Station Order 40/10.00 Station Cash Management and Handling Procedures



ORDER:

I. COLLECTIONS, OVER THE COUNTER  

          A. Personnel Involved:  Desk Personnel
              1. Watch Deputies,  Complaint Deputies, DOA's,  CSO's, Civilian Volunteer's, Etc.

          B. Duties:
              1. Accept checks, money orders, cash
                  a. For copies of reports1 print cards1 clearance letters, etc.
              2. Restrictively endorse all checks and money orders:
                  a. Stamped   For   Deposit   Only,   L.A   County Sheriff's Department" on back.
              3. Issue separate receipt, for each transaction.

          C. Miscellaneous fees cash record (SH-R-343) and cash on hand.
              1. Watch  Deputies  responsibility  to  safeguard  and verify totals.
                  a. Cash drawer kept locked during shift.
                  b. Audit  conducted each shift,  verified by  full signature of Watch Deputy.

II. COLLECTIONS, OVER THE COUNTER

          A. Personnel Involved: Secretarial Staff
              1. Supervising  Secretary and a designated assistant, jointly.

          B. Duties:
              1. All  checks  and  money orders to be restrictively endorsed, immediately upon opening of 
                  the mail.
                  a.  Stamped: L.A. County Sheriff's Dept" on back  
              2. Maintain a log of received mail, to record individual amount received.
              3. Prepare  a  single  miscellaneous  receipt  for  the daily total of monies received.
                  a. Show  total  number  of  each  type  of report purchased on receipt.

III. VOIDED RECEIPTS

          A. Personnel involved: Watch Sergeant
              1. Voided Receipts signed by Watch Sergeant.
              2. Brief explanation for the void, shall be included.

IV. MISCELLANEOUS FEES, BAIL/FEE DEPOSITS

          A. Miscellaneous Fees Deposit
              1. Each shift Watch Deputy shall prepare deposits.
              2. Deposits  shall  be made next business day,  when receipts on hand total $100.00 or more.
                  a. Three copies of deposit slip.

          B. Transmittal  of  miscellaneous  fees  prepared (SH-AD~359)

          C. Copy of deposit slip, copy of transmittal, and pink  copies  of  miscellaneous  cash 
              receipts, forwarded to Fiscal Services:
              L. A. Sheriff's Department
              Business Office
              Fiscal Accounts

              3. All monies on hand, at the end of the business day on  Friday  (1700  hours),  shall  be  
                  deposited  on Friday (prior to 1800 hours).
                  a. Deposit prepared by PM Watch Deputy.

          B. Bail/Fines Deposit
              1. Local court (Citrus or Pomona) checks to be placed in  an  envelope  and given  to  
                  appropriate Court Deputy for delivery to court.
              2. Any  other  court  checks  to be placed  in window envelope, for delivery by U.S. mail.
              3. Day  Watch  Commander shall  prepare deposit slips when bail funds exceed $100.00.

V. DEPOSITS
          A. Personnel  Involved: Desk  Personnel  and  Designated   Field Crew.

          B. Deposit must be made by someone other than the person who prepared the deposit slip.

          C. Deposit must be made by armed Deputy Sheriff.