PURPOSE OF ORDER
The purpose of this order is to establish procedures for members of Operation Safe
Streets (OSS) Bureau when conducting necessary law enforcement activity outside of the geographical jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
SCOPE OF ORDER
All Bureau personnel.
ORDER
Our primary mission at OSS Bureau is to enforce the law, impact gang-related violence, and arrest criminal street gang members for violations that occur within the station areas we serve. We are obligated to take law enforcement action when we observe criminal activity; however, that does not imply that we are to seek out criminal activities outside our jurisdiction. That does not preclude us from entering other areas on mission-specific assignments, e.g., search warrant searches for identified suspects, or information gathering assignments. When it becomes necessary to enter another agency’s jurisdiction for a search operation, a Bureau lieutenant shall be present, the agency of jurisdiction shall be notified and provided with the name, rank, and contact telephone number of the on-site supervisor.
When law enforcement activity is conducted in another agency’s jurisdiction based upon an observation, a team sergeant will respond and take the appropriate action. That may include but is not limited to the following:
• Release of the individual(s)/suspect(s) with or without a citation
• Call the agency of concern to the scene and release the individual(s) to them
• Authorize the arrest and transportation of the suspect for booking
A lieutenant shall be present any time sworn Bureau personnel are out of the County wherein the possibility exists of taking any law enforcement action, they are likely to arrest an individual(s), or conduct an operation other than just solely for the purposes of information by means of surveillance.
We expect our efforts of enforcing the law to take place within our assigned jurisdiction.
OSS Bureau personnel found outside of their designated patrol area, without the express permission of the arrest team’s supervisor, or without a clearly identified emergency, are subject to discipline.