11-03 UNAUTHORIZED ITEMS INSIDE STATION JAIL

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

`A Tradition of Service"

OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE

DATE: September 6, 2011

     FILE NO.

FROM:         EDDIE RIVERO, ACTING CAPTAIN                                  TO: ALL PERSONNEL

CARSON STATION                                                                  CARSON STATION

SUBJECT: CARSON STATION MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE 11-03
UNAUTHORIZED ITEMS INSIDE STATION JAIL

PURPOSE OF DIRECTIVE

The purpose of this Management Directive is to provide direction regarding the prohibition of any employee or person having in their possession unauthorized items inside the Carson Station Jail. This order shall not supersede the Department's Custody Division Manual, Sections 3-01/090.00 & 3-01/090.05, and/or section 4575 of the California Penal Code.

PROCEDURES

Any employee or person entering the Carson Station Jail shall be prohibited from having in their possession any unauthorized items per Custody Division Manual, Section 3-01/090.00, Security of Personal Property (i.e., firearms, knives, ammunition, batons, saps, personal phones, etc.).

Personal phones are described as any wireless communication device, including • but not limited to, a cellular telephone, voice over internet protocol (VOIP) phone, or wireless internet device, as per Custody Division Manual, Section 3-01/090.05.

Penal Code 4575 (a) states, "Any person in a local correctional facility who possesses a wireless communication device, including but not limited to, a cellular telephone, pager, or wireless internet device, who is not authorized to possess that item is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1000)."

Any deviation of this Management Directive shall be with the prior approval of the Undersheriff.

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