5-03/165.03 - Use of Safety Belts



All prisoners shall wear factory installed, or Department authorized and installed, safety belts when being transported in a County vehicle.  When encountering the two-part (separate) shoulder and lap safety belts which are equipped in the rear seats of some patrol cars, both the shoulder and lap harnesses shall be utilized, as designed, to secure prisoners for transport.

This order does not apply to prisoners/passengers on County transportation buses or to prisoners/passengers with physically disabling or medical conditions which would prevent the proper utilization of factory installed, or other Department authorized, safety belts.