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004. DEPARTMENT MANUAL ESTABLISHED. The Manual of the Los Angeles Police
Department is hereby established and shall hereafter be referred to as "the Department
Manual." It is, and shall be, a composite of current policies, procedures, and rules pertaining
to three or more Department Offices, as established under previously existing Department
orders, manuals, and approved practices. It describes the Department's organizational
structure and lists the responsibilities and functions thereof. All employees of the Department
are to conform with the rules and provisions herein contained. All existing manuals, orders,
and other regulations which are in conflict with the contents of the Department Manual are
hereby revoked, except that the portions of existing manuals, orders, and other regulations
which have not been included herein shall remain in effect where they do not conflict with
the provisions of the Department Manual.
007. GENERAL PROVISIONS. The objectives, principles, policies, procedures, rules, and
regulations set forth in the Department Manual and in the Department Emergency Operations
Guide are guides to the actions of employees of the Department.
010. ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
The Department Manual is composed of six volumes which are hereby established and whose
contents may be briefly described as follows:
Volume 0, “General Provisions.” This Volume defines commonly used Department terms
and the classification, issuance, and maintenance of Department Directives.
Volume I, "Policy." This Volume is composed of general statements concerning the
objectives and principles set forth by the Board of Police Commissioners and the Chief of
Police to guide Department activities.
Volume II, "Organization and Functions." This Volume outlines the organizational
structure of the Department. It defines the responsibilities and functions of every office and
of the bureaus, groups, areas, divisions, and sections.
Volume III, "Management Rules and Procedures." This Volume contains the elements of
existing rules and procedures necessary to the administrative and managerial functions of the
Department.
Volume IV, "Line Procedures." This Volume contains those detailed rules and procedures
to aid Department employees in the execution of line duties performed in the direct
furtherance of police objectives.
Volume V, "Clerical Operations." This Volume outlines the purpose, completion, and
distribution of Department forms and is intended to be a guide in general reporting
procedures.
020. NUMBERING SYSTEM USED IN THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. A modified
decimal system is used to number each volume, chapter, section, and subsection of the
Department Manual in order to provide quick reference to all material, to afford an easy
means of citing specific subjects, and to maintain the flexibility of format necessary to
facilitate expansion and revision of its contents.
A typical reference under the decimal system used in the Department Manual would be
"2/360.56." The number (2) preceding the diagonal line (solidus) indicates that the material is
contained in the second volume of the Manual. The "360.56" conveys several facts:
• First, that the material is in Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
• Next, that it is in Section 60 of Chapter 3 (2/360.56).
• Finally, that it is located in the paragraph designated as .56 (2/360.56).
• This reference is read as "two, three-sixty, point fifty-six.

