Official Policy Directive 01- Policy Directives:
This post will outline what policy directives are, their purpose, why they are important, and the format in which they will be posted.
A policy directive is a statement that initiates/governs actions, conduct or procedures for the department.
The OPD?s (Official Policy Directives) are designed to communicate across the department of updated/added policies regarding specific subject to all members of the police department. When an OPD is issued it?s an official departmental policy status and specific information on the subject will be void from any previous dated policy document(s).
The only members of the department who are authorized to issue OPD?s would be Command Staff members, when approved by the Chief of police, or another designated representative. Each OPD will be labeled with a number starting with 01, and will go up in chronological with the date issued, and the Command Staff who approved the OPD, as well as the Command Staff who amended the OPD will be posted at the bottom of the page. The OPD will then be posted the Law Enforcement Sub-Forum under the Grand Theft Auto Forum, and will be stickied. After the OPD is posted on the forums, a notification will be sent on discord providing the link to the newly posted OPD.
If the OPD is altered or amended, the document will then reflect the date in which the alteration or amend was made, and another discord notification will be sent out.
Official Policy Directive 03- Vehicle Structures:
The LSCPD (Los Santos County Police Department) will be purchasing all current year model vehicles. They will be purchased from the factory, and we will be keeping the vehicles the same color that we purchased them from the factory in. All previous model vehicles can still be used, with the LSCPD gray paint, and they will be not be eligible for resprays.
Patrol Division Vehicle Fleet Availability:
Recruit/Officer(Field Training): CVPI (Marked Livery Only)
Officer: CVPI, CVPI Slicktop, Charger 2 (Non-Slicktop), Caprice, Explorer, Tahoe, Tahoe Slicktop(North Zone Patrol)
Corporal: CVPI, CVPI Slicktop, Charger 2 (Non-Slicktop), Caprice, Caprice Slicktop, Explorer, Tahoe, Tahoe Slicktop(North Zone Patrol) Marked Livery and Ghost Livery
Sergeant: Any Marked Livery, Any Ghost Livery
Lieutenant: Any Unmarked, Marked, GHost variant of vehicles listed above
Permitted Vehicle Respray Colors; The following colors are allowed to be used for resprays on all current year model vehicles for those at the rank of Officer and above.
White, Silver, and Deep Black
The following vehicles, although they are not current model vehicles, will be excluded from the option of receiving a respray: The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Chevrolet Caprice and the Chevrolet Silverado.
All vehicles that are not listed here, but view available for vehicles at the police department, are exclusive to administration are for unit/division specific operations.
Turbo should not be installed or equipped on any department vehicles.
Official Policy Directive 04- Rank Structure & Responsibilities:
Ranking Structure: This would also be referred to as the chain of command. Following your chain of command is very important. As an officer you wouldn?t instantly go to your chief of police regarding an issue you have, you would go to your corporal or sergeant in an attempt to address the issue first. Failure to follow your chain of command could result in a reprimand.
Chief of Police
Assistant Chief of Police
Commander (Vacant Position)
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corporal
Officer
Official Policy Directive 05- Badge Numbers & Identifiers:
The department has issued badge numbers to all officers. The officer's badge number will remain with them throughout their time in the department from probationary to separation from the department. The badge number increase chronologically based on join date as of August 30, 2019. When a recruit graduates from the police academy, they will be given a badge number and the ?probationary officer? status. Once the officer leaves the department, their badge number will then be retired and will not be used again.
Badge numbers are not the same as identifiers. Identifiers are letters that are used to identify the unit?s assignment, and is said before or after the badge number. All badge numbers that don?t have the identifier attached are patrol units. Any number changers are limited and exclusive to the ?CAR? identifier, and they only use a set scale of numbers 1-10. If the member of the department is no longer a member of the command staff or an ambassador, they will then return to using their assigned badge number.
The system was created to be simple, and to ensure that the identifiers and badge numbers being used are easily pronounced during emergency situations to avoid radio traffic being clogged, and in an attempt to eliminate any confusion when pronouncing the identifiers. Below includes a unit identifier key.
