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Baltimore County PD - Field Manual
Welcome Assignment
Welcome Assignment (DO THIS FIRST) (84:10)
Sergeant Testing Announcement
COURSE BLOG
Article 1
FM Art 1
1-1.0 General
1-2.1 Delayed Response Program
1-2.2 CRITICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
1-2.3 Calls for Service in Bordering Jurisdictions
1-3.0 General Investigative Procedures
1-3.1 Investigative Tasks
1-3.2 Conducting Investigations
1-3.2.1 Initial Investigation
1-3.3.1 Field Interviews
1-3.3.2 Interviews & Interrogations in Police Facilities
1-3.4 Handgun Search Procedures
1-3.6.1 Physical Surveillance Operations
1-3.6.2 Portable Observation Devices (PODS)
1-3.7 Tactical Unit Deployment Request (Pre-Planned Ops)
1-3.8 Investigative Responsibility
1-3.9 SUBPOENA OF RECORDS
1-3.9.1 OBTAINING TELECOMMUNICATION RECORD INFORMATION (TELEPHONE AND WIRE SERVICE RECORDS, CALL DETAIL RECORDS, ETC.)
1-3.9.1.1 EMERGENCY CELLULAR PHONE PINGS
1-3.10 METERS/NLETS/NCIC RECORD CHECKS
-3.13.4 LINE-OF-DUTY CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS
1-3.13.5 INCIDENTS INVOLVING LIQUOR LICENSES
1-3.13.6 MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS
1-3.13.7 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
1-3.13.8 INCIDENTS INVOLVING FIREARMS
1-3.13.9 THREATS INVOLVING SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, OR STAFF MEMBERS
1-3.14 BIAS INCIDENTS
1-3.14.1 CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING BIAS INCIDENTS
1-3.14.2 INVESTIGATION OF BIAS INCIDENTS
1-3.15.1 ESCAPE FROM WORK RELEASE PROGRAM
1-3.15.2 ESCAPE FROM HOME DETENTION
1-3.15.3 VIOLATION OF HOME DETENTION
1-3.16 CONSPIRACY
1-3.17 GANG-RELATED INCIDENTS
1-3.18 MENTAL HEALTH/EMOTIONAL CRISIS RELATED ISSUES
1-4.1.1 GRAFFITI
1-4.2 MAIL/E-MAIL/TELEPHONE MISUSE
1-4.3 FIRES
1-4.3.1 ARSON INVESTIGATIONS
1-4.3.2 INVESTIGATION OF FATAL FIRES
1-4.3.3 OPEN BURNING COMPLAINTS
1-4.4 BURGLARY
1-4.5 THEFT
1-4.5.1 SHOPLIFTING
1-4.6 FRAUD
1-4.6.2 FORGERIES
1-4.6.3 MEDICAID FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS
1-4.7.1 VEHICLE THEFT
1-4.7.2 VEHICLE TAMPERING
1-4.7.3 VEHICLE/BOAT THEFTS
1-4.7.4 STOLEN VEHICLE/BOAT RECOVERY
1-4.7.5 VEHICLE RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY
1-5.1.2 THREATS AGAINST POLICE EMPLOYEES OR PROPERTY
1-5.1.3 THREAT AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS/JUDGES
1-5.1.4 THREATS AGAINST VICTIMS/WITNESSES
1-5.2 DOMESTIC INCIDENT/ABUSE
1-5.3 VULNERABLE ADULT/ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION
1-5.4 RAPE AND SEX OFFENSES
1-5.4.1 DELAYED SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING
1-5.4.2 SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
1-5.5 HOMICIDE CASES
1-5.5.1 DEATH AND MURDER SCENE SEARCHES
1-5.5.2 CONSPIRACY/CONTRACT MURDERS
1-5.6 ROBBERY
-5.6.1 VERIFIED BANK ROBBERIES
1-5.6.2 FORM 208, INVESTIGATIVE GUIDE
1-6.1 NON-EVIDENTIARY CDS/PARAPHERNALIA
1-6.1.1 CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES
1-6.2 ADULT NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS
1-6.3 DRUGS IN THE WORKPLACE
1-6.4 DRUG INVESTIGATION DATA SYSTEM
1-6.5 SEIZED ASSETS IN CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (CDS) CASES
1-7.0 VICE LAW INVESTIGATIONS
1-7.1 DECOY OPERATIONS
1-8.3 TAMPERING WITH FOOD OR DRUGS
1-8.4 BRIBERY ATTEMPTS
