4-26/010.00 - Warrants - PARS Public Viewer

CLASSIFICATION Crime or Incident	FORM NUMBER FILE NUMBER PRIORITY	ASSIGNMENT AND ACTION	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND STATISTICAL CODES
4-26/010.00 WARRANTS	The word "copy" under this column refers to a reproduced copy of the warrant.		For line procedures, see Volume 5, chapter 7. Warrants are received from two basic sources: (1) L.A. Superior Courts, the Trial Court Information System (TCIS) and (2) outside law enforcement agencies. All warrants issued by Los Angeles courts received by Department personnel shall be forwarded to Records and Identification Bureau, Warrants Unit, for processing. The Warrants Unit shall file and maintain all issued original warrants. As a general rule, file numbers will be assigned by the Detective Division only; however, if a warrant results from an original Sheriff's case, the case URN shall be placed in the appropriate location on the face of the warrant by the court Deputy or investigating Deputy prior to forwarding to the Records and Identification Bureau. Whenever an arrest is made on a warrant, an abstract must be obtained, utilizing the JDIC system. NOTE: Where an arrest is attempted under authority of a copy and the defendant is in possession of a receipt from the court on this charge or claims recent court appearance on the charge, no arrest shall be made pending investigation to determine the status of the warrant. When an arrest is made as a result of an abstract to a Station/Unit, the receiving Station/Unit shall update the computer. Whenever an arrest is made on an abstract of a warrant issued by an L.A. County Court and the L.A. County Jail booking number is known, the warrant is to be returned to the informing agency for return to the court. Defendant shall be arraigned with the abstract. Whenever an arrest is made on an abstract of a warrant issued by a court outside of Los Angeles County and defendant does not post bail, the warrant shall be returned to the law enforcement agency from which it was received. A copy of the abstract must be forwarded to IRC, for male prisoners and CRDF for female prisoners. Abstract to accompany defendant to appropriate jail.
Court Deputy responsibility			Court Deputies shall inspect all warrants received from the court for validity, case number, suspect identification data and URN in the appropriate location on the face of the warrant. The warrant must be faxed to the County Warrant System (CWS) prior to forwarding with a warrant and transmittal to Records and Identification Bureau, (CWS), for processing. A copy of both the warrant and transmittal shall be maintained in the Branch Office.
Warrants, types of:
--Felony(California warrant)	Warrant Service Card or Abstract URN 28	Station/Unit Patrol A	If arrest is made on abstract or information direct from requesting agency to Station/Unit, no URN is required. If warrant cannot be acted upon in Station/Unit area, forward warrant or abstract to Fugitive/Warrant Detail. This detail will assign URN upon receipt of warrant. Whenever an arrest is made on a warrant or an abstract of a warrant issued by a court outside of the County, and the defendant does not post bail, the warrant shall be returned to the law enforcement agency from which it was received, and the abstract must accompany defendant to appropriate jail (IRC for male prisoners and CRDF for female prisoners arrested on out-of-County warrants). Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, In County. Code 285 - Warrants, Felony, Out of County.
--Fugitive Warrant out-of-state	Abstract URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Station desk. If suspect is arrested on an NCIC hit, arresting Deputy will verify want by contacting the out-of-state agency by telephone. If the warrant is valid, enter a "locate" message and send the out-of-state agency a JDIC/NLETS Administrative message requesting the full abstract per 850 PC, including a verbal definition of the charge; if charge is a violation of probation or parole, request inclusion of the original charge. The agency must include their statement "WE WILL EXTRADITE" and request JDIC reply to both the Station and Fugitive/Warrant Detail, ORI/CA0190034. The Station/Unit shall also advise the agency that Fugitive/Warrant Detail will handle to conclusion. NOTE: On the booking slip, the charge line will show "1551.1 PC Fugitive." There is no bail on out-of-state fugitive suspects. Show arraignment by WAD (Warrant and Detainers Unit). Warrant abstracts will be transferred with the suspect to IRC OR SBI. If the warrant is not valid, or if the out-of-state agency will not extradite, the suspect shall be released per 849b1 PC; however, it is still necessary to send a "locate" message to the agency via JDIC wanted persons update format. If suspect arrested on a local charge and found to have an NCIC want, book on local charge or warrant and place an Additional Charges and Holds Record (SH-CR-435) for 1551.1 PC Fugitive. Send a JDIC message to THE Fugitive/Rendition Unit (mnemonic SFR2 OR SFRP) or fax a fax to (213) 687-0226 with all information including the name and phone number of person contacted. Additionally, notify the Fugitive/Rendition Unit by telephone (213) 974-4412 during the business day (0500 hours - 1330 hours) or Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau after hours at (213) 526-5541. Code 285 - Warrants, Felony, Out-of-State.
