Currently, there is no specific Department policy or procedure addressing how to handle non-warrant felony arrests made for another law enforcement agency. Example: A telephonic request by a police department with suspect information (just occurred crime - ongoing investigation) and requesting we make an arrest/detention. Generally the agency responds and takes custody of the suspect from us.
The manner in which we proceed is derived by inference from the “arrests” section (4-04/080.00) of the case assignment and reporting chapter of the Department Manual. Making such an arrest technically falls under the category of “probable cause” based on belief from information supplied by a reliable source (i.e., another peace officer).
STATION POLICY AND PROCEDURE
It shall be the policy and procedure of Industry Station that the on-duty Watch Commander shall be notified when a request for a non-warrant felony arrest is made by another law enforcement agency. The Watch Commander will verify the request with the handling agency and determine if an arrest can be made.
When an arrest is made, the handling deputy will formally document the incident by writing a “reasonable cause arrest” report based on the circumstances of the arrest. An original station file number will be assigned to the report and the arrestee shall be booked and released to the custody of the agency which requested the arrest.