Patrol policy

Question 1

Missing Persons

Answer 1

ACCEPTING REPORTS
1. Patrol Deputies will accept, without delay, any missing person report, including
runaways, regardless of where the missing person resides or was last seen.

Question 2

Missing Persons

Answer 2

SEARCHES
1. A search will be instituted immediately whenever the following circumstances are
present:
a. All juveniles under 12 years of age
b. Juveniles missing under suspicious or special circumstances
(1) i.e., foul play suspected, juvenile is suicidal, juvenile is mentally
retarded.
2. For missing juveniles under 16 but over 12 years of age the Field Supervisor will
make an assessment of the reasonable steps to be taken to locate the person.

Question 3

Missing Persons

Answer 3

NOTIFICATIONS
1. A Be On The Lookout (B.O.L.O.) bulletin will be broadcast without delay within
the Sheriffs jurisdiction if the missing person is under 16 years of age, or there is
evidence that the person is at risk (per 14205 P.C.).

Question 4

Exigent circumstances

Answer 4

• imminent danger to life or welfare (including yours); or
• serious damage to property; or
• imminent escape of a suspect; or
• the destruction of evidence

Question 5

SEARCHES INCIDENT TO ARREST

Answer 5

A search incident to the lawful arrest of either the driver or any other occupant of a vehicle requires a “custodial arrest.” An “arrest” occurs when you take someone into custody, either by the use of physical restraints or by the arrestee’s submission to your authority.

Question 6

PROBATION AND PAROLE SEARCHES /COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

Answer 6

If an adult or juvenile is on searchable probation, you may search that person and any property under his or her control without any particularized suspicion and without first contacting the probation officer.

Question 7

CONSENT

Answer 7

Officer stopped a woman at an airport, told her that he was investigating drug-trafficking and that he only talked to possible suspects. However, he also told her she was not under arrest, did not have to talk to him, and was free to leave. HELD: This was a consensual encounter, not a detention.

Question 8

Lawful Detention

Answer 8

An officer who was validly inside a motel room and saw what he thought might be an illegal drug in a syringe, together with a known “cutting” agent, had a basis to detain the occupants. (Wright (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 1107.)