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Lakewood Police Department Policy and Procedure Transporting Prisoners |
Effective Date: 06/23/2022 | |
| Policy Number: PP-4802 - Transporting Prisoners |
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Lakewood Police Department Policy and Procedure Transporting Prisoners |
Effective Date: 06/23/2022 | |
| Policy Number: PP-4802 - Transporting Prisoners |
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A. Policy
Prisoners and detainees shall be transported in a manner affording maximum safety to transporting agents, detainees and prisoners, considering both the degree of risk of escape and the potential for violence. Door locks and window controls shall be inoperative from inside the transport compartment. Police vehicles in which detainees are normally transported shall have a protective screen separating the driver from the transport compartment.
1. One Agent - One detainee - No Cage: The detainee shall be seated in the right front seat, right front door locked, detainee belted in.
One Agent - One detainee - Caged Unit: The detainee shall be seated in the right rear seat behind the cage, doors locked, detainee belted in.
Two Agents - One detainee- No Cage: The detainee shall be seated in the right rear seat, right rear door locked, detainee belted in, and the second agent seated in left rear seat.
Two Agents - One detainee - Caged Unit: The detainee shall be seated in the right rear seat, detainee belted in, right rear door locked, and the second agent seated in the right front seat, maintaining close observation of the detainee during transport.
One Agent - More than One detainee - No Cage: Not permitted without supervisory approval.
One Agent - More than One detainee- Caged Unit: The detainees shall be seated in the rear seat behind the cage, doors locked, detainees belted in.
Two Agents - Two detainees Caged Unit: The detainees shall be seated in the rear seat, both rear doors locked, detainees belted in, and the second agent shall be seated in the right front seat, maintaining close observation of detainees during transport.
Two Agents - Three detainees - Caged Unit: The detainees shall be seated in the rear seat, both rear doors locked, detainees belted in, and the second agent shall be seated in the right front seat, maintaining close observation of detainees during transport.
Two Agents - More than Three detainees - Caged Unit: Not permitted without supervisory approval.
2. In the event of special or unusual circumstances requiring transport of prisoners or detainees, procedures described in PP4800, Prisoner Arrest Control / Transport shall apply. The safety of the public, police agents, and the detainee shall be primary concerns.
Investigator transports of detainees to locate evidence or crime locations are possible. Circumstances might also include an unlikely request from the Sheriff’s Office for assistance to their agency during a county fire or other manpower intensive disaster, for routine prisoner transportation to unusual locations such as hospital visitations or family funerals.
1. Use of K-9 Vehicles - Transporting Prisoners / detainees: Prisoners or detainees shall not normally be transported in K-9 units, regardless of whether or not a dog is in the unit. If a supervisor directs, and there is a dog in the unit, the person shall be seated in the right front seat, right front door locked, detainee belted in. At no time shall hostile or combative prisoners / detainees be transported in the front seat of a K-9 vehicle.
2. When a police agent transports a prisoner or detainee of the opposite sex, he/she shall advise, via police radio, dispatch of the location from which the detainee is being transported, the destination, and the police vehicle mileage. Dispatch shall state the time of this transmission. Upon arrival at the destination, the transporting agent shall advise dispatch of the ending mileage. Dispatch shall again give the time of the transmission.
3. Use of K-9 Vehicle - Two Prisoners / detainees: Shall not be permitted.
4. A prisoner shall not be transported for anything other than official police business.