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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I ADMINISTRATION
FOREWORD
DECLARATION
DEPARTMENT
MISSION STATEMENT, COMMUNITY POLICING DEFINITION, DEPARTMENTAL
GOALS
ORDERS
DEFINITIONS
001 Revisions to the Manual Regulations and General Orders
100 ORGANIZATION
101 115 Organization
200 REGULATIONS
201 General
Responsibilities
202 Prohibited
Activities
203 Prisoner Care and
Custody
204 Administrative
Activities
205 Orders
206 Equipment
300 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
301 Internal
Investigations
310 DISCIPLINE
310.1 Oral Reprimand/Verbal
Counseling
310.2 Disciplinary Actions
and Appeals
310.3 Grievance
Procedures for Sworn and Civilian Employees
320 UNIFORMS/PERSONAL APPEARANCE
320.1 Police Uniforms, Personal Equipment and Civilian Clothing
SOP*
320.2 Personal Appearance and Grooming SOP*
320.3 Hand Salute SOP*
330 Reporting Personal
Injuries
331 Restricted Duty
340 Off Duty
Employment
350 Awards System SOP*
360 Standby Duty/Take-Home
Vehicles
370 Random Drug Screening Program SOP*
380 Competitive Promotion Process SOP*
400 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
401 Public
Information
401.1 Release of
Information
401.2 Public Safety Communications Center Information
Responsibilities RESCINDED
401.3 News Media Credentials RESCINDED
410 EXPENDITURES
410.1 Travel Expenditures - Training SOP*
420 Visitor Control Procedures SOP*
430 DEPARMENTAL PROGRAMS
430.2 Police Cadets
430.3 Ride Along
Program
430.4 Peer Support
Program
430.5 Physical Fitness Training Program SOP*
430.6 Volunteers in Police
Service Program(VIPS)
430.7 Police Chaplains
430.8 Mobile In-Vehicle
Video Program
440 ADMINISTRATION OF INVESTIGATIONS
440.1 Citizen Reporting System Operations SOP*
440.2 Serious or Habitual
Offender Comprehensive Action Program
440.3 Polygraph
Examinations/Criminal Investigations
440.4 Physical and Photographic Lineup ProceduresSOP*
440.5 Investigative Hypnosis
Procedures
440.6 Custody of Prisoners
Assisting in Investigations
450 Use of Fairfax County Electronic Communications Systems
SOP*
460 Management of the Personal Computer Resource SOP*
VOLUME II – OPERATIONS
500 OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
501 OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS GENERAL
501.1 Operation of Police
Vehicles
501.2 Investigative
Responsibilities
501.3 Use of Speed
Measurement Devices
501.5 Court Procedures
501.6 Stake Out/Surveillance Procedures SOP*
501.7 Criminal Investigations
Involving Personal Computers as Evidence
510 COMMUNICATIONS
510.1 Police Radio Procedures SOP*
510.2 Radio and CAD Designators SOP*
510.3 Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) SOP*
520 RESPONSE TO SELECTED SITUATIONS
520.1 Response to
Alarms
520.2 Police Response to Bomb Threats and Incidents SOP*
520.3 Special Operations: Hostage/Barricaded PersonsSOP*
520.4 Impoundment or Seizure
of Motor Vehicles
520.5 Control at Crime/Civil
Disaster Scenes
520.6 VIP Protection
Policy
520.7 Bias Crime Policy
520.8 Response to Mobile
Security Devices
520.9 Limited English
Language Proficiency
520.10 Asset
Forfeiture/Money Laundering Unit/Seized Vehicle Processing Fee
530 SPECIALIZED UNITS
530.1 Canine
Operations
530.2 Police Helicopter
Operations
530.3 Police Marine
Patrol Operations
530.4 Bicycle Patrol
530.5 Traffic Enforcement
Officers
530.6 Gang Investigation
Unit
530.7 Crime Analysis
Unit
530.8 Traffic Enforcement Officers RESCINDED
530.9 Auxiliary
Police
530.10 Language Skills
Support Unit
530.11 Volunteer Traffic
Control Program
530.12 Crime Prevention
Unit
540 USE OF WEAPONS
540.1 Use of Force
540.2 Police-Citizen
Contacts
540.3 Vehicle Traffic Stops
and Checkpoints
600 ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
601 Arrest Procedures –
General
601.1 Misdemeanor
Arrest/Summons Release
601.3 Arrests at Certain
Facilities
601.4 Domestic Violence
Policy
601.5 Service,
Investigation and Arrests at County Public School Facilities
601.6 Arrest of Adult
Students Attending Public Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
602 ARREST, DETENTION SPECIFIC
602.1 Arrest and Detention
for Shoplifting
602.2 Arrest and Detention of
Juveniles
602.3 Hospital Guard
Details
603 POLICE CITIZEN CONTACTS
603.2 Assistance to Abused or
Neglected Children
603.3 Emotionally Disturbed
Persons Cases
610 PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE
610.1 Custody of
Property
610.2 Custody of Controlled
Substances
610.3 Search Warrant
Procedures
*Removed and reissued in the Fairfax County Police Department Manual of Standard Operating Procedures.
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