Unit Identifier Key:
Air-#: Air Support Unit
Car-#: Command Staff and Ambassadors
##-D [David]: SWAT Unit
##-F [Frank]: Probationary Officer or Training
##-K [King]: Canine Team
##-N [Nora]: Detective
##-U [Union]: Plain Clothed Officer No Badge/Markings [Special Assignment Only]
Official Policy Directive 06- In-Game Radio Use:
Team,
Our Patrol Radio (Teamspeak) is what the LSCPD uses for radio communication. Anything that is said in Teamspeak/?over the radio? needs to also be said in game at the same time.
Also, everyone should avoid holding side conversations, or conversations that are off topic in the teamspeak patrol channels. These channels are used primarily for radio use. If you would like to have an off topic conversation, meet up in game, and have the conversation there. It?s not to be held in the radio channels.
There?s been two FTO (Field Training Officer) rooms created in teamspeak, for the ?In Car FTO? communication to occur between the Field Training Officer and the officer in training much easier.
Official Policy Directive 07- Restraints:
The department has received in a shipment of handcuffs that allow citizens to be more comfortable and freely, without compromising the safety of the officers and civilians around them. The equipment has been distributed to every officer within the department, and will be used along with the handcuffs previously used within the department. In the past, the subjects weren?t able to walk around or look around in the previous handcuffs, but with the new handcuffs this has been made possible.
The officer will be now required, in good faith, to use the new equipment. The old equipment should only be used in the case of uncooperative subjects, or if they are posing an immediate threat to themselves, the officers, or the public. Or if they are being non compliant (for example if the officer asks them to stop walking around and they continue to walk around). Both restraint devices can be used in conjunction with each other, and the officer isn?t required to remove one before applying the other.
You are still able to escort and place the subject in the back of a vehicle with the previous restraint devices, but you cannot with the new device. So if you have the new restraints on the subject, you must apply the old restraint device in order to escort them and put them in the back of your vehicle if deemed necessary. If you believe they can put themselves in your car, and they?re not at risk to attempt to escape, then use your discretion.
Officers should not be putting people in the restrictive restraints unless they are a risk to themselves or to the officers or citizens around, or are posing a risk of resistance or escape. Some of these examples would be/but not limited to:
Active Assault
Active Shooter
Refusing Orders To Remain In Place
Actively Evading Via Vehicle Or On Foot
As of the release of this OPD officers are no longer allowed to run with or while escorting a restrained subject.
Official Policy Directive 08- Use of Force Continuum:
Level 1: Level one would just be officer presence. In this case, no force is used. This is the best, and the most ideal way to resolve a situation and is the policy goal of the LSCPD. In this level, the presence of the police officer alone is enough to deter the crime and or defuse the situation. The officers? attitude during this level are generally calm, professional, and non-threatening.
Level 2: Level two is verbalization, but still no force is used. Officers will be issuing non-threatening and calm commands to the subjects during this level. Such as let me see your registration. An increase of volume in voice may be needed here for commands such as ?stop? or ?don?t move?
Level 3: Level three will be when you use yourself/bodily force in order to take control of a situation, also known as using empty hand control/take downs. Officers would be using grabs/or tackles in order to immobilize or control the subjects movements.
Level 4: Level four will be using less than lethal methods in order to gain control of a situation. Blunt impact can be used in level four, in which an officer would use a baton or projectile in order to immobilize a combative person. Incapacitating strikes can also be used, in which an officer would use punches and kicks in order to restrain an individual.
Level 5: Level 5 is going to be the use of lethal weapons in order to gain control of a situation. This should only be used if the subject is a serious threat to the officers or another individual. Officers would use deadly weapons in this situation to stop the individuals actions.
Whenever a subject appears to be or claims to be injured as a result of force by an LSCPD officer a LSCPD supervisor or OIC (officer in charge), and EMS (emergency medical services) must immediately be requested to in the scene when it?s feasible and safe to do so.
IAD (Internal Affairs Detectives) must be required to conduct an investigation on all level 5 use of force situations when an IAD is on duty.
Official Policy Directive 09- Fines:
Effective immediately, fines now must be issued at the time of the arrest. Multiple charges may be assessed and stacked against the individual, but it?s the goal of the department to be just and fair with the actions that we take, so keep that in mind. An officer may only assess the highest valued fine with the highest valued charge that they are receiving, except in extenuating circumstances. (i.e. the individual used a lot of man-power in order to apprehend them). These extenuating circumstances are up for interpretation by the highest ranked LSCPD Supervisor or Command Staff member on duty, and is only discretionary upon the stated circumstantial basis.
