MODEL LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
CHAPTERS 
 
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES 
 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES 
 
1. 
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
2. 
 
AGENCY GOALS 
 
3. 
 
ORGANIZATION / ADMINISTRATION 
 
3-1 Personnel Issues 3-2 Performance Appraisal 
System 
 
4. 
 
TRAINING 
 
Staff Training Training Attendance 
 
5. 
 
CONDUCT 
 
Outside Employment Sexual Harassment Allegation 1 Inquiry 1 Commendation Report Receipt of Civil Process 
 
6. 
 
DISCIPLINE / APPEALS / GRIEVANCES 
 
7. 
 
UNIFORM AND DRESS CODE 
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS 
 
8. 
 
ARREST 
 
Taking Suspect Into Custody Processing of Juvenile Offenders Confessions and Interrogation Prevention of Bloodborne Diseases 
 
9. 
 
SEARCH AND SEIZURE 
 
Execution of Search Warrants Male Officers Searching Female Suspects / Prisoners Vehicle Forfeiture Field Interview and PatDown Searches Strip and Body Cavity Searches 
 
 10. FIREARMS 11. USE OF FORCE 
12. OPERATION OF POLICE VEHICLES 
13. EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY 14. RECORDS / INFORMATION 
MANAGEMENT 
15. COMMUNICATIONS 16. PATROL FUNCTIONS 
 
10-1 Departmental Armament Check-Out Procedures 
10-2 Weapons Qualification 
 
11-1 11-2 
11-3 
 
Use Non-Deadly Force / Internal Procedures Investigation of Officer Involved in Deadly Force lncidents Critical Incidents / Post Critical lncidents 
 
I 12-2 12-3 12-4 
12-5 
 
Vehicle Maintenance Vehicle Pursuit Actions Use of Road Blocks Inter-jurisdictional Pursuit Policy Vehicle Accident Review Board 
 
3 1 Property Control 13-2 Vehicle Impound/lnventory 
 
14-1 14-2 14-3 
 
Communications/Field Incident Reporting Release of Information to the News Media Dissemination/Protected Information 
 
II Communications Procedures 15-2 Alarm Response Procedures 
 
Responding to Calls for Service Traffic Accident lnvestigation Managing Disputes Investigation-Suspicious Persons / Vehicles Building Checks and Searches Managing of Mentally Ill or Intoxicated Persons Victim Assistance Family Violence lncidents Use of Chemical Weapons Oleoresin Capsicum (OC Spray) 
 
 17. lNVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION 
 
Crime Scene Response Prosecution Report Procedures Investigative Case File M.O. Data Sheet Utilization of Solvability Factors F.I.R. File Case Screening Case Management Line-ups 
 
18. UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES / TACTICAL RESPONSE 
 
18-1 
 
Hazardous Material Incidents Handling of Bomb Threats Initial Responsibilities on the Scene of a Hostage, Sniper, or Barricaded Person Incident Stakeouts Response to Civil Disorder 
 
19. CANINE OPERATIONS 
 
20. CROSS REFERENCE INDEX TO MODEL LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS 
 
21. SAMPLE FORMS 
 
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