Any statements in this manual found to be illegal, incorrect or inapplicable shall not affect the validity of the remaining content.
Policies and procedures in this manual are intentionally written in either positive or negative language to achieve consistency in specific cases. Situations that arise wherein guidelines have not been established will require judgments predicated upon the circumstances and commensurate with authority and responsibility. Therefore, omissions are not to be construed as either permissive or prohibitive.
Titles in the manual shall not govern, limit, modify or affect the scope, meaning or intent of any volume, chapter, section or subsection of the manual.
Basically, the contents of this manual shall be to form the basis for Department administrative sanctions. Violations of law will usually form the basis for civil and criminal sanctions.