Official Policy Directive 010- OCC Communication:
County Patrol- both north and south will adhere to the patrol zones sit in place. If you?re patrolling in the north you should be in the north patrolling channel, same is expected in the south zone.
Limited discussions should be happening in the patrol channels. All officers should be aware of what?s occurring, and in order to do that it?s important to keep the ooc and off topic discussions to a minimum. If someone says there?s too much discussion going on, and that it?s overwhelming, all units should respect it, and drop the extra conversations.
During a situation that requires more attention, ?Clear Coms? may be called over the radio or teamspeak to immediately end all local conversation to focus on the situation at hand.
During a signal 100 (priority traffic) there will be no local discussion only radio traffic communication (pursuits, officers down etc.)
A County Fire-State wide channel has been added in the event that the LSFD (Los Santos Fire Department) would like to follow suit as well.
OOC note- Any communications that are made over teamspeak (local or radio) must also be said in game. Failure to adhere to this will result in admin action as well as action within the department.
Official Policy Directive 011- Officer Involved Crashes:
As an effort to push the importance of officers being safe and disciplined drivers, from this point forward, when an officer is involved in a crash they must remain on scene and request an available supervisor to come inspect the damage of their vehicle before continuing patrolling. If there is significant damage to the vehicle, they will be required to drive another vehicle for the next 24 hours within their assigned structure. The supervisor will take note of the crash and put it on the public roster with the time and date to make the other supervisors aware of the incident. Even if there?s no supervisors on duty, officers are still expected to follow this procedure.
Official Policy Directive 012- Patrol Zones
The Patrol Areas will now be split into 2 seperate zones:
North Zone: North Zone will be responsible for all the area North of East-West Marlow Drive. They must be in the North Zone Teamspeak RTO Channel while patrolling in North Zone.
South Zone: South Zone will be responsible for all the area South of East-West Marlow Drive. They must be in the South Zone Teamspeak RTO Channel while patrolling in South Zone.
Each unit should check in with the Supervisor on duty, on where you are needed at that time, or where the largest amount of need is, so they can best place their staff in the appropriate areas. Each supervisor will supervise one zone and be responsible for all calls in that zone, if there?s only one supervisor on then they will be responsible for the entire patrol/both zones.
Official Policy Directive 013- Patrol Area Restrictions:
Effective immediately, all area restrictions have been voided, and officers are now able to patrol high crime and narcotic areas. However, it?s important to remember that officers can?t act on pure suspicion alone, so they need to act with diligence. Officers should be prepared to meet any form of violence, as it is known that frequent offenders will take any means necessary in order to combat law enforcement. Officers should not approach a known narcotic area without at least two backup officers, unless in cases of perceived immediate danger to the area or the life of others, or if there?s no other officers able to assist.
Official Policy Directive 014- Marked Bills:
Marked bills are expected to be instantly transferred to your immediate supervisor after cash seizures. This is the standard practice, even though there?s been no previous policy put in place. You shouldn?t be walking around with thousands of dollars of dirty cash on you, unless there?s no supervisor available to transfer it to. If that?s the case, you should get it to a supervisor as soon as there is one available.
Official Policy Directive 015- Steam Name
All officers are required to have their badge number in their steam name while on patrol. THe unit identifier must be excluded from the steam name, as it has the possibility to change. The difference between identifiers and badge numbers are explained more in depth in OPD 5. This excludes those officers involved in CID, or any assignment pertaining to CID.
Required Format: =(e)= Polo | 54
The example above displays the officers edge gamers rank, then their forum name, a vertical bar, and then the officer?s badge number without the identifier.
Official Policy Directive 016- Supportive Units and Certifications:
Supportive Units- These are standalone divisions, units, and teams within the Los Santos County Police department that are designed to support the patrol division.
Certifications- This is the title given to the skill trainings that are used for officers to gain expertise in a certain area of the department and to operate gear and vehicles allotted for the assignment (ie- air one, swat, k9 etc.) Certifications then allow the officers to use the skills they learned in an official form on behalf of the LSCPD based on their training.
Prerequisites:
Must be a full officer for a minimum of 3 weeks
You must have met the monthly hour/activity requirement
You are not allowed to have any disciplinary actions or reprimands within the past 30 days.
