Identification
What two pieces of information must an officer provide when requested during official duties?
Name and employee number.
City equipment and services may only be used for what purpose?
Official city business.
Officers may not convert evidence to whose use?
Members must arrive on time for what?
Required court appearances.
Can officers provide verbal identification over the telephone?
Yes.
A citizen asks for your employee number during a traffic stop. According to policy, should you provide it?
Yes, unless doing so would interfere with the police assignment.
Officers may refuse to provide their name and employee only when doing so would interfere with what?
The successful completion of a police assignment.
Every member is responsible for protecting department equipment against what three things?
Loss, damage, and destruction.
Name one prohibited action involving evidence.
Concealing, falsifying, destroying, removing, tampering with, or withholding evidence.
What should members be prepared to do in court?
Testify.
Personal business cards may not refrence what type of employment?
City employment or department title.
An officer notices a patrol rifle has a broken sling mount. What does policy require?
Promptly report the needed repair to a supervisor.
When wearing civilian clothing in police headquarters, what must employees visibly display?
If city-owned property needs repair, who should be notified?
A supervisor.
Can members duplicate investigation-related files for personal use?
No.
How many days before court should approved absence forms generally be submitted?
30 days.
Members shall not serve what type of legal papers except as required by law?
Civil-process papers?
An officer sees a plainclothes detective in public and immediately greets them. What policy concern exists?
It could compromise an undercover operation.
What should an officer do if a community member asks to see their official identifaction?
Honor the request unless it would interfere with a police assignment.
Members are responsible for safeguarding what type of property that comes into their possession through offcial duties?
Private property and equipment.
Equipment must be carried and utilized how?
As issued and authorized.
Can officers recommend a specific attorney or bonding agent to someone encountered during police business?
No.
Members shall not volunteer to testify in civil cases when who is the defendant?
The City.
An officer wants to install unauthorized modifications to department-issued equipment. Is this allowed?
No, not without approval from the Chief of Police.
Who may authorize the transfer or exchange of a police badge?
The Chief of Police
True or False: Officers may use city equipment for personal projects if they return it afterword?
False.
Who must approve modifications to police equipment?
The Chief of Police.
If subpoenaed to testify for a defendant against the City or Department, who must be notified?
The Chief of Police through the proper chain of command.
Members sued for actions performed in the line of duty musty notify the Police Attorney within how many business days?
Three business days.
An officer is injured and realizes they cannot attend court. When should the absence form be completed?
As soon as the member becomes aware they cannot attend court.
Why should uniformed officers avoid acknowledging plainclothes officers first?
To protect undercover operations and officer safety.
What general order is referenced regarding inventory and control?
G.O. 3003.
What isa prohibited regarding incident, investigation, or evidence-related hardcopy and digital files?
Distributing, duplicating, or converting them for personal use.
In civil litigation involving the Department, interviews with a complainant's attorney require whose knowlegde and consent?
The member's commanding officer.
Besides notifying the Police Attorney, what must the member provide?
A copy of the complaint and a full, accurate account of the circumstances.
An officer investigation files onto a personal device to review at home. Which policy violation occured?
Unauthorized duplication/conversion of investigation-related information for personal use.