050. LEGALITY OF CONTENTS, THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. If any section,
subsection, item, clause, or phrase contained in the Department Manual is found to be illegal
or otherwise incorrect or inapplicable, such finding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of the Department Manual.
060. DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL. The Department Manual
will be available via the Intranet and Internet. Department employees can access the
Department Manual via the Local Area Network for the Intranet and via LAPD ONLINE for
the Internet.
Note: Employees may copy the Manual onto a CD according to the software/hardware
availability in each individual Area.
080. AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
080.10 AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT POLICY. The Chief of Police shall review
and approve all changes to the Department Manual. In addition, the Board of Police
Commissioners shall review and approve those proposed changes to the Department Manual
involving general policy.
080.20 REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS. A request for revision or addition to the
Department Manual shall be prepared in duplicate on an Intradepartmental Correspondence,
Form 15.02.00, and forwarded through the chain of command to the requesting employee's
bureau commanding officer. If approved, the request shall be forwarded to the Office of
Constitutional Policing and Policy (OCPP). Requests approved by the OCPP, shall be
directed to the Commanding Officer, Risk Management and Policies Division, who shall
cause research, development, and, upon approval of the Chief of Police, publication as a
Special Order.
080.30 MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. To
ensure that new or revised procedures achieve their desired results, the unit which has
functional supervision over the procedures shall be responsible for conducting an audit to
determine:
• The scope and extent of compliance with the new procedure;
• Whether the directive produced any unanticipated adverse effects; and,
• Whether a need to modify the newly instituted procedure exists.
When a Department directive establishes or amends a procedure, the unit responsible for
conducting the audit shall be identified in the directive.
The audit, reported on an Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, shall be
conducted within six months of the effective date of the directive and shall be forwarded
through channels to the OCPP.
Note: The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall forward the original audit to the
Commanding Officer, Risk Management and Policies Division, and a copy to the
Commanding Officer, Audit Division. The Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy shall
also ensure that any necessary procedural modifications as specified in the audit are
developed.
Upon completion of the audit and the report of its findings and recommendations, the
auditing unit has no further responsibility pursuant to the order.
080.60 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DEPARTMENT MANUAL
AMENDMENTS.
Commanding Officer, Risk Management and Policies Division. The Commanding
Officer, Risk Management and Policies Division, shall be responsible for maintaining the
distribution list for the Department Manual.
Commanding Officer, Records and Identification Division. The Commanding Officer,
Records and Identification Division, shall be responsible for distributing Special Orders
pursuant to distribution lists.
080.80 AMENDMENT PROCEDURE. Amendments to the Department Manual shall be
made by the issuance of Special Orders or Administrative Orders that list the affected Manual
Sections.
Commanding officers shall maintain a notebook binder containing all orders which amend
the current Department Manual.
082. MAINTAINING AND UPDATING FUNCTIONAL MANUALS. Within the
Department, there are a number of functional manuals which establish a centralized reference
document for various specialties. These functional manuals, such as the Detective Operations
Manual and the Manual of Juvenile Procedures, are maintained by the command having
functional responsibility for the manual’s subject matter.
The bureau commanding officer of the entity having responsibility for a functional manual
shall be responsible for approving updates, maintaining, and distributing those functional
manuals. Updates shall be completed as necessary to ensure a current reference on the subject
matter is available to Department personnel. The Chief of Police must approve establishment
of new manuals, but once approved, bureau commanding officers are responsible for
approving functional manual amendments.
090. ISSUANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES AND INFORMATIVE
PUBLICATIONS.
090.20 AUTHORIZATION. Orders which affect only one office, bureau, group, Area, or
division may be issued by, or at the direction of, the concerned commanding officer, or the
Chief of Police. Orders affecting more than one bureau shall be issued only at the direction of
the Chief of Police.
090.40 CLASSIFICATION. Classes of orders and informative publications are defined as
follows:
Police Commission Rules. Police Commission Rules are directives enacted by the Board of
Police Commissioners setting forth Department policy.
Special Orders. Special Orders which establish, amend or implement Department procedures
are directives issued only by the Chief of Police. Special Orders which establish, amend or
implement policy are issued by the Chief of Police upon approval of the Board of Police
Commissioners.
Administrative Orders. Administrative Orders are directives issued only by the Chief of
Police. They are issued to establish or implement Department policy and procedure and also
to amend the Department Manual. Additionally, they are used as a means of direct
communication to staff and command officers.
Transfer Orders. Transfer Orders are issued by the Chief of Police directing the transfer of
concerned personnel within the Department and may also announce promotional
appointments.
Bureau Orders. Bureau Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of a
bureau. They may also announce procedures implementing Special Orders or Memoranda.
Area Orders. Area Orders are directives which establish the policy or procedures of an Area.
Division Orders. Division Orders are directives setting forth policy and procedures of a
division.
Department and Bureau Memoranda. Department and Bureau Memoranda are
publications which contain advisory information or directives of temporary duration.
• Department Memoranda-Distribution "A."
• Bureau Memoranda-distributed as directed.
Notices and Bulletins. Notices are publications for the circulation of routine notifications,
schedules, and matters of information or general interest.
Notices affecting personnel of more than one bureau shall be approved by the Chief of Staff,
or the Watch Commander, Detective Support and Vice Division, in the event the former is
closed. Notices are to be routed through the Network Communication System (NECS),
Distribution "B", only when necessary.
The Office of Operations Orders and Office of Operations Notices. The Office of
Operations Orders and the Office of Operations Notices are directives which communicate
pertinent, mission specific, procedures and/or information to the operations segment of the
Department. These directives will be issued by the Director, Office of Operations. When the
subject matter or scope of the directive exceeds the six operational bureaus, an Office of the
Chief of Police directive will be issued.
090.60 IDENTIFICATION. Orders shall be identified as follows:
• Bureau, Area, and Division Orders shall be numbered serially without regard to time
periods.
• Other orders, including Memoranda, shall be numbered serially by calendar year.
090.80 DISTRIBUTION. Distribution of orders and notices shall be determined from the
distribution list of Department directives maintained by Specialized Services Section,
Records and Identification Division. The appropriate distribution letter shall be placed in the
lower left-hand corner of the concerned order.
Currently the Department distribution codes are as follows:
• Distribution A: (sworn);
• Distribution B: (commanding officers);
• Distribution C: (civilians only); and,
• Distribution D: (sworn and civilian).
Note: Employees requesting special distribution of Departmental correspondence to specific
entities shall submit their request, via Intradepartmental Correspondence, Form 15.02.00, to
the Commanding Officer, R&I Division.
095. KNOWLEDGE OF ORDERS AND INFORMATIVE
PUBLICATIONS. Employees, including reserve officers, shall familiarize themselves with
Department directives, training material and informative publications directed to them,
including those that have been disseminated during their absences from duty. Each employee
shall be responsible for maintaining all valid training material issued to him or her by the
Department.
098. MAINTENANCE OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES. For the purposes of this
section, a directive is defined as a written communication published by a commanding
officer, or the Chief of Police to disseminate rules, regulations, policies, procedures, or other
information.
098.05 INDEX OF DIRECTIVES. The Manuals and Orders Unit of Risk Management and
Policies Division shall maintain copies of all directives issued at or above the bureau level.
In addition to appropriate distributions, one copy of each directive issued at or above the