1-8.5 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGN VIOLATIONS
1-8.6 WATER RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS
1-8.7 DOMESTIC NOISE COMPLAINTS
1-8.8 IMPROPER OR MISSING ADDRESSES
1-8.9 EXPLOSIVES, AMMUNITION, FIREWORKS, INCENDIARY DEVICES
-8.10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (HAZMAT)
1-8.10.1 CALLS FOR SERVICE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS POWDERS AND SUBSTANCES/POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (HAZMAT)
1-8.11 MEDICAL WASTE
1-8.12 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
1-8.13 SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL
1-8.14 SQUATTER SITUATIONS
1-8.15 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING ANIMALS
1-8.16 SWATTING
1-9.1.1 DANGEROUS/HAZARDOUS ANIMALS
1-9.1.2 DEER KILLED ON ROADWAYS
1-9.2 SUSPICIOUS SUBJECTS, VEHICLES, NOISES, AND CONDITIONS
1-9.3 ALARMS
1-9.4 SICK OR INJURED PERSONS
1 - 9.4.1 THREATENED SUICIDE
1-9.4.2 AMBULANCE SERVICE
1-9.4.3 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDs)
1-9.5 SUSPICIOUS/SUDDEN DEATH, OVERDOSE, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
1-9.5.1 IDENTIFYING DECEASED PERSONS
1-9.5.2 RECOVERY AND REMOVAL OF DECEASED PERSONS
1-9.6 MISSING PERSONS
1-9.6.1 A CHILD IS MISSING ALERT PROGRAM (ACIM)
1-9.6.2 FOUND MISSING PERSONS
1-9.7 BAIL BONDSMEN/BOUNTY HUNTERS
1-9.8 GAS AND ELECTRIC INCIDENTS
1-9.9 RELINQUISHED FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND ACCESSORIES
1-9.10 ASSISTING THE BALTIMORE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PERMITS, APPROVALS, AND INSPECTIONS (DPAI)
ARTICLE 2 TRAFFIC PROCEDURES
FM Art 2
2-1.2 Crash Investigation
2-1.2.2 Vehicle Towing
2-1.3 Traffic Crash Investigators
2-1.4 Reporting
2-2.4 Serious Offenses
2-4.0 Alcohol/Drug Related Offenses
2-4.1.1 Preliminary Breath Test Devices
2-4.1.2 Evidentiary Breath Tests
2-4.1.3 Blood Tests
2-4.1.4 Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Program
2-4.2 Confiscation of Maryland Drivers License
2-4.3 Offenses Involving Commercial Motor Vehicles
2-4.4 Violations of Alcohol Restrictions
2-5.0 Off Road Vehicle Violations on Private Property
2-7.2 Stored Unusual Vehicles and Motorized Equipment
2-8.0 Inoperative Vehicles
2-9.0 Major Traffic Incidents
2-10.0 Traffic Control and Safety Devices
2-10.1 Speed Trailers
2-11.0 Parades and Special Events
2-12.0 Road Closure Program
ARTICLE 3 JUVENILE PROCEDURES
FM Art 3
3-1.0 GENERAL
3-2.0 INTAKE PROCEDURES
3-3.0 JUVENILE WAIVERS
3-3.1 DETAINABLE OFFENSES FOR DJS
3-4.1 JUVENILE WRIT OF ATTACHMENT
3-4.2 COMMUNITY DETENTION ORDERS
3-4.2.1 JUVENILE COMMUNITY DETENTION VIOLATION
3 - 4.3 JUVENILE ARREST WARRANTS
3-5.0 DELINQUENT JUVENILE CASES
3-5.1 TEMPORARY CUSTODY
3-5.2 INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES
3-5.3 JUVENILE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS (NON-SCHOOL)
3-5.4 JUVENILE DETENTION ENTRY
3-6.0 CHILDREN IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE/SUPERVISION (CINA/CINS)
3-6.1.1 SAFE HAVEN LAW
3-6.2 CHILD IN NEED OF SUPERVISION (CINS)
3-7.0 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
3-7.1 PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE
3-7.2 CHILD NEGLECT
3-7.3 SEXUAL CHILD ABUSE
3-7.4 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND COMPUTER-RELATED EXPLOITATION
