Policies and Procedures

Our policies and procedures, also referred to as written directives, are the foundation of the Police Department’s operations and serve as the official guide in which all employees must follow to carry out our mission.

CPD is committed to providing the highest possible standards of professional policing.  Our policies are in compliance with the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program and also comply with national standards in their formulation.

Department Overview:

• Law Enforcement Agency Role
• Department Rules
• Authority and Responsibility
• Organizational Goals and Objectives
• Organizational Structure
• Unity of Command
• General Management and Administration
• Direction
• Written Directives

Policies and Procedures [in alphabetical order]

• Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection
• Agency Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid
• Agency Owned Property
• Authority and Responsibility
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• Benefits
• Bias Based Profiling
• Canine Unit Organization and Operations
• Career Development
• Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations
• Civilian Training
• Communications – Administration
• Communications – Facilities
• Communications – Operations
• Community Involvement
• Compensation
• Conditions of Work
• Conflict Management and Crisis Intervention
• Contractual Agreement for Police Services
• Crime Analysis
• Crime Prevention
• Criminal Investigation – Operations
• Criminal Investigations – Administration
• Criminal Process
• Crisis Intervention Team
• Critical Incidents
• Department Rules
• Digital Imaging
• Direction
• Domestic Violence
• Emergency Mutual Aid and Field Force Activation
• Evidence and In-Custody Property
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
• Field Reporting and Management
• Field Training
• Firearms Discharge Investigation and Review
• Fiscal Management – Accounting
• Fiscal Management – Purchasing
• General Management and Administration
• Grievance Procedures
• High Technology Crime Unit
• Honor Guard
• Infectious Diseases
• In-Service and Roll Call Training
• Intelligence Led Policing
• Interacting with the Hearing Impaired
• Internal Affairs – Administration
• Internal Affairs – Complaint Procedures
• Job Task Analysis
• Juvenile Operations
• Juvenile Operations – Administration
• Law Enforcement Agency Role
• Legal Process – Procedures
• Legal Process – Records
• Limits of Authority
• Line Inspections
• Line of Duty Deaths
• Media Disposal
• Missing Persons
• Mobile Video Recording
• Multi-Jurisdictional Investigative Team
• Office of Professional Standards
• Organizational Goals and Objectives
• Organizational Structure
• Patrol Administration
• Performance Evaluation
• Physical Protection of Criminal Justice Information
• Planning and Research Activities
• Police Chaplain Program
• Position Classification
• Prisoner Documentation
• Prisoner Transport
• Prisoner Transportation Equipment
• Procedural Rules for Stop and Frisk, Warrantless Searches and Warrant Searches
• Promotion
• Public Information
• Recognition and Awards
• Records Administration
• Records Maintenance
• Recruit Training
• Removal and Towing of Vehicles
• Response to Calls, Motor Vehicle Pursuits and Forcible Stopping
• Restraining Devices
• Ride-Along Program
• School Resource Officer (SRO) Program
• Selection – Administrative Procedures
• Selection of Sworn Personnel
• Special Events Planning
• Special Transports
• Specialized Training
• Staff Inspections
• Street Gatherings and Labor Disputes
• Temporary Light Duty Status
• Traffic – Ancillary Services
• Traffic Crash Investigation
• Traffic Direction and Control
• Traffic Enforcement
• Training Administration
• Unity of Command
• Use of Force
• Use of Force Review Board
• Use of Personal Cell Phones, Cameras and Video Recording Devices
• Use of Social Media
• Vehicle and Uniforms
• Victim/Witness Assistance – Administration
• Victim/Witness Assistance – Operations
• Weapons—Requirements and Proficiency
• Written Directives