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
7.070 – Narcotics & Firearms Property Release for Training Canines
Effective Date: 11/19/2007
POLICY
The Seattle Police Department will regulate and monitor the use of firearms and narcotics used for the purpose of training police canines. Firearms and narcotics will only be removed from the Evidence Unit through the following procedures.
I. Firearms Checkout & Return
Bomb detection canine handlers may check out firearms for training their Seattle Police canines. Firearms may be checked out for sixty days. The firearms that can be checked out must have been released to the Director, are going to be destroyed, and have been rendered incapable of live fire.
A. A Memorandum is required from the Canine Captain for the canine officer to check out a firearm(s) for training purposes.
B. The Canine Training Officer will retain a copy of the Receipt for Evidence (form 13.2.2) for each firearm that is checked out and forward that copy to the Canine Unit Lieutenant. The Canine Unit Lieutenant will retain the copy in a file.
C. The same procedures listed above will be used for returning the firearms to the Evidence Unit.
D. If a firearm is lost, a General Offense Report will be filed.
E. The firearms shall be secured within the Unit safe when not being actively used for training purposes.
II. Narcotics Checkout & Return
A. Narcotics detection Canine handlers and trainers may check out narcotics from the Evidence Unit for the purposes of training Seattle Police canines. The narcotics must be released to the Director prior to use for training.
B. The procedure will include the following:
1. The Canine Captain will complete a Memorandum to the Evidence Unit Lieutenant authorizing the training officer to remove narcotics from the Evidence Unit.
2. The Memorandum shall include the names of the Canine Training Officer and the type of narcotics to be removed.
3. Each respective Captain must maintain a copy of the Memorandum.
4. The Canine Training Officer will retain a copy of the Receipt for Evidence (form 13.2.2) for the narcotics that are checked out and forward that copy to the Canine Unit Lieutenant. The Canine Unit Lieutenant will retain the copy in a file.
C. If narcotics are lost, destroyed, or damaged, a Supplemental Report will be filed.
D. Narcotics shall be returned to the Evidence Unit per established procedure. A copy of the Receipt for Evidence (form 13.2.2) shall be retained by the Canine Training Officer and forwarded to the Canine Captain .
III. Narcotics Training Documentation and Storage
A. Storage
1. The narcotics must be stored in an SPD locked safe when not actively used for training purposes.
2. Only the designated permanent Canine Training Officer, the Canine Unit Sergeant, and the Canine Captain will have access to the safe.
3. The combination to the safe must be changed immediately when the training officer, unit sergeant, or Captain is reassigned to a different unit.
B. Training Documentation
1. A logbook documenting the removal, return or addition of narcotics must be maintained. Each entry must be witnessed by a second officer and must include the date, time, nature of transaction, time of return, weight of the item, serial number and initials of the officers.
2. If narcotics are removed from the package, lost, or destroyed, a Supplemental Report including item number and narcotics type will be completed.
a. The report will be routed to the Evidence Unit Sergeant.
b. In addition, any narcotics that cannot be returned to the Evidence Unit because they have been lost or destroyed must be reported to the Metro Special Response Captain via Memorandum.
IV. Auditing and Inventories
A. The Canine Captain must inspect and verify the unit’s inventory of narcotics and firearms on a quarterly basis.
1. A Memorandum will be completed which will include the current inventory and the General Offense Numbers of any General Offense Reports or Supplemental Reports that have been completed.
2. A copy of that inventory shall be retained by the Metro Special Response Captain.