3-7.5 REMOVING A CHILD FROM THE HOME
3-7.6 SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT CASES IN SCHOOLS
3-7.7 UNATTENDED CHILDREN
3-8.0 EMERGENCY MEDICAL ADMISSIONS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMMITMENTS
3-9.0 MISSING CHILDREN AND RUNAWAYS
3-9.1 MISSING CHILDREN AND RUNAWAY INVESTIGATIONS
3-9.2 RUNAWAYS
3-10.0 SCHOOL INCIDENTS
3-10.1 SEARCH AND SEIZURE
3 - 10.2 INTERVIEWING JUVENILE PUPILS
3-10.3 TAKING A JUVENILE PUPIL INTO CUSTODY
3-10.4 WEAPONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY
3-10.4.1 INTERVIEWS/JUVENILE STUDENTS
3-10.4.2 INTERVIEWS/ADULT STUDENTS
3-10.5.1 SUSPECTED CDS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING SCHOOL HOURS
3-10.5.2 SUSPECTED CDS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING NON-SCHOOL HOURS
3-10.5.3 ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING SCHOOL HOURS
3-11.1 REPORTS INVOLVING JUVENILES
3-12.0 FORM 117, JUVENILE REFERRAL/CUSTODY REPORT
3-13.0 FORM 117R, NOTIFICATION OF JUVENILE IN POLICE CUSTODY AND RELEASE AGREEMENT FORM
ARTICLE 4 ARREST, CUSTODY, AND COURT
FM Art 4
4-1.1 ARREST IDENTITY VERIFICATION
4-3.0 ARREST WARRANTS
4-3.1 ISSUING/RECEIVING ARREST WARRANTS, SUMMONSES, AND CIVIL ORDERS
4-3.2 SERVING ARREST WARRANTS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY
4-3.2.2 PRISONERS HOUSED IN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
4-3.2.3 BENCH WARRANTS
4 - 3.3.2 FUGITIVE APPREHENSIONS
4-4.2 SCHOOL NOTIFICATION FOR ADULT STUDENTS
4-4.3 ARREST OF ALIENS/NONCITIZENS
4-4.4 ARREST OF FOREIGN NATIONALS
4-4.5 ARREST OF A SUBJECT WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS
4-4.6 ARREST OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS
4-4.7 ARREST OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
4-4.8 ARREST OF MEMBERS OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
4-4.9 ARREST OF BALTIMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
4 - 4.10 ARREST OF ON - DUTY BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC (BGE) EMPLOYEES
4-4.11 ARREST FOR SERIES OF CRIMES
4-4.12 ASSISTING OTHER JURISDICTIONS
4-5.1 FELONY ARRESTS
4-5.2 TRAFFIC-RELATED ARRESTS
4-5.2.1 DUI ARRESTS
4-6.0 CRIMINAL/CIVIL CITATIONS
4-6.1 CRIMINAL CITATIONS
4-6.2 ADULT AND JUVENILE CIVIL CITATIONS
4-6.2.1 ADULT CIVIL CITATIONS
4-7.0 REPEAT OFFENDERS
4-8.1.1 SERVICE OF PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATION
4-8.1.2 TRANSPORTATION OF EVALUEES
4-8.1.3 HOSPITAL PROCEDURES
4-8.2.1 INTERIM AND TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
4-8.2.2 CIRCUIT COURT TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
4-8.2.3 FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS
4-8.2.4 VIOLATIONS OF INTERIM, TEMPORARY, OR FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDERS
4-8.2.5 PEACE ORDERS
4-8.3 BODY ATTACHMENTS
4-8.4 DETAINERS
4-8.4.1 HABEAS CORPUS WRITS
4-8.5 PETITION FOR CUSTODY, INTERROGATION, AND ARREST OF A JUVENILE
4-9.1 GENERAL REPORTING
4-9.1.1 NARRATIVE SUBSTITUTION
4-9.2 FORM 19, CRIMINAL DEBRIEFING GUIDE
4-10.0 SUMMONS PROCEDURES
4-11.1 DISTRICT COURT SCHEDULING
4-11.2 COURT LIAISON PROGRAM
4-11.3 COURT WITNESSES
4-11.4.1 JUVENILE, CIVIL, AND CIRCUIT COURT SUMMONSES
4-11.4 COURT SUMMONSES FOR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS
