The following procedure shall be used when an adult escapes from custody following a remand order by a magistrate, but prior to booking:
- Prepare an Incident Report (SH-R-49);
- URN shall be for the crime of escape [836.6(a) PC];
- Assignment will be to Major Crimes Bureau;
- A broadcast via JDIC to areas 100, 200, 300 and XLOC (all of L.A. County) may be made, if warranted, depending upon the crime for which the prisoner was remanded, the circumstances involved and the identification information available; and
- Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau shall immediately notify the Watch Commander of the arresting Agency/Station to enable timely notification to victims and/or witnesses in accordance with that Agency’s policies.
The following procedure shall be used when an adult escapes from custody after an arrest, but prior to booking:
- Prepare an Incident Report (SH-R-49);
- URN shall be for the crime for which the escapee was originally arrested;
- "Add charge" the crime of escape [836.6(b)PC];
- Assignment will be to the Unit specified for the original (arrest) crime;
- A broadcast via JDIC to areas 100, 200, 300 and XLOC (all of L.A. County) may be made, if warranted, depending upon the crime, the circumstances involved and the identification information available; and
- Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau shall immediately notify the Watch Commander of the arresting Agency/Station to enable timely notification to victims and/or witnesses in accordance with that Agency’s policies.
Booked is interpreted to mean either fingerprinted, booking number issued or photographed.
NOTE: For purposes of this section, a prisoner is considered “booked” only after the receiving facility’s booking procedures have been completed and the prisoner has been accepted. An arrestee shall be deemed “not booked” if he/she escapes while in transit to the booking facility and/or prior to acceptance at a facility.