Oakwood Public Safety Department

• Ensure the detention is no longer than necessary for taking the appropriate enforcement action for the known or suspected offense, and ensure the citizen understands the purpose of reasonable delays.
• Answer any questions the citizen may have, including explaining options for traffic citation disposition, if relevant.
• Provide the citizen, when requested, with name and unit number in writing or on a business card.

Officer detaining a person shall be prepared to articulate sufficient reasonable suspicion to justify a detention, independent of the individual's membership in a protected class.

To the extent that written documentation would otherwise be completed (e.g., ALERTS arrest report, Field Interview (FI) card), the involved officer should include those facts giving rise to the officer's reasonable suspicion or probable cause for the detention, as applicable.

Nothing in this policy shall require any officer to document a contact that would not otherwise require reporting.

Every member of this department shall perform his/her duties in a fair and objective manner and is responsible for promptly reporting any suspected or known instances of bias-based policing to a supervisor. Members should, when reasonable to do so, intervene to prevent any biased-based actions by another member.

Each time an officer makes a traffic stop, the officer shall report any information as required in the Traffic Citations Policy.

Supervisors should monitor those individuals under their command for compliance with this policy and shall handle any alleged or observed violations in accordance with the Personnel Complaints Policy.