Police Policies

Department Policies

Open communication with our community is paramount for the Havre de Grace Police Department, therefore, we publish our policies for the public to view. While every real-life situation is unique every member of the department is expected to use these policies as a guide to making decisions in a professional, impartial, and reasonable manner. These policies help guide the actions of our officers and civilian personnel as they perform their daily duties.

Department policies are frequently updated and subject to constant change, or rescinded to accommodate new laws, court decisions, best practices, and other factors that may dictate revisions, additions or deletions where it is necessary and appropriate. This is done to better serve our citizens and the Havre de Grace Police Department. Our department has undertaken a comprehensive evaluation of our policies and will be adding additional policies as they are completed.

By law, there are a few policies that have not been included because their release could jeopardize officers or public safety as well as certain operations.

Section 1
100 Policies – Law Enforcement Role and Authority:

100 LAW_ENFORCEMENT_AGENCY_ROLE
101 Oath_of_Office
102 Policy_Manual

Section 2
200 Policies – Organization and Administration

200 Organizational_Structure_and_Responsibility
201 Special_Orders
202 Emergency_Operations_Plan
203 Training
204 Electronic_Mail
205 Administrative_Communications
206 Supervision_Staffing_Levels

Section 3
300 Policies – General Operations

300 Use_of_Force
301 Use_of_Force_Review_Boards
302 Handcuffing_and_Restraints
303 Control_Devices
304 Electronic_Control_Device
305 Officer-Involved_Shootings_and_Deaths
306 Firearms
307 Vehicle_Pursuits
309 Officer_Response_to_Calls
311 Domestic_Violence
312 Search_and_Seizure
313 Child_Abuse
314 Adult_Abuse
315 Discriminatory_Harassment
316 Missing_Persons
317 Public_Alerts
318 Victim_and_Witness_Assistance (1)
319 Hate_Crimes
320 Standards_of_Conduct
321 Information_Technology_Use
322 Report_Preparation
323 Media_Relations

324 Subpoenas_and_Court_Appearances
325 Outside_Agency_Assistance
326 Registered_Offender_Information
327 Major_Incident_Notification
328 Death_Investigation
329 Identity_Theft
338 Volunteers
341 Department_Use_of_Social_Media

Section 4

400 Patrol
401 Bias-Based_Policing_Prohibited
402 Roll_call
409 Homeless_Persons
410 Mental_Illness_and_Crisis_Intervention_Incidents
411 Mental_Health_Evaluations (1)
412 Citation_Releases

429 Medical_Aid_and_Response
430 First_Amendment_Assemblies
432 Suspicious_Activity_Reporting
342 Community_Relations

Section 5
500 Policies – Traffic Operations

500 Traffic
501 Traffic_Accidents
502 Vehicle_Towing

Section 6
600 Policies – Investigation Operations

601 Sexual Assault Investigations
605 Brady_Information

Section 7
700 Policies – Equipment

701 Personal_Communication_Devices

703 Vehicle_Use

Section 8
800 Policies – Support Services

800 Communications
801 Property
802 Records_Section
803 Records_Maintenance_and_Release
804 Protected_Information

Section 9
900 Policies – Custody

900 Temporary_Custody_of_Adults
901 Temporary_Custody_of_Juveniles
902 Custodial_Searches
903 Prison_Rape_Elimination

Section 10
1000 Policies – Personnel

1000 Recruitment_and_Selection
1008 Communicable_Diseases
1010 Personnel_Complaints
1029 Employee_Speech__Expression_and_Social_Networking