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Department General Orders
A PDF document is available online of all General Orders for the Department.
Subject Index in Alphabetical Order
(Please click numeric to access the G.O.)
9-1-1 – 81.1
Academy – 33.1
Accident Investigations – 61.4
Accounting – 17.1
Accreditation Familiarization – 13.3, 33.7
Accreditation Management – 13.3
Actual Arrest – 1.4
Administrative Investigations – 52.1
Administrative Reports – 13.1
Advanced Training – 33.4
Agency Instructors – 33.1
Agency Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid – 2.1
Alarms, Response to – 81.1
Allocation of Members – 16.1
Alternate Source of Power – 81.1
Alternates to Arrest – 1.3
Ammunition – 1.6
Analysis of Crime –15.1
Annual Internal Affairs Report – 52.1
Annual Reports – 13.1
Application Process – 32.1
Apprehension – 41.3
Area Search – 41.3
Arrests – 1.3
Arrest from Motor Vehicle – 1.4
Arrest in House or Building/No Search Warrant – 1.4
Arrest Warrants – 1.4
Arson – 42.5
Assistance Other Agency – 2.1
Assistance to Victim – 55.1
Authority – 12.1
Assistant Field Training Commander (AFTC) – 33.3
Background Investigation – 32.1
Baker Act – 13.4
Barricaded Subject – 46.4
Benefits/Leave – 22.1
Bias Based Profiling – 1.3
Bidding – 17.1
Blood borne Pathogens – 96.1
Bomb Threats – 46.2
Briefing – 41.1
Budget – 17.1
Building Search – 41.3
C.A.L.E.A. – 33.7
Calls for Service – 41.1
Canine (K-9) – 1.5
Canine Unit – 41.3
Canon of Ethics – 1.1
Carbine – 1.6
Career Development Program – 33.2
Chain of Command – 12.1
Chain of Custody – 83.1
Citations – 61.2
Citizen Complaints – 52.1
Citizen Orientation Rides – 45.4
Civil Disturbances – 46.1
Civil Process – 74.1
Civilian Employment – 32.1
Civilian Training – 33.1
Classification & Delineation of Duties and Responsibilities.- 21.1
Collection & Preservation of Evidence – 83.1
Command and Control – 12.1
Command Structure – 11.1
Communications – 81.1
Communication Access – 81.1
Communication Administration – 81.1
Communication Facilities & Equipment – 81.1
Communications Operations – 81.1
Community Relations – 45.2
Community Service Officer Program – 45.3
Compensation – 22.1
Compensatory Time – 22.1
Complaints – 52.1
Concurrent Jurisdiction – 2.1
Conditions of Work – 22.1
Conduct – 1.2
Conduct Toward Public – 1.2
Confidential Information – 54.1
Contact/Notification (Emergency/Non-emergency) – 81.1
Contamination – 96.1
Controlled Substances – 84.2
Core Values – 1.1
Correspondence – 12.1
Crash Investigations – 61.4
Crime Analysis – 15.1
Crime Prevention – 45.1
Crime Reports -. 15.1
Crime Scene – 83.1
Crime Scene Processing – 83.1
Crime Scene Vehicle – 41.2
Criminal Intelligence – 51.1
Criminal Investigation Operation – 42.1
Curfew Violation – 44.1
Daily Reports – 13.1
Deadly Force – 1.5
Deadly Force, Use of – 1.5
Delinquent Juvenile – 44.1
Departmental Organizational Description – 11.1
Dependent Juvenile – 44.1
Detective Responsibilities – 42.1
Dignitary Protection – 46.6
Disaster Response Plan – 46.1
Disciplinary Procedures – 26.1
Discipline – 26.1
Discretion – 1.3
Distribution of Members – 16.1
Division Directive – 12.2
Domestic Violence – 41.5
Dress Code – 22.2
Drone Response Unit – 46.8
Due Process – 26.1
DUI Enforcement – 61.3
Electronic Control Weapon (ECW) – 1.5