You must currently not be involved in an open Internal Affairs investigation.
All transfer and training requests need to be submitted to the Commander and or supervisor when a position becomes available. All requests need to be written into a letter of interest, and that is the only way the requests will be evaluated and processed, if a letter of interest is submitted when there?s no positions available it will be nulled. When a position becomes available the Commander is required to announce the opening department wide. Letters of interest will not be considered until the hiring process is closed, and only one letter of interest/transfer letter is to be submitted per month per employee. The only exception would be at the discretion of the Training Division Command staff.
Official Policy Directive 017- Response Protocol
Police officers should operate their vehicles in accordance to the state vehicle laws, and department policy at all times.
When officers decide whether to continue driving or to initiate patrol when under emergency conditions, officers shall drive keeping in mind the safety of all persons.
Consideration must be given to:
Urgency of the situation at hand
The weather and roadway conditions
The amount of traffic, and how fast the traffic is going.
The officers ability to control the vehicle at the speed driven
The condition in which the vehicle is in.
When the call has come in, the officer shall then determine the appropriate response actions based on the severity of the call.
It is important that when deemed necessary officers respond to emergency situations with their lights and sirens, although there may be certain situations where that is not needed or required.
Using lights and sirens are highly recommended in the following situations:
When operating within or at an intersection
When traveling above 30 miles per hour above the speed limit.
Using lights and sirens may not be needed in the following situations:
When officer safety could be compromised by the subjects being aware the cops are near based on being able to hear the sirens and see the lights.
When they may trigger panic that could result in violence toward the public, or in a hostage situation that could cause danger to the hostage at hand.
In a situation in which lights and sirens are not being used, the officer needs to be aware that the public will not be aware that they are coming, and if it?s dark it may be difficult to see the emergency vehicle coming. (ie making sure you?re driving safely through intersections, stopping and looking etc.)
Officers are able to exceed the speed limit if the traffic conditions permit it and they aren?t causing an unreasonable danger to the public.
Officers are not allowed to pass to the right of a vehicle during an emergency response, unless it is necessary or if passing on the right isn?t practical.
If it is deemed necessary the officer needs to prepare for the possibility of a vehicle moving quickly to the right.
Response Codes:
Code 1: Non emergency, should be obeying traffic laws and routine response (emergency lights and sirens wouldn?t be used here). You would also be responding code one if there?s no threat of injury or if an officer is requesting backup, or you?re responding to backup an officer on a traffic stop.
Code 2: Code 2 is going to be an urgent response, and you?re going to use lights or siren as needed. You can have your lights on, and use your sirens in order to clear traffic and get through intersections safely. You would respond code 2 when an officer is requesting immediate assistance, if there?s a potential of emergency (if it becomes an immediate threat you would then go code three), or if it?s an in-progress call. If an officer called over the radio asked their backup to speed up, this is another scenario where you would go code two.
Code 3: Code 3 is the highest priority call. Code 3 calls you?re going to respond with lights and sirens on. This could be an officer emergency (officer down or panic button), an immediate threat to life (civilian or officer), or a crash with injury.
Official Policy Directive 018- Standardized Radio Communication
Radio Transmissions:
All radio communication needs to be clear and concise. And it?s important to make sure you?re providing relevant information in an effective manner.
Standard LAPD or NATO phonetics are considered acceptable. (this will be used mostly when reading off license plates). You should stick with one set of phonetics, not switch back and forth between the two.
To standardize radio traffic the use of plain talk and 10-Codes are encouraged, and are outlined below. It must follow standard make up as outlined below.
When Dispatch is Inactive:
In the event that dispatch is inactive, all radio transmissions are going through the Shift Supervisor or the Watch Commander on shift. All communications should follow the structure outlined below.
Calls for Inservice/Out of Service
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) In service/10-8 or Unit # Out of Service 10-7
Example: 110-F is 10/8 or 110-F is 10-7
Supervisor: Copy in Service/Out of Service, Timestamp (ET)
Example: Copy in Service 11:27pm
Calls for Self-Initiated
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) (Current Location w/ Cross- San Andreas Avenue @ Elgin Avenue) Call Description.