0/110.00 EXPRESSIONS EMPLOYÉES

L'expression « comté » désigne l'assise territoriale du sud de l'État de San Andreas (« comté de Los Santos ») qui inclut notamment les villes de Los Santos, Davis et Chumash.

1. L'expression parfois isolée de « département » renvoie toujours au département de police de Los Santos.
   
2. L'expression « personnel » et « employé » désigne indifféremment les agents assermentés (officiers publics, officiers de paix) et les agents non assermentés (personnels civils et administrateurs de police) du département
   
3. L'expression « officier » désigne seulement les agents assermentés du département de police (l'ensemble des officiers de paix) et, plus ponctuellement, le grade d'officier de police (auquel cas cela contextualisé).

0/160.00 INTERPRÉTATION AUTHENTIQUE DU MANUEL

Les dispositions du manuel de police doivent être interprétées de bonne foi, c'est-à-dire selon leur contexte et au regard des politiques du département.

• Seule l'interprétation donnée par le chef de la police, d'initiative ou sur demande, a valeur authentique.

0/170.00 MANUELS FONCTIONNELS

Les manuels fonctionnels, dont la publication est conditionnée par l'autorisation du personnel de direction, contient des dispositions ne concernant que les employés d'un bureau ou d'une division (division métropolitaine, division des enquêtes de secteurs, etc).

• Les commandants de bureaux édictent et modifient les manuels fonctionnels. Ils peuvent déléguer cette tâche à leurs subordonnés.
  
• Les manuels fonctionnels ne doivent pas contrevenir aux dispositions du manuel de police.

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0/180.00 POUVOIRS NON PRÉVUS


• L'exercice d'un pouvoir non prévu par le manuel, comme notamment la gestion financière du département, est attribué au seul chef de la police.
  
  • Le chef de la police exerce toute autorité sur le département.
    
  • Le chef de la police peut déléguer toute ou partie de ses pouvoirs.