Emergency Appropriations – 17.1
Emergency Mobilization Plan – 46.1
Emergency Numbers – 81.1
Emergency Response – 41.4
Emergency Response Plan – 46.1
Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) – 46.4, 46.5
Emergency Response Team Commander – 46.5
Emergency Treatment for Suspected Opioid Overdose 41.7
Employment – 32.1
Employment Interview – 32.1
Equal Employment – 31.1
Escorts – 61.8
Evidence Search – 41.3
Explosions – 46.2
Explorer – 16.3
Exposure Control Plan – 96.1
Extra-Duty Employment – 22.3
Fair Labor Standards Act – 22.1
Federal Equitable Sharing – 95.2
Felony Case Preparation – 42.4
Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act – 74.1, 95.1
Field Intelligence Report – 82.2
Field Interview – 41.1
Field Response Form – 82.2
Field Training & Evaluation Program (F.T.E.P.) – 33.3
Field Training Officer (F.T.O.) – 33.3
Firearms – 1.6
Fire Investigations of a Criminal Nature – 42.5
Fiscal Management – 17.1
Follow-up Investigation – 42.1
Form Request –13.2
Forms – 13.2
Forms Control – 13.2
Forms Numbers – 13.2
Full-Time Officer – 16.3
Fund Transfers –17.1
General Order – 12.2
General Orders Manual –12.2
Geographical Boundaries – 2.1
Goals and Objectives (Department) – 14.1
Grievance Procedures – 25.1
Habitual Offender – 42.1, 44.1
Habitual Serious Offender – 42.1, 44.1
Handicapped Prisoners – 71.1
Harassment – 1.2
High Speed Pursuit – 41.4
Holding Facility – 72.1
Hostage Negotiator(s) – 46.4
Hostages – 46.4
Impounded Vehicle – 61.7
Incident Command System – 46.1, 46.7
Infectious Material Container – 96.1
Information Technology Security – 82.4
Injunction for Protection – 41.5
In-Service Training – 33.4
Insubordination – 1.2
Intelligence – 51.1
Internal Affairs Investigations – 52.1
Interview – 32.1
Inventory, Impoundment and Storage – 61.7
Investigative Cost Affidavit – 42.3
Investigative Expenses – 42.3
Job Description – 21.1
Jurisdictional Responsibilities – 2.1
Juvenile Operations – 44.1
Juvenile Programs – 44.1, 44.2
Legal Process – 74.1
Letters – 12.2
Limits of Authority – 1.3
Line Inspections – 53.1
Mail Policy – 12.2
Marine Operations – 41.8
Maps – 81.1
Medical Examinations – 22.1
Medical & Physical Examinations – 32.1
Medical Transports – 71.1
Members Allocation and Distribution – 16.1
Memorandum – 12.2
Misdirected Calls – 81.1
Mission Statement – 1.1
Missing Juveniles – 41.1, 44.1
Missing Persons – 41.1
Monthly Reports – 13.1
Motorist Assistance – 61.8
Motor Vehicle Pursuits – 41.4, 41.11
Multi-Channel Radios – 81.1
Mutual Aid – 2.1
Myers Act – 13.4
Narcotics Issue Request Form – 84.2
Natural Disasters – 46.1
News Media Relations – 54.1
Notice of Injury Report – 96.1
Notice to Appear – 1.3, 13.4
Oath and Cannon of Ethic – 1.1
Oath of Office – 1.1
Off-Duty Employment – 22.3
Off-Duty Firearm – 1.6
On-Duty Firearm – 1.6
On-Site Self-Assessment – 33.7
Opioid Overdose Treatment – 41.7
Organizational Chart – 11.1
Organizational Description – 11.1
Outside Instructors – 33.1
Overtime – 22.1
Packaging of Evidence – 83.1
Parking Enforcement – 61.5
Patrol Operations – 41.1
Patrol Organization & Administration – 41.1
P.C.C. Criminal Justice Academy – 33.1
Performance Evaluation -. 35.1
Personal Appearance – 22.2
Personal Equipment – 22.2
Personal Protection Kit – 96.1
