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Administration
100.00 Administration Table of Contents
100.00 Administration and Organization of General Orders
101.00 Personnel Complaints & Discipline
102.00 Key, Combination, and Password Control
103.00 Special Reports
104.00 Part-time (Off-duty) Employment
105.00 Employee Lunch and Refreshment Breaks
106.00 Reporting of Employee Illness or Injury to Supervisor
107.00 Jury Duty
108.00 Overtime
109.00 Authority to Dismiss Criminal Charges
110.00 Accident Review Board
111.00 Public Information
112.00 Records Retention and Storage
113.00 Vacation Scheduling
114.00 Investigation of Police-related Death or Serious Injury
115.00 Public Information Officer
116.00 Temporary Supervision
117.00 Meritorious Conduct Board
118.00 County Court Standby System
119.00 Probation Review
120.00 Drug and Alcohol Policy
121.00 Nepotism
122.00 Lateral Transfer Process
123.00 Unintentional Discharge
124.00 Background Investigations for Selection of Employees
125.00 Employee Safety and Accident Prevention
126.00 After Action Report
127.00 Maintaining Compliance with Texas Law Enforcement Best Practices
128.00 Responsibility For Accurately Reporting Work Time
129.00 Social Media
130.00 Travel Policy

200.00 OPERATIONS
200.00 Operations Table of Contents
201.00 Operation of Emergency Vehicles
201.50 Pursuit Driving Policy
202.00 Severe Weather Watch Procedures
203.00 Attention to Duty
204.00 Delivery of Death Messages
205.00 Handling of Mentally Ill Persons
206.00 Vehicle Impoundments
207.00 Juvenile Guidelines and Policies
208.00 Tactical Team
209.00 Procedural Guidelines Regarding Investigative Prisoners
210.00 Investigative Suspension Guidelines
211.00 Expediter System
212.00 Procurement and Execution of Warrants of Arrest or Search
213.00 Use of Less-lethal and Lethal Force
214.00 Bomb Threat/Fire Call Response
215.00 Dispatch of Calls for Service
216.00 Reporting of Offenses, Incidents and Accidents Motor Vehicle Accidents
217.00 Robbery Alarm Response
218.00 Arrest Authorization
219.00 9-1-1 Call Response
220.00 Class C Misdemeanor Case Procedure
221.00 High Risk Vehicle Stops/Apprehensions
222.00 Family Violence
223.00 Civil Standby, Protective Orders and Court Ordered Assistance
224.00 Undercover Operations
224.50 Expenditure of Funds in Criminal Investigations
225.00 Forfeiture of Contraband
226.00 Electronic Evidence Gathering
227.00 FTO Training Officer Program
228.00 DTO Training Officer Program
229.00 Bias Based Policing
230.00 Ride-Along Program
231.00 Mobile Video Camera System
231.50 Use of Body Worn Camera
232.00 Problem Oriented Policing (P.O.P) Program
233.00 Alarm Response
234.00 Sequential Photographic Lineups and Field Identifications
235.00 Patrol Ride Outs
236.00 Traffic Enforcement Operations
237.00 Handling Missing Persons
238.00 Barricaded Suspects and Hostage Incident Response
239.00 Sex Offender Registration
240.00 Large-Scale Arrest Procedures
241.00 Municipal Court Operations
242.00 Searches Without a Warrant
243.00 Crisis Negotiations Team
244.00 Civil Disturbances
244.50 Special Response Team
245.00 Performance Evaluations - Sworn Personnel
246.00 CID After-hours Callout
247.00 Police Canine
248.00 Active Shooter Respone

300.00 Auxiliary Services
300.00 Table of Contents
301.00 Electronic Recording of Operations
302.00 Police Building/City Hall Security
303.00 N-Code System
304.00 Physical Evidence Section
305.00 DWI Arrest Procedures
306.00 Evidence and Impounded Property
306.50 Sensitive Forensic Evidence Procedures
307.00 Handling of Prisoner/Book-in Procedures
308.00 Prisoner Transports from Local Jail Facilities to Mesquite
309.00 Visitor Identification
310.00 Flag Display upon the Death of Government Official or Employee
311.00 Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
312.00 Communicable Diseases
313.00 Procedural Guidelines Regarding Suicides or Attempt Suicides in the Jail
314.00 Police Family Support Team
315.00 Physical and Mental Welfare of Prisoners
316.00 Mesquite Police Department Workout Facility
317.00 Crime Prevention Deployment Vehicle Program
318.00 Fire Emergency Plan
319.00 Peer Support Program

400.00 APPEARANCE, UNIFORM & EQUIPMENT
401.00 Police Vehicles
402.00 Personal Appearance
403.00 Firearms Equipment and Training
404.00 Uniform Accompaniments
405.00 Training

500.00 EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS
501.00 City Equipment Malfunctions
502.00 Incidents on Eastfield College Campus
503.00 Operations Outside Mesquite City Limits
504.00 Mesquite Police - Mesquite ISD Procedural Guidelines
505.00 Boarding of Prisoners
600.00 MISCELLANEOUS / OTHER
601.00 Political Activity
602.00 Employee Transportation