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Seattle Police Manual Preface
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The Seattle Police Department Code of Ethics
Mission Statement and Priorities
Interim Policies
Title 1 - Department Administration
1.010 - Authority and Jurisdiction
1.020 - Chain of Command
1.040 - Budget
1.050 - Grants
1.060 - Management of Contracts
1.070 - Training
1.075 - Failure to Complete Required Training
1.080 - Inspection and Audits
1.090 - Ticket Chain of Custody
1.100 - Ticket Audits
1.110 - Public Information
1.112 - Responding to Requests from Elected Officials
1.115 - Media Release: Officer-Involved Shooting
1.120 - Performance Review Entities and Processes
Title 2 - Department Employment
2.020 - Appointments & Probation
2.030 - Retirements & Separations
2.050 - Collective Bargaining & Contract Management
2.060 - Grievances
2.070 - Performance Evaluation
Title 3 - Employee Welfare
3.035 - Reasonable Accommodation (ADA)
3.040 - Airborne Pathogens Control
3.045 - Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control
3.050 - Coordinating Officer Fatalities
3.070 - Early Intervention System
3.080 - Travel Training System
3.090 - Employee Recognition Awards Program
3.170 - Honoring Fallen Officers
3.290 - Pre-Service/In-Service and Specialized Training
3.330 - Workplace Safety
3.335 - Hazard Notification and Training Standards
3.340 - Employee Involvement Committees & JLMC
Title 4 - Human Resources
4.000 - Employee Move Tracking System (EMT)
4.005 - Police Employee Data System (PEDS)
4.010 - Employee Time Off
4.015 - Restricted Time Off for a Pre-Planned Event
4.020 - Reporting and Recording Overtime/Out of Classification Pay
4.030 - Jury Duty
4.040 - Sick Leave
4.050 - On-Duty Illness or Injury
4.060 - Long Term Disability Benefits
4.070 - Limited Duty Assignments
4.080 - Pregnancy
4.090 - Leave of Absence Without Pay
4.100 – Family and Medical Leave
4.110 - Sick Leave Donation
4.120 - Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Leave
4.130 - Military Leave
4.140 - Military Spouse/Domestic Partner Leave
4.150 - Bereavement Leave
Title 5 - Employee Conduct
5.001 - Standards and Duties
5.002 - Responsibilities of Employees Concerning Alleged Policy Violations
5.003 - Front Line Investigations
5.010 - Civil Actions
5.020 - Gifts and Gratuities
5.030 - Preparing for Criminal Case Interviews
5.040 - EEO Complaints and Investigations
5.060 - Employee Political Activity
5.090 - Operations Bureau General Personnel Matters
5.100 - Operations Bureau Individual Responsibilities
5.120 - Off-Duty Employment
5.125 - Social Media
5.130 - Supervisor/Employee Relationships
5.140 - Bias-Free Policing
5.150 - Use of Private Vehicles for City Business
5.160 - Observation of Officers
5.170 - Alcohol and Substance Use
5.175 - Critical Incident Stress Management Communications
5.180 - Carrying Weapons Into King County Superior Court
5.190 - Court Appearances and Legal Proceedings
5.210-Law Enforcement Flying Armed
Title 6 - Arrests, Search and Seizure
6.010 - Arrests
6.020 - Interactions with Foreign Nationals
6.030 - Body Cavity Searches
6.060 - Collection of Information for Law Enforcement Purposes
6.120 - Impounding Vehicles
6.130 - Informant Management
6.135 - Cooperating Witnesses
6.140 - Locating a Cell Phone during an Emergency
6.150 - Advising Persons of Right to Counsel and Miranda
6.180 - Searches-General
6.181 - Performing Inventory Searches
6.185 - Search Warrants
6.210 - Strip Searches
6.220 - Voluntary Contacts, Terry Stops & Detentions
6.250 - Use of Non-SPD Canines
6.280 - Warrant Arrests and Pre-Planned Arrest Operations
6.290 - Juvenile Investigations and Arrests
Title 7 - Evidence and Property
7.010 - Submitting Evidence
7.020 - Found Property
7.030 - Firearms, Ammunition & Shell Casings
7.040 - Dangerous or Hazardous Evidence
7.050 - Checking Out Evidence for Court
7.060 - Releasing Evidence
7.070 - Converting Evidence for Department Use
7.080 - Money Evidence
7.090 - Photographic Evidence
7.100 - Fingerprint Evidence
7.110 - Recorded Statements
7.120 - Narcotics Evidence
7.130 – Narcotics Training Aid and Investigative Use Drug Property Release
7.140 – Firearm Training Aid and Investigative Use
7.150 - Non-Detainee Property for Safekeeping
Title 8 - Use of Force
8.000 - Use of Force Core Principles
8.050 - Use of Force Definitions
8.100 - De-Escalation
8.200 - Using Force
8.300 - Use of Force Tools
8.310 - OC Spray Chain of Custody
8.400 - Use of Force Reporting and Investigation
8.500 - Reviewing Use of Force
Title 9 - Equipment and Uniforms
9.010 - Employee Dress Standards
9.020 - Uniform
9.030 - Equipment
9.040 - Uniform and Equipment Committee
9.050 - Clothing Allowance and Reimbursement for Personal Property
9.060 - Firearms
9.065 - Firearms Training and Qualification
9.100 - Department Firearms Management
Title 10 - Police Facilities & Security
10.010 - Parking at Department Facilities
10.020 - Physical Security of Police Facilities
