Access to Department IT resources on behalf of the Department is limited to Department employees, Reserves, Volunteers, County employees, participating police agency employees, contractors and subcontractors and their employees conducting Department business, and others authorized by Data Systems Bureau. Hereafter in this policy, authorized persons will be referred to as authorized persons. Unauthorized persons, including inmates, shall not be permitted to access or otherwise utilize computers or network equipment unless under the direct instruction and supervision of an employee authorized to permit that access.