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319.1 Property Evidence Submission A: All property of a prisoner or evidence should be brought into custody by and officer and should be properly marked and brought to the correct storage room. This includes found, abandoned, taken away and evidence. Evidence should be properly marked. Property and evidence should be put in the property room, […]

Disposition of Weapons Unless the weapon may have been stolen, lost, brought away or just moved in general, it shouldn’t be touched. If the weapon isn’t taken from the victim, it should be left where it was found. If the weapon gets taken from the attacker or the victim, the officer that takes it needs

Witnesses If there are any witnesses to a crime, the need to stay at the scene until somebody is able to interview them from the police. They can also choose to make their statement at the police station instead of the actual scene if they want though. If the witness is under 18, they need

Police Actions Where an Offense is Involved When cops get to a scene where a mentally ill person did commit a crime, then they arrest them like any other person at first. If they still have a risk to hurt somebody else or themselves, or they already have hurt themselves, they should be brought to

Mentally Disturbed Persons Whenever there’s a call with a mentally ill person involved, a supervisor should get a call. Seeing as there’s a pretty big possibility for things to get violent, there should always be at least 2 cops that go to calls like this. They should get as much info about the person before

Explosives, Bombs, and Bomb Threats When there is a situation where a bomb has to be found in a building or area, the Fire Department gets called to deal with it, not the police. If cops have to come to the scene where the bomb might be, they should stop using their radio’s and anything

Field Testing Drug Evidence The first way that a cop can make sure that a substance is illegal or dangerous is by performing a test or by just looking at it. This way, they can make sure that a crime actually happened. The main kind of test to tell if a substance is illegal or

Public Intoxication A: it is against the law for somebody to show up somewhere in public drunk from alcohol or another kind of substance, and so much that they may hurt somebody else or themselves. B: Cops that think a person they see acting a bit weird should be fairly sure that they’re actually drunk

Bar Checks A: A bar check is when two or more cops go to a bar to make sure that everything is in order and to just give a sense of safety. Nobody but the cops there are allowed to participate in the bar check, and they’re usually pretty short and not really intensely detailed.

Failure to Return Rental Vehicles/Equipment A: If somebody who rented a car or some equipment doesn’t give it back by the time they have to, the company can file the request as it being stolen. The company will then have to fill out a Theft of Service Packet to get their stuff back.