4.108 Transporting Arrestees Flashcards
What is the policy regarding the transportation of arrestees?
Arrestees will be transported in a manner that prioritizes the safety of officers, arrestees, and the public at all times.
What must officers do before placing arrestees in vehicles?
Officers will carefully and thoroughly search arrestees, including removal and search of any footwear.
In vehicles without partition cages, where should an arrestee be seated?
In the front passenger seat or in the rear seat behind the passenger’s position.
True or False: Partition cages are bullet resistant.
False
What should be done if two arrestees are combative?
Officers may restrain the arrestees with leg restraint devices or transport them separately.
What should officers do if an arrestee is to be held in a parked vehicle for an extended period?
Consider leaving the safety barrier in the lowered position and the front windows opened slightly for air circulation.
What is the maximum time an arrestee can be held in a transport vehicle before being booked?
Two hours
What should officers do in the event of an arrestee escape?
Notify the Communications Bureau and attempt to recapture the arrestee.
When should handcuffs be removed from an arrestee?
Handcuffs will not be removed until the arrestee is placed in a holding cell or in the custody of another officer.
What must be done with vehicles before and after transporting arrestees?
Vehicles will be searched to ensure no contraband, weapons, or other such items are present.
What is the policy regarding body-worn cameras during arrestee transportation?
Patrol officers assigned BWC will activate it for the duration of an arrestee’s transportation.
Fill in the blank: Arrestees of both sexes may be transported together if the ability to ______ exists.
restrict contact
How should handicapped, sick, mentally ill, or injured arrestees be transported?
In the same manner as other arrestees whenever possible.
What must happen to arrestees before entering a department vehicle?
They must be handcuffed.
What type of restraints may be used on combative arrestees?
Soft leg restraints
What should be avoided when securing an arrestee’s legs?
Restraints should not be used to secure legs to fixed positions inside a vehicle.
True or False: All arrestees must be secured with seat belts during transport.
True, unless physically impossible.
A police officer transporting an arrestee in a standard vehicle without a partition cage will place the arrestee in the _____________________. In a two-officer unit, the arrestee will be placed in the ___________________________ and the second officer behind the driver. A second arrestee would be placed in the front seat. Officers will not transport more than one arrestee nor a two-officer unit more than two arrestees without supervisory approval.
front passenger seat, rear seat behind the passenger’s position
Under no circumstances will an arrestee be held in a transport vehicle longer than_________ before being transported to the detention facility and booked.
two hours
When an arrestee is transported by an officer of the opposite sex, the start/stop mileage, to include tenths of a mile, __________________.
will be entered on the tablet
