3-03/210.01 - Transportation of Firearms



All Department members shall transport firearms on-duty or off-duty in a manner prescribed by the law with an emphasis on safety and security.  No Department member shall knowingly transport a firearm or cause a firearm to be transported in a manner that violates the law or any other provision of Department policy.  Additionally, no loaded firearm shall be transported, or carried in a container or bag, that would allow for the unintended movement of the trigger.  Any firearm whose trigger could be unintentionally manipulated by any means must be unloaded.

No Department member shall leave a firearm in an unattended vehicle at any time that violates any provision of the law or Department policy.

For the purposes of this section, loaded is the condition of a firearm in which ammunition is inside the firearm.  This includes the chamber, magazine, or cylinder.