Policy and Procedures

General Orders (GO)

General Orders (GO) are the Police Department’s policies governing every aspect of our day-to-day operations and actions. Our General Orders are the culmination of laws, legal decisions, best practices and community input. They serve as a daily guide for our employees and are one of the many ways we ensure we maintain a professional workforce and act in a way that is consistent with training and national standards. Please visit this page again to see additional General Orders posted in the future.

Please be advised certain information may be redacted from the records being disclosed. Certain information contained within the document contains security information, which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Government Code § 7923.600(a). In addition, some of the materials contain sensitive information, tactical procedures on apprehending a suspect or confidential law enforcement strategies, the disclosure of which could jeopardize the safety of officers pursuant to Government Code § 7922.000.

Reference Manuals (RM)

Reference Manuals (RM) are the Police Department’s procedural directives that provide guidance on how to perform specific tasks or functions. Our Reference Manuals are the culmination of laws, legal decisions, best practices and community input. They serve as a guide for our employees and are one of the many ways we ensure we maintain a professional workforce and act in a way that is consistent with training and national standards.

• RM 220.01 - Internal Investigation Manual 
• RM 230.07 - Funeral Procedures Manual
• RM 254.03 - Line of Duty Death or Injury Response Manual
• RM 257.03 - Employee Performance Evaluation Manual 
• RM 260.12 - Field Training Program Manual 
• RM 430.01 - Uniform Manual
• RM 450.01 - Air Operations Manual
• RM 510.08 - Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan
• RM 523.02 - Search & Handcuff Manual
• RM 523.08 - Nuisance Abatement Manual
• RM 524.02 - Report Writing Manual
• RM 526.01 - Search Manual
• RM 526.03 - Asset Forfeiture Manual
• RM 532.04 - Active Shooter
• RM 532.08 - Hostage Manual
• RM 532.16 - Bomb Squad Manual 
• RM 532.11 - First Amendment Assembly Manual 
• RM 537.03 - Sobriety Checkpoint
• RM 550.07 - Ramey Warrant
• RM 580.07 - Chemical Agents* 

*The majority of the information contained in this manual is intended for use of chemical agents with barricaded subjects inside of structures or residences. This is especially true of sections D.1 and D.5. 

• RM 580.08 - Baton Manual

Roll Call Training Bulletins (RCTB)

• Roll Call Training Bulletin #3 - Fire EMS Protocol When Responding to Officer Initiated Requests for Medical Assistance
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #4 - In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Fraud
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #10 - Sikhism: Protocol and Other Considerations for Law Enforcement
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #12 - Residential Trespass Violations
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #14 - Social Host Ordinance Changes to Chapter 9.12 of the Sacramento City Code
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #16 - U Visa
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #17 - Found Bicycle Procedures
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #21 - Requesting DVR/Surveillance Video System Downloads
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #23 - Petty Theft Less than Fifty Dollars
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24 - New DUI Laws for 2014 Changes to Sections 23152 and 23153 VC
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26 - Sacramento City Code Section 9.04.030: General Loitering
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #27 - Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Searching Cell Phones Incident to Arrest
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #28 - Service Dogs
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #33 - Illegal Camping – Notification and Enforcement, Property and Referral Procedures
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #34 - Impact Team Resources
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #35 - 72-Hour Temporary (or Probable cause) Want
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #37 - Hotel/Motel Registry Searches
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #38 - Bias Motivated Crimes
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #39 - Digital License Plates
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #40 - California Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #42 - Entering Stolen/Lost Cell Phone Information into Reports
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #43 - Firearms Confiscated Pursuant to 8102 W&I (5150 W&I Detentions for Mental Health Evaluation)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #44 - Flying Armed
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #45 - PC 1299 Bail Fugitive Recovery Agents
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #47 - Vehicles removed from private property pursuant to California Vehicle Code §22658
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #48 - Online Loss Prevention Officer Field Release Program
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #49 - Assault Weapons FAQ's
  