10.060 - Holding Cell and Security Video
Title 11 - Detainee Management
11.010 - Detainee Management
11.020 - Transportation of Detainees
11.025 - Jail Booking Declines
11.030 – Guarding Detainees at a Hospital
11.040 – Booking Adult Detainees into a Detention Facility
11.050 - Detainee Property
Title 12 - Department Information Systems
12.010 - Communications
12.040 - Department-Owned Computers, Devices & Software
12.050 - Criminal Justice Information Systems
12.055 - Criminal Justice Research
12.060 - Department Forms Control
12.070 - Department Publications
12.080 - Disclosure of Department Records
12.090 - Departmental Correspondence
12.110 - Use of Department E-mail & Internet Systems
12.111 - Use of Cloud Storage Services
Title 13 - Vehicle Operations
13.010 - Collisions Involving Department Vehicles
13.015 - Collision Review Board
13.030 - Emergency Vehicle Operations
13.031 - Vehicle Eluding/Pursuits
13.040 - Patrol Operations Equipment, Police Vehicles and Facilities
13.050 - Policing by Mountain Bike
13.060 - Specialty Vehicles & Equipment
13.080 - Use of Department Vehicles
Title 14 - Emergency Operations
14.001 - Mobilization Alert and Gold/Blue Deployment Plan
14.010 - After-Action Reports
14.020 - Notification Protocols-AlertSeattle
14.040 - Hazardous Conditions
14.060 - Serious Incident Plan
14.070 - Serious Injury or Fatality to Officer
14.080 - Task Force Mobilization
14.090 - Crowd Management, Intervention, and Control
14.100 - Special Event Planning
Title 15 - Primary Investigation
15.010 - Arson Investigations
15.015 - Bomb Threats & Explosive Devices
15.020 - Charge-By-Officer (CBO)
15.030 - False Reporting / Swatting
15.055 - Death Investigation
15.080 - Follow up Unit Notification & Follow up Investigation
15.090 - Investigating Graffiti Incidents
15.100 - Kidnapping
15.110 - Investigating Custodial Interference
15.120 - Responding to Bias Crimes and Incidents
15.130 - Missing Persons
15.140 - Narcotics Activity Report
15.150 - Narcotics
15.160 - Marijuana Enforcement
15.170 - Conducting Identification Procedures
15.180 - Primary Investigations
15.185 - Vulnerable Adults-Elder Abuse & Neglect
15.190 - Auto Theft and Recovery
15.200 - Retail Theft Program
15.210 - Investigating Property Held by a Pawnshop or Used-Goods Store
15.215 - Seizing and Releasing Firearms
15.220 - Child Welfare
15.230 - Animal Control
15.240 - Boating Accidents
15.250 - Interpreters and Translators
15.260 - Collision Investigations
15.265 - SR 99 Bore Tunnel Response
15.270 - Trespass Warning Program
15.275 - Enforcing Trespass in Parks
15.280 - DUI Investigations
15.290 - Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP)
15.300 - Stay out of Drug Areas (SODA)-Defined Boundaries
15.320 - Police Action on Military Property
15.330 - Responding to Threats & Assaults on Officers
15.335 - CAD Cautions
15.340 - Robbery Response
15.350 - Significant Incident Reports (SIR)
15.360 - Use of Mobile Fingerprint Identification Devices (Mobile IDs)
15.370 - Sexual Assault Investigation
15.380 - SECTOR
15.390 - Domestic Violence Incidents Involving Department Employees
15.400-Domestic Violence Court Orders
15.405 - Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)
15.410 - Domestic Violence Investigation
15.415 - Prostitution Investigations
Title 16 - Patrol Operations
16.020 - Alley Closure
16.030 - Ride Along Program
16.040 - Community Police Teams
16.050 - Death Notifications
16.060 - King County Sheriff's Office Air Support Unit
16.070 - Responding to Monitored Alarms
16.080 - Fireworks Disposal and Disposition
16.090 - In-Car and Body-Worn Video
16.100 - Patrol Training and Publications
16.110 - Crisis Intervention
16.130 - Providing Medical Aid
16.135 - Excited Delirium
16.140 - Traffic Direction and Control
16.150 - Snow and Ice Plan
16.160 - Ticket Vendors
16.170 - Automatic License Plate Readers
16.180 - Patrol Operations Order
16.190 - Labor Management Disputes
16.200 - Interaction with Transgender Individuals
16.230 - Issuing Tickets and Traffic Warnings
16.231 - Cancelling and Voiding Tickets
16.240 - Mutual Aid
16.250 - Interaction with the University of Washington Police Department
16.300 - Patrol Canines
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Title 6 - Arrests, Search and Seizure
6.010 - Arrests
6.020 - Interactions with Foreign Nationals
6.030 - Body Cavity Searches
6.060 - Collection of Information for Law Enforcement Purposes
6.120 - Impounding Vehicles
6.130 - Informant Management
6.135 - Cooperating Witnesses
6.140 - Locating a Cell Phone during an Emergency
6.150 - Advising Persons of Right to Counsel and Miranda
6.180 - Searches-General
6.181 - Performing Inventory Searches
6.185 - Search Warrants
6.210 - Strip Searches
6.220 - Voluntary Contacts, Terry Stops & Detentions
6.250 - Use of Non-SPD Canines
6.280 - Warrant Arrests and Pre-Planned Arrest Operations
6.290 - Juvenile Investigations and Arrests
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