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Commission adopts updated prisoner handling order requiring seat-belting, observation and medical checks
Summary
The commission adopted General Order 5.18 consolidating prior bulletins and requiring constant observation in patrol vehicles, seat-belting of prisoner occupants except in articulable circumstances, and medical evaluation after use of extended-range impact weapons.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted on May 8 to adopt a revised General Order 5.18 governing prisoner handling and transportation. The order consolidates four departmental bulletins and two field-operations orders and codifies several practices: constant observation of prisoners in patrol vehicles (unless exigent circumstances exist), mandatory medical…
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