4 - 13.2 EXPUNGEMENT OF ARREST AND CRIMINAL RECORDS
ARTICLE 5 PRISONERS
FM Art 5
5-1.0 PRISONERS
5-1.1 PRISONER TRACKING
5-2.0 SEARCHES
5-2.1 STRIP SEARCHES
5-2.2 BODY CAVITIES
5-3.0 PRISONER HANDLING
5-3.1 HANDCUFFING OF PRISONERS
5-3.2 TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS
5-3.2.1 PRISONER TRANSPORT PROGRAM
5-4.0 PRISONER PROCESSING
5-4.1.1 SUICIDE SCREENING
5-4.1.2 HEALTH SCREENING
5-4.1.3 PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) SCREENING
5-4.3 FINGERPRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING
5-4.5.1 BAIL HEARINGS FOR HOSPITALIZED PRISONERS
5-5.1 SAFETY/SECURITY
5-5.2.1 INCARCERATION LOG BOOK
5-5.3 DETENTION
5-5.4 SEGREGATING PRISONERS
5-5.5 PRISONER MEALS
5-5.6 PRISONER VISITATION
5-5.7 GUARDING PRISONERS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION
5-5.7.1 PRISONER VISITATION AT MEDICAL FACILITIES
5-5.8 CLOSURE OF PRECINCT CELLBLOCKS
5-6.0 MEDICAL ISSUES
5-6.1 PEPPER AEROSOL RESTRAINT SPRAY (ARS)
5-6.2 SERIOUSLY INJURED/ILL PRISONERS
5-6.3 PRISONERS REQUIRING MEDICATION
5-6.4 NARCOTIC ADDICTS
5-6.5 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
5-7.0 UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES
5-7.1 ESCAPE FROM DEPARTMENT CUSTODY
5-8.0 REMOVAL OF DETENTION CENTER PRISONERS
5-9.0 PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) OF 2003
5-9.1 PREA PREVENTION STANDARDS
5-9.2 PREA ARRESTS AND SEARCHES
5 - 9.3 PREA REPORTING
5-9.4 PREA INVESTIGATIONS
5-9.5 PREA TRAINING AND EDUCATION
5-9.6 PREA DATA COLLECTION
ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY ISSUES
FM Art 6 - Corporal Exam
6-1.0 ABANDONED, FOUND, SAFEKEEPING PROPERTY
6-2.3 RELEASE OF PROPERTY
6-2.3.1 FIREARM RELEASE
6-5.0 PAWN SHOPS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
6-6.0 REMOVAL OF DECEASED PERSON’S PROPERTY
ARTICLE 7 EVIDENCE
FM ART 7
7.1.0 HANDLING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
7-1.1 EVIDENCE/PROPERTY RECOVERY BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS
7-1.2 TRIAL AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF EVIDENCE
7-2.0 FORENSIC SERVICES SECTION
7-3.0 FIREARMS EVIDENCE
7-3.2 PACKAGING FIREARMS
7-4.0 CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (CDS) EVIDENCE
7-5.0 VEHICLES HELD AS EVIDENCE
7-6.0 HANDLING AND PACKAGING SPECIAL EVIDENCE
7-6.1 HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLES
7-6.2 CLEAN-UP AND DECONTAMINATION
7-7.0 QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS EVIDENCE
7-7.1 SUBMITTING DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
7-7.2 QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
7-8.0 STATEMENTS AND CONFESSIONS
7-8.1 JUVENILE STATEMENTS AND CONFESSIONS
7-8.2 DYING DECLARATIONS
7-9.0 VISUAL INVESTIGATIVE AIDS
7-9.2 PHOTOGRAPH IDENTIFICATION
7-9.3 SHOW-UPS
7-9.4 FORENSIC ARTIST COMPOSITES
7-9.5 SKETCHES
7-10.1 JUVENILE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS
7 - 11.0 WIRE OR ORAL INTERCEPTIONS
7-11.2 COURT ORDERED INTERCEPTION
7-12.3 MARYLAND AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (MAFIS)
New Le7-12.4 FORM 136, LATENT PRINT REPORT FOLLOWUPsson
7-13.0 PHOTOGRAPHS
7-14.0 SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANTS
ARTICLE 8 REPORT WRITING
FM Art 8
8-1.3.1 CONFIDENTIAL INCIDENT REPORTS
8-1.6.1 RACE DESIGNATION
8-1.6.2 ETHNICITY DESIGNATION