-- L.A. Superior Court juvenile arrest warrant			Warrant Unit, Records and Identification Bureau, will process for Fugitive/Warrant Detail. L.A. Superior Court warrants for juvenile subjects are retained in the Warrant Unit file and in the Wanted Persons File. Subject and warrant abstract to juvenile facility indicated. JDIC update message to Warrant Unit re: arrest and disposition.
--L.A. Superior Court bench warrant defaulting witness	Copy URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Detective Division. Code 286 - Warrants, Misdemeanor.
--L.A. Superior Court bench warrant defaulting defendant	Copy URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Detective Division. Code 286 - Warrants, Misdemeanor.
--L.A. Superior Court bench warrant Failure to Appear	Copy URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Detective Division. Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, County.
--L.A. Superior Court bench warrant Violation/ Probation	Copy URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Detective Division. Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, County.
--L.A. Superior Court bench warrant other	Copy URN 28	Fugitive/Warrant Detail A	URN obtained from Detective Division. Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, In County.
--Misdemeanor	Copy URN 28	Station/Unit Patrol	URN obtained from Station/Unit desk. Used only for follow-up reports or investigation reports. As a general rule, no URN. Code 286 - Warrants, Misdemeanor.
--Traffic only	Copy URN 28	Station/Unit Patrol	URN will be obtained from Station/Unit desk when follow-up information is required. As a general rule, traffic warrants will have no URN. Code 280 - Warrants, Traffic.
"John Doe Warrants"			"John Doe Warrants" will be retained by the Unit obtaining the warrant. These warrants will not be indexed in Records and Identification Bureau and will be shown in a supplemental report to the original case.
Recall procedure			The Deputy recalling the warrant shall sign the recall(s) and list their employee number. Upon the earliest opportunity, the Deputy shall call Records and Identification Bureau’s (RIB) County Warrant System (CWS) to recall the warrant. The Deputy shall remain on the phone while the clerk verifies the warrant information and confirms that the warrant has been successfully recalled. The clerk is required to write the name and employee number of the Deputy recalling in the recall. The Deputy shall obtain the name and employee number of the CWS clerk verifying the warrant recall success. NOTE: the CWS employee’s name, employee number, as well as the date and time on the back of the original documents. Fax the copy of the Warrant Recall Transmittal to: CWS (562) 345-4417 or 4418 by the end of the Deputy’s shift. Make a copy of the recall slip (front and back) and transmittal. The original warrant recall and the original transmittal will be mailed to RIB, Attention CWS, at: 12440 East Imperial Highway, Suite 400-West, Norwalk, CA 90650. The copy of both will be maintained in the branch office.
Warrants in lieu of Habeas Corpus or 1442 of the Probate Code	SH-R-49 URN 28	Station/Unit Detective A	Refer attorney to Fugitive/Warrant Detail if not in area served by the Sheriff. The SH-R-49 to be made by Unit handling. Code as applicable: Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, In County. Code 285 - Warrants, Felony, Out of County.
Wrong defendant arrested and released	SH-R-49 URN 44	Station/Unit Patrol I	Assign to Station/Unit patrol if misdemeanor warrant; Fugitive/Warrant Detail if felony. Whenever any person is taken into custody under authority of a valid outstanding warrant and subsequent information determines that the person arrested is not the same person as named on the warrant, the following information shall be included in the report upon release of the subject: Classification shall be warrant; Arrested person shall be referred to as "subject;” Facts surrounding the arrest; Information which exonerated subject; and Time of release. Vehicle, if any, was returned to subject at no cost or adequate transportation home or to the scene of apprehension was made available to subject. If property has been taken from the subject prior to release, a booking slip will be completed and shall show subject's signature as receiving his property upon discharge. Refusal to sign shall be indicated in the report. Within 24 hours, a memorandum, SH-AD-32A, shall be directed to the Records and Identification Bureau, Warrants Unit, Attention: Watch Commander, and shall include the following: Warrant number, charge, issue date and court; Name and physical description on warrant; Name, address and physical description of subject; License number and description of subject's vehicle; Brief synopsis of why subject was arrested; and Who to contact at Station/Unit for further information. NOTE: Do not issue a booking number - this is a "dummy" booking only; however, if booking was erroneously sent, patrol shall ensure that CWS is updated. Code 440 - Other - Noncriminal.