Shift Supervisor: Copy (Working Location w/ Cross- San Andreas Avenue @ Elgin Avenue), Timestamp (ET)
Calls for Traffic
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) Traffic 10-48 (Vehicle Description - RED Nissan GTR) (Current Location w/ Cross - San Andreas Avenue @ Elgin Avenue) (Occupants - Occupied By 1)
Shift Supervisor: COPY (Working Location w/ Cross - San Andreas Avenue @ Elgin Avenue), TIMESTAMP (ET)
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) Clear Traffic (Verbal/Written)
Shift Supervisor: COPY CLEAR, TIMESTAMP (ET)
911 Received: Issued to Units
Shift Supervisor: (Shift Supervisor Identifier #) Pending 911 (North Zone / South Zone), Call Referencing (Description), Unit to handle IDENTIFY, Unit Response (CODE)
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) 10-17 / En-Route
Shift Supervisor: (Unit Identifier #) 10-17 / En-Route, TIMESTAMP (ET)
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) 10-23 / On-Scene
Shift Supervisor: (Unit Identifier #) 10-17 / On-Scene, TIMESTAMP (ET)
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) CODE-4
Shift Supervisor: (Unit Identifier #) CLEAR, TIMESTAMP (ET)
Emergency
Unit: If Current Radio Transmission, BREAK
Unit: (Unit Identifier #), PRIORITY (Call Description)
Shift Supervisor: (Shift Supervisor Identifier #) Units be advised - Signal 100 In Effect for (Unit Identifier #), TIMESTAMP (ET)
Shift Supervisor: (Shift Supervisor Identifier #) Units be advised - Signal 100 CLEAR. Non-emergency traffic may RESUME, TIMESTAMP (ET)
Unit Status Update
Shift Supervisor: (Unit Identifier #), Status
Unit: (Unit Identifier #) Secure
Shift Supervisor: (Unit Identifier #) CLEAR, TIMESTAMP (ET)
Official Policy Directive 019- Departamental Backup
Unfortunately Los Santos County is home to some of the most dangerous and violent offenders in the state of San Andreas. Keeping officers safe is the departments priority, and we attempt to adjust our patrol techniques accordingly. One effective way to do this is by avoiding saturated patrolling. This occurs when officers are patrolling in packs or doing safety checks with multiple officers. This could do one of two things, this has the possibility to deter crime in an area, but this could spark crime. But doing this also takes away patrolling from other areas, because all the officers are grouped up together.
Effective immediately, the nearest patrol unit, should respond as back-up to any active call, such as traffic stops, no matter the zone that they are assigned to.
In order to avoid over saturating one scene, and in order to maintain balance with the resources, each officer must notify, after the initial point of contact that they are okay. Saying things such as: cancel backing officer, I?m 10-4, I?m code 4, no trouble, etc. in order to let the unit(s) in route that they can go back in service, and stop responding to the call.
An officer can also respond by saying: Step up code/response/units, expedite response, officer emergency (10-99 or panic button/respond code 3) or urgent immediate (code 2 response). In this case you would no longer be responding code 1, and you would then go code 2 or code 3 depending on the situation at hand. When this occurs, officers in the nearby area should be responding, and the officer should be briefly informing the officers responding to the situation.
Unless it?s classified as urgent, lights and sirens shouldn?t be used when responding to calls as a back up. Only the primary officer, the officer in charge, and the supervisor may advise when to clear of the call, you should not leave the call before then.
Official Policy Directive 021- Activity Requirements
The following is a list of the requirements for the LSCPD that must be fulfilled on a monthly basis:
All officers must complete the roll call monthly within the first two weeks of each month/ and or within the given time period.
All full time employees of the department most patrol for a minimum of fifteen hours a month. This excludes the reserve officers, and non full time employees.
All employees must log their patrol hours after every patrol.
All officers should make an attempt to attend a squad muster.
Official Policy Directive 022- Arrest Reports:
All arrests must be logged after each arrest, in the arrest menu. These must be done thoroughly and properly.
The arrest reports menu is available in the F5 menu, or at the filing cabinet in the upstairs lobby of Mission Row Police Department.
This log will be in the new CAD program in the future, when it is up and running.
Official Policy Directive 023- Pursuit Safety Standards:
An officer has the authority to initiate and continue to pursue an offender?s vehicle when:
When the occupant is wanted, or a fleeing felon
The pursuit can be maintained, and the officers can be safe
Pursuing the vehicle doesn?t pose an imminent or serious threat to the safety of the public.
