence rather than a victim’s willingness to participate.

Accept reports without unnecessary delay. Immediately assess age, disability, medical need, suspicious circumstances, access to vehicles or weapons, and risk of exploitation or self-harm. Enter required alerts, notify a supervisor of high-risk cases, coordinate search resources, and maintain contact with the reporting party.

Members will courteously accept complaints about agency service or employee conduct regardless of the complainant’s identity, location, immigration status, or chosen method of communication. Do not discourage, retaliate against, or require a complainant to prove the allegation before it is documented and forwarded.

A member who observes another member using clearly unreasonable force or engaging in serious misconduct will intervene when safe and practical, request appropriate assistance, provide aid, and promptly report the conduct through the chain of command. Retaliation for good-faith intervention or reporting is prohibited.

Enforcement decisions will be based on behavior, reliable information, lawful objectives, and articulable facts—not protected characteristics, personal bias, or stereotypes. Members will provide reasonable language or disability access when practical and document the objective basis for discretionary enforcement.

Members will cooperate truthfully with authorized administrative investigations, preserve requested records, and comply with confidentiality instructions. Investigators will document evidence, conflicts, findings, and required corrective action while maintaining appropriate separation from any criminal investigation.

After an officer-involved shooting, death in custody, or other designated critical incident, address continuing threats, summon medical aid, notify dispatch and a supervisor, protect the scene, identify involved members and witnesses, and avoid unnecessary discussion of the event.

Establish a scene log, restrict access, preserve weapons and recording systems as directed, and prevent evidence from being moved except for safety or medical necessity. Separate involved members when practical, assign a support officer, and obtain only the immediate public-safety information needed to address threats or locate evidence.

Criminal, administrative, and training reviews will remain appropriately separated. The after-action review should identify policy, communication, equipment, supervision, and training lessons without altering the evidence or findings of another investigation.

Provide involved members access to peer support, confidential wellness resources, and required medical or psychological services. Administrative leave or reassignment is non-disciplinary. Return to duty will follow agency review, required clearances, and any remedial training.

Members will operate a vehicle approved for their department, duty assignment, rank, and current qualifications. Standard patrol vehicles will use the approved livery, lighting package, equipment placement, and identifying markings established by department command.

• Do not alter liveries, lighting, wheels, window tint, equipment, or other visible configurations without authorization.
• Use a consistent vehicle configuration when assigned to uniformed patrol.
• Select a vehicle appropriate to the assigned duty and operating environment.

Slick-top patrol vehicles are restricted to members holding a field-supervisor rank or higher, and to specialized units when specifically authorized by department command. Unmarked vehicles are limited to approved investigative, command, traffic-enforcement, or special-operation assignments.

Department command may restrict performance packages, specialty vehicles, equipment packages, and other vehicle configurations by rank, assignment, or certification. Members will not operate or modify a restricted configuration unless they meet every applicable authorization requirement.

• Specialized configurations may be used only for their approved operational purpose.
• A member will return to a standard patrol configuration when the specialized assignment ends.
• Supervisors will correct unauthorized vehicle use and document repeated or deliberate violations.

Before entering service, members will inspect the assigned vehicle for damage, required equipment, emergency-light and siren operation, and general roadworthiness. Newly discovered damage or missing equipment will be reported to a supervisor before use when practical.

Members are responsible for leaving the vehicle fueled, orderly, and ready for the next assignment. Collisions, damage, equipment loss, and mechanical concerns will be reported promptly.

A field supervisor may direct a temporary departure from these guidelines when reasonably necessary for an emergency, staffing need, training event, specialized operation, or fleet shortage. Department command retains authority to designate approved vehicles and revise rank, assignment, and configuration restrictions.