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 Appearance 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
6.090 – Full Restraint Position
Effective Date: 7/1/1996
I. Definitions
A. Containment straps: Any type of cord, chain, or strap used to temporarily restrict a prisoner’s movement.
B. Full Restraint Position: Placing a person with hands secured behind the back, legs secured together, and the legs and hands connected together behind the back of the subject with the subject’s legs flexed at the knees. The length of the containment strap used to secure the hands to the feet will be such that the lower legs are at an approximate 90º angle in relation to the person’s torso.
II. Use of Containment Straps
A. Containment straps may be applied to temporarily restrict the movement of a prisoner’s legs while in custody. Consider this application when transporting prisoners who present a risk of injury, property damage, or escape.
B. Consider containment straps when handcuffing would be inappropriate or impossible due to the physical limitations of the prisoner.
C. Containment straps may also be used in the Full Restraint Position.
III. Use of the Full Restraint Position
A. In the course of their law enforcement duties, officers may be required to take violently combative subjects into custody and place them into a fully restrained position.
1. A Full Restraint Position is the temporary technique used to control violently combative subjects. The use of the containment straps to restrain a subject in this position will be restricted to situations where the officer believes the continued violent resistance of the person in custody may lead to the injury of that person, further endanger the safety of officers, or result in significant property damage, and no other reasonably effective alternative appears to exist.
2. Any subject who is restrained in this manner should remain under constant observation while so restrained. Officers should be prepared to adjust or remove the containment straps or other devices as circumstances require. Officers will monitor for signs of respiratory distress or other serious medical conditions and provide for immediate medical treatment when indicated.
3. If the prisoner is transported in a police vehicle, an SPD prisoner transport van can best accommodate a person restrained in this manner. Whenever a prisoner restrained in this configuration is transported, the restrained person should be monitored by a second officer riding in the same police vehicle. These subjects will generally be placed on their side if possible (and not face down) to facilitate monitoring their medical status.
4. Officers may consider transporting subjects who appear to require medical or mental health treatment to Harborview Medical Center in an ambulance.
a. Ambulances are equipped with hospital-type restraints, which may be more appropriate for a person in need of mental health treatment.
IV. Reporting the Use of the Full Restraint Position
A Notify your sergeant as early as possible when a suspect is placed in the Full Restraint Position.
B. A Use of Force packet shall be completed whenever an individual is placed in the Full Restraint Position.