Personally Assigned Vehicle Program – 16.4
Personnel Early Warning System – 35.1
Physical Fitness – 22.1
Physiological Fluids – 83.1
Planning and Research – 14.1
Playback of Radio/Telephone Call – 81.1
Police Academy Liaison – 33.1
Police Athletic League (P.A.L.) – 44.3
Police Chaplaincy Program – 45.5
Policy & Procedures – 12.2
Polygraph Examination – 32.1
Press Release – 54.1
Pre-Trial Release – 13.4
Prisoner Medical Examinations – 71.1
Prisoner Transfer – 71.1
Probation – 32.1
Property/Evidence – 84.1
Psychological Examination – 32.1
Public Information Officer (P.I.O.) – 54.1
Purchasing – 17.1
Pursuit – 41.4
Qualification, Firearm – 1.6
Radio/Telephone Recording – 81.1
Rank Structure – 11.1
Records Administration – 82.1
Records Operation – 82.1
Records Section – 82.1
Recovered Property – 83.1
Recruitment – 31.1
Recruit Training – 33.1
Release of Controlled Substances – 84.2
Rendering Assistance During Transport – 71.1
Report (FIR) – 41.1
Reporting Procedures – 82.2
Requirements – 16.2
Reserve Officer I, II, III – 16.3
Resistance and Control – 1.5
Resistance/Control Continuum – 1.5
Restraints – 71.1
Restriction, Firearm – 1.6
Retirement – 22.1
Review of Forms – 13.2
Risk Protection Orders – 41.11
Roadblocks – 61.6
Roadway Assistance – 61.8
Roll Call Training – 33.4
Runaways – 44.1
Salary Incentive Program – 33.2
Salary Plan – 22.1
School Resource Officer – 44.2
School Resource Program – 44.2
Search and Arrest – 1.4
Search and Rescue – 46.1
Search Warrant Execution – 74.2
Securing Scene – 83.1
Selection Process – 32.1
Selective Enforcement – 61.1
Sexual Harassment – 1.2
Sexual Predators/Offenders – 42.2
Sharps Container – 96.1
Shotgun – 1.6
Special Details – 22.3
Special Events – 46.3
Special Purpose Equipment – 41.2
Specialized Assignments – 16.2
Specialized Equipment – 41.2
Specialized Position – 16.2
Speed Measuring Device – 61.2
Spouse Battery – 41.5
Standard Operating Procedure – 12.2
Staff Inspections – 53.1
Staff Meetings – 12.1
Standards of Conduct Violations – 1.2
Stolen Property – 83.1
Stop and Frisk – 1.4
Subpoena – 74.1
Supervision – 12.1
Surveillance, Undercover and Decoy Operations – 43.1
Surveillance and Undercover Equipment – 43.1
Therapy Dog – 42.6
Training – 33.1
Training and Educational Assistance – 33.2
Training Officer – 33.1
Transportation of Prisoners – 71.1
Telephone – 81.1
Temporary Detention – 72.1
Teletype – 81.1
Towed Vehicles – 61.7
Traffic Administration – 61.1
Traffic Ancillary Services – 61.8
Traffic Checkpoint – 61.3
Traffic Control – 61.6
Traffic Crash Investigation – 61.4
Traffic Direction and Control — 61.6
Traffic Enforcement – 61.2
Traffic Members Deployment – 61.1
Traffic Stop Procedures – 61.2
Traffic Records – 61.1
Uniform Standards – 22.2
Unusual Occurrences – 46.1
Use of Force – 1.5
Vehicle Inspection – 71.1
Vehicle Inspection Sheet – 71.1
Vehicle Towing – 61.7
Vessels – 41.8
Vice, Drugs and Organized Crime – 43.1
Victim Assistance – 55.1
Victim Rights – 55.1
Victim Rights Pamphlet – 55.1
Victim/Witness Volunteer Advocate – 55.1
Violation of City Ordinance; to wit Curfew Violation – 44.1
VIP – 46.6
Warrants – 74.1
Wrecker Qualifications and Rotation Systems – 61.10
Written Direction and Official Correspondence – 12.2
Workload Assessments – 16.1
Zone – 41.1