General Policy Information
Law Enforcement Code of Ethics
Latest Revision Date: 5/15/2013
Title 1 - Department Structure and Function
1.010 - Authority and Jurisdiction
1.025 - Consultant Contract Administration
1.040 - Department Mission Statement and Priorities
1.050 - Functional Structure and Command of the Department
1.060 - General Information and Definitions
1.090 - Organization and Function-Administration
1.100 - Organization and Function-Chief of Police
1.110 - Organization and Function-Operations
1.119 - Unit Number Assignments
1.140 - Special Event Planning
1.160 - University of Washington
1.170 - Inspections and Audits
Title 2 - Department Employment
2.020 - Appointments and Probation
2.030 - Retirements and Separations
Title 3 - Employee Welfare
3.035 - Reasonable Accommodation (ADA)
3.050 - Coordinating Officer Fatalities
3.070 - Early Intervention System (EIS)
3.080 - Travel Training System
3.090 - Employee Recognition Awards Program
3.170 - Honoring Those Killed in the Line of Duty
3.200 - Limited Duty Assignments
3.270 - Police Charity Committee
Title 4 - Timekeeping
Title 5 - Employee Conduct
5.002 - Public and Internal Complaint Process
5.030 - Criminal Case Testimony
5.040 - EEO Complaints and Investigations
5.060 - Employee Political Activity
5.090 - Operations Bureau General Personnel Matters
5.100 - Operations Bureau Individual Responsibilities
5.130 - Supervisor/Employee Relationships
5.150 - Use of Private Vehicles for City Business
5.160 - Citizen Observation of Officers
5.170 - Alcohol and Substance Use
5.175 - Critical Incident Stress Management Communications
Title 6 - Arrests, Search and Seizure
6.010 - Reporting Arrests and Detentions
6.020 - Arrests and Detentions of Foreign Nationals
6.060 - Collection of Information for Law Enforcement Purposes
6.090 - Full Restraint Position
6.140 - Locating a Cell Phone during an Emergency
6.150 - Advising Persons of Right to Counsel and Miranda
6.181 - Performing Inventory Searches
6.220 - Social Contacts, Terry Stops and Arrests
6.247 - Reviewing Use of Force Incidents
Title 7 - Evidence and Property
7.010 - Converting Property-Evidence for Departmental Use
7.020 - Evidence, Private Property collection & Release
7.050 - Firearms and Shell Casings as Evidence
7.070 - Narcotics and Firearms Property Release for Training Canines
Title 8 - Use of Force
8.050 - Use of Force Definitions
8.300 - Use of Force Reporting and Investigations
8.400 - Reviewing Use of Force
Title 9 - Equipment and Uniforms
9.010 - Employee Dress Standards
9.050 - Reinbursement for Personal Property
9.070 - Uniform and Equipment Committee
9.080 - Firearms Qualification Review Board
9.090 - Rifle and Shotgun Program
9.100 - Department Firearms Management
Title 10 - Police Facilities & Security
Title 11 - Detainee Management
11.010 - Detainee Management in Department Facilities
11.020 - Transportation of Detainees
Title 12 - Department Information Systems
12.030 - Computer Hardware & Devices
12.055 - Criminal Justice Research
12.060 - Department Forms Control
12.070 - Department Publications
12.080 - Department Records Access, Inspection & Dissemination
12.090 - Departmental Correspondence
12.091 - Mobile Reporting Entity (MRE) Laptops
12.110 - Use of Department E-mail & Internet Systems
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
Title 14 - Emergency Operations
14.060 - Serious Incident Plan
14.070 - Serious Injury or Fatality to a Police Officer
Title 15 - Primary Investigation
15.015 – Bomb Threats and Explosive Devices
15.055 - Death Investigations (Non Traffic)
15.080 - Follow-up Unit Notification and Follow-up Investigation
15.140 - Narcotics Activity Report
15.180 - Primary Investigations
15.185 - Vulnerable Adults-Elder Abuse and Neglect
15.210 - Investigating Property Held by a Pawnshop or Used-Goods Store
15.215 - Domestic Violence Firearms Seizures
15.250 - Interpreters/Translators
15.260 - Collision Investigations
15.270 - Trespass Warning Program
15.275 - Enforcing Trespass in Parks
15.290 - Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution (SOAP)
15.300 - Stay Out of Drug Areas (SODA)-Define Boundaries
15.310 - Foreign Nationals Seeking Asylum
15.320 - Police Action on Military Reservations
Title 16 - Patrol Operations
16.030 - Citizen Rider Program
16.040 - Community Police Teams
16.070 - Responding to Monitored Alarms
16.080 - Fireworks Disposal and Disposition
16.100 - Patrol Training and Publications
16.110 - Referring Subjects to the Crisis Solutions Center
16.130 - Sick and Injured Persons
16.140 - Traffic Direction and Control
16.170 - Automatic License Plate Readers
16.180 - Patrol Operations Order
16.190 - Labor Management Disputes
4.010 – Absence from Duty
Effective Date: 4/16/2008
I. Authorized Absences
A. Approved days off (vacation, holidays, compensatory time)
B. Authorized leaves (military leave, family and medical leave, leave of absence)
C. Sickness
D. Injury
E. Disability
II. Absence From Duty Authorization
A. When Department personnel wish to be absent from duty for more than four consecutive days, they shall submit a Request for Authorized Absence (form 2.23) prior to the requested time off, via their supervisor to their Section Captain. This form shall be approved or disapproved as soon as possible. The employee will be sent their copy of the Request for Authorized Absence indicating approval or disapproval of the request.
III. Emergency Conditions - Time Off
A. Emergency Condition: Occurs when the Mayor announces curtailment of certain City operations for the safety and welfare of the City’s employees. This policy governs the administration of compensation for those employees who are not able to report for work when the Mayor declares an emergency condition.
B. All Bureaus shall be open and in operation during established working hours. Employees shall make every effort to report for duty. The following criteria shall apply to employees who are not able to report for work because of an emergency condition.
1. If an employee cannot report for work, it shall be the employee’s responsibility to notify their supervisor by telephone.
2. The time lost shall be covered by either delayed furloughs, vacation, holidays, compensatory overtime, or by time off without pay, as determined by the employee’s supervisor.
3. If approved by the employee’s supervisor, an employee may also make up lost time through an adjusted work schedule as long as the time can be made up without the employee becoming eligible for overtime.
4. Sick leave shall not be used to cover time lost.
5. These provisions do not apply to employees on scheduled time off or on sick leave status during the emergency condition.
IV. Unauthorized Absences
A. Employees shall not be absent from duty except for sickness, injury, disability, approved days off, or authorized leaves. Employees must have sufficient time accumulated for sick leave, vacation, and compensatory overtime taken off with pay. Any time off without pay (Family Medical Leave, leave of absence) requires completion of the appropriate forms and chain of command approval in advance. Absence from duty without leave shall be followed by forfeiture of pay for the time of the absence.
B. Employees, who are not present and who are not officially excused from duty, will be marked “WA” (Leave Without Pay) on electronic timesheets for that day.
C. Following a review of the circumstances by Human Resources, employees who are not present or officially excused from duty and who are without a sufficient time balance to cover the leave will be marked “AWOL” (Absent Without Leave) on the time records for that day.