The department vehicles being used can be driven on the road conditions safely, at the speeds needed to pursue.
Weather conditions are favorable
The traffic conditions are safe.
All officers will need to disengage from a pursuit when:
Directly ordered by a supervisor
The pursuit is ended by the initiating officer
Pursuit is terminated the OIC directly engaged in the pursuit
When the pursuit poses an imminent threat to the public?s safety, and is considered too reckless.
The vehicles the officers are driving are unsafe for the pursuit or are not pursuit rated.
Officers that are engaged in the pursuit are crashing vehicles.
The identity of the driver has been positively confirmed (because at this point you can just put out a warrant)
The crime committed isn?t worth the safety risk for the reward of the apprehension.
When choosing whether or not to maintain pursuit of the vehicle:
Supervisor or the OIC must be requested (if there?s no supervisor, the officer in charge is going to be the officer with the lowest badge number.)
The OIC must be monitoring the radio traffic to ensure the radio traffic is clear, and being used for scene related communication only.
All intervention tactics, such as pitting, must be approved by the supervisor directly engaged with the pursuit, or the officer in charge.
The supervisor or the OIC must perform the initial risk assessment, and do so throughout to decide if the pursuit is worth continuing.
Official Policy Directive 024- Towing Vehicles:
Officers should make a reasonable attempt to contact the San Andreas Recovery and Tow for all tows and all vehicle impounds. Contacting DV Tow is only allowed when the SART aren?t responding in a reasonable amount of time, or there are no tow available. Reasonable amount of time is going to be several minutes, with several attempts to contact the tow company. For example sending multiple messages to the Mechanic app on your phone, and waiting three to five minutes. You can also reach out on twitter as a secondary way to get ahold of tow if they aren?t responding to texts. Once all your options have been exhausted, and there?s been no response, officers can then contact DV tow to have them recover the vehicle.
Additionally, all officers must stay on scene until tow arrives, unless there?s an active emergency, or if the vehicle is off the roadway and is locked.
Official Policy Directive 025- Patrol Division Uniform Structure:
The Patrol Division of the Los Santos County Police Department will be adopting a new uniform structure for patrolmen while on-duty. This Official Policy Directive will supersede the uniform section of OPD 03, which has a general "dress code." All uniform regulations for the Patrol Division will now be listed in this directive and are in effect.
General Provisions:
The police plate-carrier vest shall only be worn during high-risk situations and is not to be worn while conducting regular patrol duties unless otherwise specifically noted. The plate-carrier is to be equipped at all times with Level IV NIJ Certified rifle plates, which are rated to stop up to .30-06 M2 armor piercing rifle rounds.
Officers are to, at all times, be equipped with body armor vests fitted with Level IIIA NIJ Certified armor panels, which are rated to stop up to .44 Magnum pistol rounds, as well as up to 12 gauge 1oz. slug shotgun rounds. These vests are to be worn under officers' patrol uniforms, not visible to others.
"Optional" equipment, if customizable, shall be professional in nature and is subject to supervisor approval prior to the officer wearing the item on patrol.
Black duty boots can be several different types of boots, subject to supervisor approval. Officers may go through their wardrobe and find black duty boots they like. If they are approved by their supervisor, then they may be worn on-duty.
Supportive Units are responsible for setting up their own uniform structures, and officers will be subject to the structures set forth by their subdivisions while they are active as such.
Supervisors can authorize temporary changes in uniform for subordinates should the situation permit. This does not include uniforms or equipment used by supportive units.
The Body-Worn Camera (BWC) is to be worn AT ALL TIMES by on-duty officers and should not be covered by any additional gear unless specific situations warrant such. For example, an acceptable time for the BWC to be covered is if an officer is wearing his traffic vest on a traffic detail or wearing his plate-carrier that covers it.
The reflective yellow traffic vest is to be worn by officers on scenes that require traffic control, road jobs, or on scenes at night which require the officer to be in roadways for an extended period of time.
Grooming Standandards:
Hairstyles are subject to supervisor approval.
Male patrol officers are to keep their hair neat, not to touch their collar and not to cover their ears.
Hair dying/lightening is prohibited for males.
Female patrol officers must have their hair in buns. No ponytails or hair longer than the ears.
Hair color must be a natural-looking color.
