General Orders

General Orders are the Police Department’s policies governing most aspects 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 of ensuring we maintain a professional workforce and act in a way that is consistent with training and Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) accreditation standards.

Please visit this page often to see additional General Orders, which will be posted here as each policy undergoes a comprehensive review and is approved by the Command Staff of the Police Department and the Chief of Police.

GO 01-01 Code of Conduct
GO 01-02 Constitutional Rights
GO 01-05 Use of Force
GO 01-06 Search and Seizure
GO 01-07 Police Weapons
GO 01-08 OC Spray Canister and Fogger
GO 01-10 Procedures for Consular Notification of Foreign Nationals
GO 01-12 Duties to the Commonwealth Attorney's Office
GO 01-18 Use of Force Review Board (UFRB)
GO 01-19 Accident Review Board (ARB)
GO 01-20 Body Worn Camera Program
GO 01-21 Conducted Energy Weapons
GO 02-01 Department Structure, Chain of Command, Command Authority and Responsibility
GO 02-06 Watch Commanders and Notification
GO 03-03 Uniforms and Equipment
GO 03-07 AED Procedures
GO 03-09 Take Home Marked Vehicle Program
GO 03-10 Take Home Vehicles
GO 03-12 Handling Property and Evidence
GO 03-13 Social Media
GO 04-03 Substance Abuse Policy
GO 04-06 Outside Employment
GO 05-09 Awards & Citations
GO 05-12 Field Training Officer Program
GO 06-02 Incident-Based Reporting (IBR)
GO 06-03 Stopping Motorists
GO 06-06 Vehicle Pursuit Procedure
GO 06-07 Emergency and Non-Emergency Response Vehicle Response Protocol
GO 06-08 DUI-DUID
GO 06-09 Family Violence Response
GO 06-10 Restraint and Transportation of Custodial Arrestees
GO 06-11 Fingerprinting, Photographing and Arrest Worksheet Procedures
GO 06-15 Policing Playgrounds, Parks and Restricted Use of the James River
GO 06-16 Shoplifting and Petit Larceny Arrest Warrants
GO 06-17 Handling Mentally Ill Persons
GO 06-26 Sign Language Interpretation for Deaf & Hearing-Impaired Persons
GO 06-27 Department Ride-Along Program
GO 06-30 Requesting Criminal History Records
GO 06-31 Lethality Assessment Protocol
GO 06-32 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
GO 07-01 Preliminary & Follow-Up Investigations
GO 07-02 Case File Preparation Procedures
GO 07-03 Crime Scene Protection
GO 07-05 Executing Arrest Warrants and Subpoenaing Witnesses
GO 07-08 Procedure for Eyewitness Identification and Taking Interview Statements
GO 07-09 Death Investigation Reporting, Notification of Death and Emergency Messages
GO 07-10 Police Canine Utilization
GO 07-13 Active Shootings, Active Threats, Hostage and/or Barricaded Subject Situations
GO 07-16 Drug-Related Seizures
GO 07-20 Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment
GO 07-23 Services for Witnesses and Victim of Violent Crimes
GO 07-25 Reporting Acts of Terrorism and Hate Crimes
GO 07-27 Digital Evidence Procedures
GO 07-29 Peer Support Team
GO 07-33 Naloxone (Narcan)
GO 07-36 On-Call Duty Assignment
GO 08-01 Regulation of Traffic
GO 08-07 Inventory, Towing, Seizure, Storage & Abandoned Vehicles
GO 08-08 Parking Regulations
GO 09-03 Differential Police Response (DPR)
GO 09-04 Response to Alarms
GO 09-06 Records Retention Protocol

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