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Crime or Incident

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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4-26/010.00
WARRANTS

The word "copy" under this column refers to a reproduced copy of the warrant.

For line procedures, see Volume 5, chapter 7.

Warrants are received from two basic sources: (1) L.A. Superior Courts, the Trial Court Information System (TCIS) and (2) outside law enforcement agencies. All warrants issued by Los Angeles courts received by Department personnel shall be forwarded to Records and Identification Bureau, Warrants Unit, for processing. The Warrants Unit shall file and maintain all issued original warrants.

As a general rule, file numbers will be assigned by the Detective Division only; however, if a warrant results from an original Sheriff's case, the case URN shall be placed in the appropriate location on the face of the warrant by the court Deputy or investigating Deputy prior to forwarding to the Records and Identification Bureau.

Whenever an arrest is made on a warrant, an abstract must be obtained, utilizing the JDIC system.

NOTE: Where an arrest is attempted under authority of a copy and the defendant is in possession of a receipt from the court on this charge or claims recent court appearance on the charge, no arrest shall be made pending investigation to determine the status of the warrant.

When an arrest is made as a result of an abstract to a Station/Unit, the receiving Station/Unit shall update the computer.

Whenever an arrest is made on an abstract of a warrant issued by an L.A. County Court and the L.A. County Jail booking number is known, the warrant is to be returned to the informing agency for return to the court. Defendant shall be arraigned with the abstract.

Whenever an arrest is made on an abstract of a warrant issued by a court outside of Los Angeles County and defendant does not post bail, the warrant shall be returned to the law enforcement agency from which it was received. A copy of the abstract must be forwarded to IRC, for male prisoners and CRDF for female prisoners. Abstract to accompany defendant to appropriate jail.

Court Deputy
responsibility

Court Deputies shall inspect all warrants received from the court for validity, case number, suspect identification data and URN in the appropriate location on the face of the warrant. The warrant must be faxed to the County Warrant System (CWS) prior to forwarding with a warrant and transmittal to Records and Identification Bureau, (CWS), for processing. A copy of both the warrant and transmittal shall be maintained in the Branch Office.

Warrants, types of:

--Felony(California warrant)

Warrant Service
Card or Abstract
URN
28

Station/Unit
Patrol

If arrest is made on abstract or information direct from requesting agency to Station/Unit, no URN is required.

If warrant cannot be acted upon in Station/Unit area, forward warrant or abstract to Fugitive/Warrant Detail. This detail will assign URN upon receipt of warrant.

Whenever an arrest is made on a warrant or an abstract of a warrant issued by a court outside of the County, and the defendant does not post bail, the warrant shall be returned to the law enforcement agency from which it was received, and the abstract must accompany defendant to appropriate jail (IRC for male prisoners and CRDF for female prisoners arrested on out-of-County warrants).

Code 283 - Warrants, Felony, In County.
Code 285 - Warrants, Felony, Out of County.

--Fugitive Warrant
out-of-state

Abstract
URN
28

Fugitive/Warrant Detail

URN obtained from Station desk.

If suspect is arrested on an NCIC hit, arresting Deputy will verify want by contacting the out-of-state agency by telephone. If the warrant is valid, enter a "locate" message and send the out-of-state agency a JDIC/NLETS Administrative message requesting the full abstract per 850 PC, including a verbal definition of the charge; if charge is a violation of probation or parole, request inclusion of the original charge. The agency must include their statement "WE WILL EXTRADITE" and request JDIC reply to both the Station and Fugitive/Warrant Detail, ORI/CA0190034. The Station/Unit shall also advise the agency that Fugitive/Warrant Detail will handle to conclusion.

NOTE: On the booking slip, the charge line will show "1551.1 PC Fugitive." There is no bail on out-of-state fugitive suspects. Show arraignment by WAD (Warrant and Detainers Unit). Warrant abstracts will be transferred with the suspect to IRC OR SBI.

If the warrant is not valid, or if the out-of-state agency will not extradite, the suspect shall be released per 849b1 PC; however, it is still necessary to send a "locate" message to the agency via JDIC wanted persons update format.

If suspect arrested on a local charge and found to have an NCIC want, book on local charge or warrant and place an Additional Charges and Holds Record (SH-CR-435) for 1551.1 PC Fugitive. Send a JDIC message to THE Fugitive/Rendition Unit (mnemonic SFR2 OR SFRP) or fax a fax to (213) 687-0226 with all information including the name and phone number of person contacted. Additionally, notify the Fugitive/Rendition Unit by telephone (213) 974-4412 during the business day (0500 hours - 1330 hours) or Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau after hours at (213) 526-5541.

Code 285 - Warrants, Felony, Out-of-State.

-- L.A. Superior
Court juvenile
arrest warrant

Warrant Unit, Records and Identification Bureau, will process for Fugitive/Warrant Detail.

L.A. Superior Court warrants for juvenile subjects are retained in the Warrant Unit file and in the Wanted Persons File.

Subject and warrant abstract to juvenile facility indicated.

JDIC update message to Warrant Unit re: arrest and disposition.

--L.A. Superior
Court bench
warrant defaulting witness

Copy
URN
28

Fugitive/Warrant Detail