Male facial hair must be trimmed close to the face, neatly groomed. A full beard(stubble or grown), a mustache, or a goatee are acceptable. No other forms of facial hair are permitted.
Uniforms for Recruits/Probationary Officers/ and Officers:
November 1st-March 31st: Grey long-sleeve Class B blouse w/ black tie, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black police ballcap or black watchcap/beanie, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
April 1st-October 31st: Grey short-sleeve Class B blouse, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black police ballcap, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
WEEKENDS: On weekends (Friday 12:00PM-Sunday 11:59PM) between April 1st-October 31st, officers may wear the black police polo shirt in place of the grey short-sleeve Class B blouse. Officers may choose to wear soft armor under the polo or to wear the plate-carrier over it.
Uniforms for Corporals:
November 1st-March 31st: Grey long-sleeve Class B blouse w/ black tie and two white chevrons on each sleeve at the bicep, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black police ballcap or black watchcap/beanie, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
April 1st-October 31st: Grey short-sleeve Class B blouse with two white chevrons on each sleeve at the bicep, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black police ballcap, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
WEEKENDS: On weekends (Friday 12:00PM-Sunday 11:59PM) between April 1st-October 31st, Corporals may wear the black, grey, or yellow police polo shirt in place of the grey short-sleeve Class B blouse. Corporals may choose to wear soft armor under the polo or to wear the plate-carrier over it.
Uniforms for Sergeants:
November 1st-March 31st: Grey long-sleeve Class B blouse w/ black tie and three white chevrons on each sleeve at the bicep, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional police ballcap or watchcap/beanie, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
April 1st-October 31st: Grey short-sleeve Class B blouse with three white chevrons on each sleeve at the bicep, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional police ballcap, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
WEEKENDS: On weekends (Friday 12:00PM-Sunday 11:59PM) between April 1st-October 31st, Sergeants may wear the black, grey, or yellow police polo shirt in place of the grey short-sleeve Class B blouse. Sergeants may choose to wear soft armor under the polo or to wear the plate-carrier over it.
Uniforms for Lieutenants:
November 1st-March 31st: Grey long-sleeve Class B blouse w/ black tie and two black bar collar tabs, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black watchcap/beanie, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
April 1st-October 31st: Grey short-sleeve Class B blouse with two black bar collar tabs, black Class B trousers, black duty boots, duty belt with side-holster or drop-holster for duty weapon, optional black sunglasses, optional black gloves, optional radio earpiece.
SPECIAL DETAILS: Lieutenants may modify their uniform should a special assignment or detail require a different uniform, such as police academy classes.
Official Policy Directive 026- CEW(Taser) Deployment
All officers are assigned an X26 taser and one cartridge. Each taser cartridge includes 3 shots, and can be used in the circumstances based on what is outlined below as well as in OPD 08. Each round has a 5 second cycle that releases the electrical prongs.
Officers are not allowed to have more than one, three round X26 taser cartridge, on their person under any circumstances.
When feasible officers should issue a verbal warning, such as taser being deployed, or taser, so the nearby officers are aware that the taser is about to be deployed.
Multiple cyclings of the taser should be avoided unless a single deployment is ineffective, and the officers are not able to gain physical control of the subject.
CEW?s should be avoided being used:
On an already restrained subject (if they are already in cuffs)
On a woman who is known to be pregnant, an elderly individual, juveniles, or people who are visibly frail.
Someone controlling a moving vehicle, bike, snowmobile etc.
On an individual who may be in a position to physically harm themselves if they are tazed (for example if they are standing at the edge of the mountain or the dam)
Use of the CEW is considered level 4 force and must follow the use of force Continuum as well as OPD 08.
Official Policy Directive 027- Inter-Agency Enforcement:
All employees of the LSCPD are representatives of the LSCPD when acting in an official and sworn duty capacity. It?s our goal to avoid any misrepresentation from the department or any inter-agency relations.
It is a policy of the LSCPD that all employees are prohibited from taking action against sworn persons officially employed by other law enforcement agencies without direct approval from the LSCPD administration, unless it?s involving an active emergency, or they are posing an immediate threat to public safety. If this doesn?t apply, the employees are required to relay the information through their designated chain of command.
All employees are encouraged to take up any concerns and possible wrong doings with their direct supervisors and so on until the information is relayed to the LSCPD administration for an official response.