NARCOTICS BUREAU
DETECTIVE DIVISION
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
Bureau Order Number: 1-8
Subject: FELONY WARRANT MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
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Effective Date: |
07/01/2008 |
Last Date Revised: |
10/15/2019 |
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Last Date Reviewed: |
04/01/2021 |
Next Review Date: |
04/01/2022 |
I. POLICY
SCOPE
Narcotics Bureau crews are responsible for serving felony narcotics warrants issued as a result of crew initiated cases. Crews are responsible for tracking and updating the status of their arrest warrants. Additionally, each crew is responsible for complying with due diligence requirements.
In general, narcotics crews are not required to serve bench warrants that arise out of patrol-initiated narcotics arrests. Crews, however, shall coordinate with station personnel to serve warrants resulting from arrests by field operations deputies.
GUIDELINES
Crew supervisors shall be responsible for utilizing a warrant tracker file system for tracking arrest warrants. Moreover, crew supervisors shall ensure that case investigators and crew secretaries are utilizing the Countywide Warrant System (CWS), tracking due diligence requirements and for recording dates of service or attempted service of warrants.
At the time of filing for non-custody defendants, all felony warrants authorized for issue by the filing Deputy District Attorney are automatically placed into CWS by the court clerk. This automatically generates an entry to the California Department of Justice’s Wanted Persons System (WPS) which in turn enters the warrant into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). The following information is automatically placed in the miscellaneous field; “No extradition outside California” (NO EX OUTSIDE CA).
After the warrant is entered into CWS/WPS /NCIC via the court clerk, the filing investigator should review the warrant for accuracy. If the investigator believes that the suspect fits the criteria for extradition, the statement “NO EX OUTSIDE CA” should be removed via JDIC. Current guidelines for extradition can be obtained from Major
Crimes Bureau, Fugitive Detail. The Fugitive Detail distributes a list of outstanding
Warrants, which are entered into NCIC as extraditable each month. The Narcotics
Bureau Headquarters staff shall be responsible for NCIC validation of extraditable warrants as needed.
WARRANTS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Case investigators shall be responsible for filling out the Initial Case Filing form (see attachment) and for submitting the form with the case filing package. Once approved by the filing Deputy D.A., the case filing package will be given to the court clerk’s office for subsequent entry into CWS.
When a felony arrest warrant is issued by the court, a tracker file shall be instituted for tracking due diligence requirements. This tickler file shall be reviewed during semi-annual inspections. Crews shall attempt to serve arrest warrants within the first thirty days after issuance by the court; thereafter, a good-faith attempt at service shall be made at least once every ninety days. CWS shall be updated to reflect the attempted service date and time. Crew supervisors shall pay particular attention to identifying those warrants that are invalid (for whatever reasons) and for initiating requests through the courts to quash the invalid or stale warrants. CWS shall be updated accordingly. Zone Lieutenants shall review crew warrant files to ensure conformity with due diligence guidelines during semi-annual inspections.
ORIGINAL SIGNED
LOY L. MCBRIDE, CAPTAIN
NARCOTICS BUREAU
Court Case #
COUNTYWIDE WARRANT SYSTEM
INITIAL CASE FILING FORM
MUST PRINT OR TYPE
LEAVE BLANK IF INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN
CONSOLIDATED BOOKING (AJIS) AGENCIES NEED ONLY
COMPLETE SHADED AREAS (IF KNOWN ON IN-CUSTODY CASES)
(Filing Name) First ________________ Mid ________________Last _______________Sfx __________
Address __________________________________________ City _____________________________
Zip__________________________State____________________________________________________
DOB __________________Sex ___ Hair _________Eyes________Hgt ____Wgt ____Race______
ID#s _________OLN ________________St__________LPD___________________________________
MAIN _____________________________SSN___________________________________
VLN ________________St ___________CII_____________________________________
BKG ________________Other#s ______FBI_____________________________________
CIT________________________________________
OCA_______________________________________
LCN_________________________________________
AKA First____________________Mid __________Last_________________________Sfx __________
LEA_____________________________________LioCity_____________________________________
Inv Name/Unit_______________________________________Phone(_____)______________________
Filing Charge(s)_______________________________________________________________________
Arrest Charge(s)_______________________________________________________________________
Date of Arrest ______________________________________
(Arrest Name) First ________________Mid _______________ Last _________________Sfx ________
LEGEND
Arrest Name - Name used in booking
Filing Name - Name used for case filing
Sfx - Example: Jr., Sr., III, etc.
DOB - Date of Birth (this information is required - if unknown, use 02/30 and approximate year of birth)
OLN - Operator’s/Driver’s License Number (Do not use N.I.P., None, etc.)
ST - State - 2 characters only
LPD - Originating case number/D.R. #/File number (For LASD personnel - the LPD is truncated URN) (Maximum of 10 alphanumeric characters)
MAIN - The master automated index number is a LASD issued criminal history number allowing access and identification of a subject’s arrest trailer file in the Personal History Index (PHI) - mandatory for felony filings.
SSN - Social Security Number
VLN - Vehicle License Number (do not use N.I.P., none, etc.)
CII/SID - A number assigned by the State Department of Justice to automated and
manual criminal history records
BKG - Booking number (Maximum of 9 alphanumeric characters)
Other#s:
FBI - FBI number
CIT - Citation number (Maximum of 8 alphanumeric characters)
OCA - Number recorded on fingerprint card in space “Your No. OCA” (Maximum of 10 alphanumeric characters)
LCN - Local Court Number (used by Malibu Court) (Maximum of 10 alphanumeric characters)
LEA - Law Enforcement Agency - this is your consolidated booking (AJIS) arresting agency code
Inv Name/
Unit - Investigator’s name and unit of assignment
Phone - Investiga