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Manual of Policy and Procedures / Volume 2 - Organization and Functions / Chapter 4 - Executive Offices

2-04/010.13 - Field Operations Support Services (FOSS)


2-04/010.12 - Corrective Action Unit
2-04/010.14 - Discovery Unit

The Field Operations Support Services Unit assists Department personnel in the provision of law enforcement services.  Their duties and responsibilities are to:

  • Manage projects for Patrol Operations, Countywide Operations, Detective Division, and Special Operations Division;
  • Author:
  • Manual of Policy and Procedures Revisions;
  • Field Operations Directives;
  • Newsletters;
  • Emergency Operations Procedures; and
  • Response letters to inquiries of the Department;
  • Author and maintain:
    • Station Desk Manual;
  • Analyze:
    • Proposed legislation and its impact on the Department;
    • Case law decisions that affect patrol functions;
  • Answer questions from Department members of all ranks regarding policies and procedures;
  • Respond to Board of Supervisors’ motions; and
  • Serve as the Department’s Domestic Violence Liaison.

 

Proposed additions or revisions to any Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department procedural/regulatory manual is coordinated by this Unit.