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #50 - Auto Theft with Prior Conviction(s)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #51 - 30-Day Impound Tows per 14602.6
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #54 - Failure to Sign a Citation
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #55 - Outreach & Engagment Resource Card
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #57 - Sacramento Police Cares Program
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #60 - Revised Records Management Policy
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #61 - Critical Incidents Involving K9s
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #62 - 5150 Holds Based on Third Party Statements
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #63 - Martin v. City of Boise
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #69 - Public Safety Statements
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #70 - Assembly Bill 2526: Temporary Emergency Gun Violence Restraining Order
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #73 - Sacramento Regional Family Justice Center (SRFJC)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #76 - Search of Vehicles for Identification
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #77 - Exposure Concerns with Banned Pesticide Found in California Marijuana Grows
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #78 - Fire Department Requests for Police Assistance on Medical Aid Calls
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #80 - Bias Motivated or Hate Crime Incidents
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #82 - Vehicle Searches
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #83 - Community Caretaking Regarding Vehicle Tows-Update
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #84 - 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid Utility Vehicle (Update)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #85 - Juvenile: Custodial Interrogation Welfare and Institutions Code section 625.6 (a)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #87 - Unencrypted Radio Communications
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #88 - Catalytic Converter Theft
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #89 - Terms of Probation Reduced For Most Crimes Assembly Bill 1950
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #90 - First Amendment Audit Recording/Videoing/Photographing in a Public Place
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #91 - Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Investigations
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #92 - 14602.7 (a) CVC Seizure Warrants
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #94 - Pre-Trial Probation
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #95 - Bias Motivated or Hate Crime Incidents-Update
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #96 - California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #97 - Pursuit of a Fleeing Misdemeanor Suspect
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #98 - Records Management System (RMS) 8.1 Upgrade
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #99 - New Warrant and Court Order Process
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #101 - New Bail Schedule and Procedures
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #102 - Mobile Report Entry (MRE) Cellular Phone Pre-Fill
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #104 - Search Warrant Issues and Concerns
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #105 - Bail Enhancements / Examination of Funds
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #106 - Department-Issued Cell Phone Deployment
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #107 - Fentanyl Safety Updated
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #108 - Upgrade to Mobile Report Entry (MRE) 8.0
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #109 - Documentation of Strangulation in Domestic Violence Cases
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #110 - Access to Health Care Facilities
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #111 - Violence Reduction/Community Referrals
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #113 - TruNarc
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #114 - Deadly Force and Edged Weapons-Best Practices and the Twenty-one Foot Rule
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #115 - National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Implementation
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #116 - Facial Hair Growth and Maintenance
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #117 - Assembly Bill 2147 “Jaywalking”
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #118 - Custodial Interrogations Involving Minors Assembly Bill 2644
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #119 - Enforcement Guidelines - Sidewalk Ordinance
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #120 - Responding to Calls Involving Deceased Individuals
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #121 - Enforcement Guidelines – 500 ft. Buffer Zone K-12 Schools
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #122 - Knock and Notice Requirements
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #123 - Senate Bill 357 and the Repeal of 653.22 Penal Code: "Loitering for the Purposes of Prostitution"
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #124 - Personal Appearance and Uniform Manual Update
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #125 - Senate Bill 2: Peace Officers Certification
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #126 - Warrantless Cell Phone Seizures
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #127 - Enforcement of Vehicle Codes on “Off-Street Parking Facilities”
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #129 - Child Sexual Abuse Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #130 - The Racial Justice Act (RJA)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #131 - Notification Process for Release of Peace Officer and General Law Enforcement Records
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #132 - Legislative Update for 2024
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #133 - Amendments to Assembly Bill 953: Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA)
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #134 - E-Cite Update, 2024
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #135 - Responding to Marijuana Business Burglary Alarms
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-1 - AXON Fleet 3 Training
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-2 - Injunction Immediately Prohibiting Encforcement of Penal Code Section 22210
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-8 - Return Me Safe Program
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-9 - Restraining Resistive Violent or Assaultive Persons
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-10 - Assembly Bill 48 Refresher
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-11 - Unlawful Camping Enforcement
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #24-13 - Race-Blind Charging
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-1 - Senate Bill 43 Legal Update
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-2 - 653x Investigations
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-3 - Juvenile Citations
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-4 - 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-4 - 988 BHS Resources Flow Chart
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-5 - Senate Bill 989 Joanna's Law
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-6 - Fentanyl Overdoses
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-7 - Text Browse
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-8 - The Values Act
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-9 - SCAR Reports and ESCARS
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-10 - Violence Reduction and Community Referrals
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-11 - Stop Stick Deployment for Traffic Control Purposes
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-12 - Watson Admonishment
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-13 - UAS Detection and Mitigation
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-15 - Thermal Runaway in Electric Vehicles
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-17 - Safety Glass Breaker Tool
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-19 - 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Calls
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-20 - Origami Risk Portal
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-21 - DUI Investigation Reminders
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #25-24 - Safe Place Program
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26-01 - MDT 7.7 Deployment Documentation
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26-02 - AB379 Loiter for Solicitation for Prostitution
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26-03 - Daily Summary System
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26-04 - Sabre Red OC Gel
• Roll Call Training Bulletin #26-05 - Carry of Kirpans in City Council Chambers

Departmental Memorandums (DM)

• Departmental Memorandum 23-6 - Legal Update Subscription Instructions
• Departmental Memorandum 23-7 - AB2773
• Departmental Memorandum 24-2 - Physical Fitness Program Update
• Departmental Memorandum 24-3 - Addition of Internal Affairs Disposition
• Departmental Memorandum 24-4 - Homeless Encampments
• Departmental Memorandum 24-5 - 2024 Legal Update
• Departmental Memorandum 24-6 - Modified Uniform Jail Booking
• Departmental Memorandum 24-7 - DUI Cost Recovery Memo
• Departmental Memorandum 24-8 - High-Risk Vehicle Stops
• Departmental Memorandum 24-11 - First Amendment, Protected Political Activity, And Vote Center Locations
• Departmental Memorandum 24-12 - UAS Deployment and Drone as First Responder (DFR) Trial Program
• Departmental Memorandum 24-13 - UOF Reporting Investigations and Response
• Departmental Memorandum 24-14 - Ballistic Shields
• Departmental Memorandum 24-15 - Approved Firearms
• Departmental Memorandum 24-16 - Travel and Training Update
• Departmental Memorandum 24-18 - Restrictions on the Possession of Firearms and Ammunition
• Departmental Memorandum 24-19 - Paper Citations (No Longer Allowed) Update
• Departmental Memorandum 24-20 - Generation 1 Glock Performance Triggers No Longer Authorized
• Departmental Memorandum 24-21 - Annual Vehicle Pursuit Update
• Departmental Memorandum 24-23 - Personnel Complaint Process Update
• Departmental Memorandum 25-01 - Electronic Suspected Child Abuse Reporting
• Departmental Memorandum 25-02 - Ballistic Shields
• Departmental Memorandum 25-03 - Evidence and Property Police Seals
• Departmental Memorandum 25-04 - Personnel Investigation Definition Modification 
• Departmental Memorandum 25-06 - Facial Coverings 
• Departmental Memorandum 25-07 - Taser 10 Testing and Evaluation 

Divisional Orders and Directives

The Sacramento Police Department is organized into four offices, each of which is divided into smaller Divisions, Units, and Teams. The orders and directives provided below apply to listed offices accordingly.