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Policy 323 Anaheim Police Department Policy Manual Prisoner Escort in the Police Department 323.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This Department Policy is to provide members of this Department with direction when escorting prisoners and/or detainees throughout the building. 323.2 ESCORTING PRISONERS/DETAINEES During business hours, Monday Friday, 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. (After hours, 6 P.M. to 6 A.M., weekends and holidays being the possible exception) all arrested or detained persons, juvenile or adult, requiring further investigation by any detail or specialized unit, shall not be escorted via the first floor main hallway of the Main Police building to the second floor. All prisoner escorts shall be done utilizing the door nearest the Detention Facility and the loading and unloading bay for building entry. Prisoners or detainees will then be escorted to the second floor for further investigation via the elevator or rear stairwell located adjacent to the doorway into the Detention Facility. Any juvenile not in need of interviewing related to an investigation may be escorted via the main hallway directly to the Patrol Officer's Report Writing Room and processed. Should it be later determined an interview will be required and it is within normal business hours, the juvenile shall be escorted to the rear area of the building and taken via the elevator or stairwell to the second floor. All in-custodies being escorted shall be within immediate reach of the escorting officer or physically assisted by the accompanying officer. Under no circumstances shall any prisoner walk ahead or behind an escorting officer. Any prisoner being escorted shall be on the side opposite of the officer's firearm. Prisoner Escort in the Police Department - 109 Adopted: 2013/05/13 © 1995-2013 Lexipol, LLC