Arerest Processing Flashcards
(22 cards)
Upon Taking a Person into Custody
- Inform prisoner of authority and cause for arrest, unless physical resistance, flight or other factors. Immediately field search/frisk prisoner and search adjacent vicinity for weapons, evidence and/or contraband.
- Verify by a Superivisor
- Remove prisoner to precinct of arrest and inform the desk officer of charges
- If the arrest is effected by an off-duty uniformed member of the service, the desk officer will request the commanding officer/duty captain to respond to the stationhouse and verify arrest.
Frisk/Field Search
The frisk/field search is performed primarily to ensure the personal safety of the arresting officer and conducted while the subject is still at the arrest location.
Needle/Syringe Keeper
Under no circumstances should a member of the service attempt to remove or dislodge a needle from a hypodermic syringe.
Transporting Prisoners
- The prisoner must be rear cuffed and the cuffs must be double locked. The prisoner will be placed in the rear seat and secured with a seat belt.
- Child safety on back doors
Fiberglass Partitions
- if there is a fiberglass partition the prisoner will be seated behind the operator. This will allow the recorder to maintain visual contact with the prisoner. – If RMP is not equipped with a partition, the recorder will ride in rear seat, directly behind the operator, with the prisoner seated on passenger side of vehicle.
Search at Police Facility
- Once you arrive at the stationhouse with the prisoner, you will report directly to the desk officer.
- will conduct a thorough search of the prisoner’s person
- A search at a police facility, includes removal of the outer garments such as overcoats, jackets, sweaters, vests, hats, wigs, ties, belts, shoes, socks, handbags and wallets.
Gender and Searches
- In situations where an arrestee’s gender is not immediately apparent the desk officer or supervisor supervising the search will assign a uniformed member of the gender requested
Strip Search
- A strip search is defined as any search in which an individual’s undergarments and or private areas are exposed or in which an individual’s clothing is removed
- only be conducted with the knowledge and approval of the arresting officer’s immediate supervisor or the borough Court Section supervisor.
- May only be strip searched when the arresting officer reasonably suspects that weapons, contraband or evidence may be concealed upon the person or in the clothing in such a manner that they may not be discovered by previous search methods.
Strip Search Cont.
- to determine the necessity of a strip search are: serious violent felony, arrest circumstances, subject’s reputation, unaccounted for “hits” on magnetometers or walk through metal detectors
- A strip search shall be conducted only by a member of the same gender, in utmost privacy.
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL A BODY CAVITY SEARCH BE CONDUCTED BY ANY MEMBER OF THE SERVICE.
- The object WILL NOT be removed without first obtaining a search warrant and seek help from medical professional
- Info will be entered in the Command Log, arresting officer’s Activity Log, and documented on the On Line Booking System Arrest Worksheet
Prisoner Pedigree Card
- is used to carefully document and monitor all prisoners in custody within a Department facility.
- exchange of information between the arresting officer and the desk officer.
Preferred Name
The name an arrestee prefers to be called based on their gender identity
Prisoner Holding Pen Roster
place the prisoner in the command holding pen and enter the prisoner’s name
Interacting with Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons
The use of a bilingual employee or the Language Initiative Program is the preferential method for interpretation when interacting with a prisoner.
Prisoner Telephone Calls
Sixteen (16) years of age or older, right to make three (3) phone calls. One telephone call may be placed anywhere within the United States or Puerto Rico. The remaining calls may be placed anywhere within New York City.
- refusal to make phone calls, on the On-Line Booking System Arrest Worksheet and the Omniform system.
Prisoner Property
- Any property that is removed from a person or from the possession of an individual must be invoiced
- Inform the person that they may examine the Property Clerk Invoice for accuracy as to the property listed.
Prisoner Cellular Phones
- Obtain IMEI number from the sticker in the battery compartment in the rear of the cellular telephone or from the sticker on the rear of the cellular telephone viewing screen.
- If the IMEI number has been removed or defaced, the cellular phone will be invoiced as “Investigatory Evidence”
- Photocopy the area of the cellular telephone listing the IMEI number and attach to Online Booking System Arrest Worksheet.
- Conduct IMEI number search in Omniform system.
Fingerprint
Never take prints when alone
Weapons (guns, pepper spray, and batons) should be secured
Check fingerprinting area for potential weapons prior to taking prints
Never leave the prisoner alone or unattended before
Never cuff the prisoner to portable objects (such as chairs)
Never attempt to force prints if the prisoner resists or is intoxicated
Never leave items such as keys, pens, etc. within prisoner’s grasp
Medical Treatment of Prisoners
A Medical Treatment of Prisoner form will be prepared for a prisoner who requires medical aid or psychiatric treatment
Sick or Injured at Arrest Scene
- Request an ambulance and remove prisoner to hospital directly from place of arrest, if necessary
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will a prisoner who has ingested a narcotic or other dangerous substance be transported to the command
- When a prisoner is taken directly to the hospital from the scene of arrest, remember to search the prisoner in front of witnesses and to search their clothing once they are removed by hospital authorities
- Leg restraints MUST be used when transporting a prisoner that has refused to be fingerprinted, and for ALL prisoners being transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
Procedures When Guarding a Prisoner at the Hospital
- stay alert and never let down your guard.
- Keep prisoners rear handcuffed whenever possible and double lock the cuffs
- Never leave prisoners unattended
- Keep your prisoner under constant observation to prevent escape
- Utilize a second pair of handcuffs to handcuff prisoner’s free wrist to a bed
or gurney, before removing first pair of handcuffs for treatment
Procedure When a Prisoner is Admitted to a Hospital
When a prisoner is admitted to a hospital you must notify the desk officer, precinct of arrest. You must also request the desk officer – of the precinct where the hospital is located – to provide relief.
Detain or Arrest a Foreign National
- Determine the foreign national’s country
- foreign nationals country NOT on the list you should:
- Offer to notify the foreign national’s consular officials of the arrest
- Contact the Inter-City Correspondence Unit.
- If ON the list you should:
- Contact the Inter-City Correspondence Unit.