8-1.7.1 SEX DESIGNATION
8-1.7.2 GENDER IDENTITY DESIGNATION
8-1.8 DIAGRAMS
8-17.0 RMS CONTINGENCY PLAN
8-18.0 CITIZEN ON-LINE REPORTING SYSTEM
8-18.1 CITIZEN ON-LINE REPORTING SYSTEM - PETTY THEFT SHOPLIFTING PROGRAM
ARTICLE 9 VEHICLE OPERATION
FM Art 9
9-2.0 CARE AND SERVICE OF VEHICLES DURING OPERATION
9-3.0 GENERAL VEHICLE OPERATION
9-3.1 DEPARTMENTAL VEHICLE CRASHES
9-3.3 VEHICLE STOPS
9-3.5 CHECKPOINTS AND ROADBLOCKS
9-4.0 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
9-5.0 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUITS
9-5.1 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUIT GUIDELINE MATRIX/RISK FACTORS
9-5.2 MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUIT PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 10 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
FM Art 10
10-1.1 SYSTEM FEATURES AND USAGE
10-1.1.1 INTER-AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN BALTIMORE COUNTY
10-1.2 VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
ARTICLE 11 MAJOR INCIDENTS
FM Art 11
ARTICLE 12 USE OF FORCE/WEAPON SYSTEMS
FM Art 12
12-1.0 USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS
12.1.2 Use of Force
12.1.3 Form 253 Preparation Instructions
12.3.0 Use of Less Lethal Weapons
12-3.1 Conducted Electrical Weapon (CEW)
12-3.2 Beanbag Munitions Weapon (BMW)
12-3.3 Expandable Baton
12-3.4 USE OF PEPPER AEROSOL RESTRAINT SPRAY (ARS) New Lesson
12-4.0 FIREARMS
12-4.1 AUTHORIZED FIREARMS
12-4.2 SERVICE FIREARMS
12-4.3 PRIVATELY OWNED, DEPARTMENT-APPROVED FIREARMS
12-4.3.1 APPROVAL/QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR OFF DUTY USE OF HANDGUNS
12-4.3.3 APPROVAL/QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR ON DUTY USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED PATROL RIFLES
2-4.4 SPECIALIZED FIREARMS/WEAPONS
12-4.5 SHOTGUNS
12-4.6 PATROL RIFLES
12-5.0 HOLSTERS
12-6.0 WEAPON MOUNTED LIGHTS
12-7.0 FIREARMS DISCHARGES
12-7.1 INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
12-7.2 PUBLIC SAFETY STATEMENTS
12-9.0 FIREARMS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
12-10.0 ARMED AIR TRAVEL
12-11.0 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT (LEOSA)
ARTICLE 13 JURISDICTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORITY
FM Art 13
ARTICLE 14 PUBLIC INFORMATION
FM Art 14
14.1.0 Media Access
14-1.1 INVESTIGATION INFORMATION
14-1.2 ARREST AND CHARGING INFORMATION
14-1.3 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
14-1.4 INCIDENTS INVOLVING PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOTIFICATION
ARTICLE 15 OUTREACH PROGRAMS
FM Art 15 - Corporal Exam
15-7.0 Homeless Shelters
15-8.0 Prescription Drop Boxes
ARTICLE 16 BODY WORN CAMERA PROGRAM
FM Art 16
16-1.0 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM n
16-1.1 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) Use
16-1.2 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION
16-2.0 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDINGS
16-2.1 ACCESS TO BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDINGS AND AUDIT TRAILS
16-2.2 BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) SYSTEM RECORDING REDACTION AND REPRODUCTION
16-2.2.1 FORMAL REQUESTS
16-2.2.2 ABSENT A FORMAL REQUEST
9-3.0 GENERAL VEHICLE OPERATION
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