Special Orders
204.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
Special Orders establish an interdepartmental communication that may be used by the Chief of Police to make immediate changes topolicy and procedure consistent with the current Memorandum of Understanding and as permitted by Government Code § 3500 et seq. Special Orders will immediately modify or change and supersede sections of this manual to which they pertain.
204.1.1 SPECIAL ORDER PROTOCOL
Special Orders will be incorporated into the manual as required upon approval of the Chief of Police. Special Orders will modify existing policies or create a new policy as appropriate and will be rescinded upon incorporation into the manual.
All existing Special Orders have now been incorporated in the updated Policy Manual as of the below revision date.
Any Special Orders issued after publication of the manual shall be numbered consecutively starting with the last two digits of the year, followed by the number "01" For example, 13-01 signifies the first General Order for the year 2013.
204.2 RESPONSIBILITIES
204.2.1 STAFF
The Policy Review Committee shouldreview all revisions/updates to the Policy Manual, which will incorporate changes originally made by a Special Order.
204.2.2 CHIEF OF POLICE
The Chief of Police or their designee will approve all revisions/updates to the Policy Manual. The Chief of Police shall issue all Special Orders.
204.3 ACCEPTANCE OF SPECIAL ORDERS
All employees are required to read and obtain any necessary clarification of all Special Orders. All employees are required to acknowledge the receipt and review of any new Special Order. Signed acknowledgement forms, e-mail receipts, and/or Lexipol attestation information, etc. showing an employee's acknowledgement will be maintained by the Training Sergeant.
