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Field Operations Directives (FODs)

21-003 - Arrest Statistics Accountability


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ARREST STATISTICS ACCOUNTABILITY
 
 
PURPOSE

The purpose of this Field Operations Directive is to establish policy and procedures to standardize and correctly account for arrest statistics. 

PROCEDURE

When an arrest is made by Department personnel, they shall record one arrest per suspect in custody on their Mobile Digital Computer (MDC) or Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) clearance log.  This is regardless of the amount of booking numbers pulled for one individual or the number of outstanding warrants for the suspect in the system.  Just as Department members would not log additional arrest statistics based on numerous charges listed on the additional charge form (Add Charge Form), deputies shall not record additional arrests for one suspect.   

Multiple deputies may not credit themselves with an arrest for a single person arrested. Only one deputy or field unit shall account for the arrest when clearing the call on their MDC or CAD clearance log.

The same arrest clearance procedures shall be utilized for suspects who are arrested and released in the field. 

Purposely violating this directive shall be considered deliberate untruthfulness, and may subject Department personnel to discipline, termination, and/or criminal prosecution.