Policies, Procedures, and Operations

Jail officers 

In conjunction with completing basic academy training, the deputy sheriffs or jail officers as defined by 53.1-1 of the Code of Virginia must identify requirements related to the employing agency, and community resources and agencies that may assist a person in need. Expected performance outcomes include this basic knowledge and cover the following:

9.1 – 9.30 Policies, Procedures and Operations

9.1. Identify agency policy regarding professional appearance related to clothing and grooming.

9.2. Identify agency policy and procedures for handling violations of professional, ethical, or legal standards of conduct by fellow deputies/jail officers.

9.3. Identify agency policies related to commitment and treatment of prisoners.

9.4. Identify agency policy and procedure related to treatment of juvenile offenders.

9.5. Identify agency policy and procedure related to communicating information about a prisoner to internal and external authorities.

9.6. Identify agency policy and procedure for obtaining assistance for communicating with various cultural backgrounds or with various disabilities.

9.7. Identify agency policy and procedure related to receiving, securing, and disbursing funds from an inmate’s personal account.

9.8. Identify agency policy related to file and retrieving records in agency system.

9.9. Identify agency policy related to removing a report from agency records system as appropriate and required by law and when assigned to make this removal.

9.10. Identify agency policy for reporting maintenance problems.

9.11. Identify agency policy for performing a safety inspection.

9.12. Identify agency policy and procedures for participating in searches with multiple agencies. 

9.13. Identify agency policy and procedure for conducting interrogations.

9.14. Identify agency policy regarding the communication of emergency messages.

9.15. Identify agency policy and procedure for documenting proceedings related to dealing with emotionally upset individuals.

9.16. Identify agency policy and procedure for documenting proceedings related to a inmate who commits suicide.

9.17. Identify agency policy and procedures for obtaining an emergency custody order or temporary detention order.

9.18. Identify department policy related to explaining a violation of county or municipal ordinance(s) that is the basis for issuing a summons to a violator.

9.19. Identify department policy relating to use of discretion regarding a violation of law or ordinance.

9.20. Identify agency policy and procedure for establishing and tracking chain of custody of evidence.

9.21. Identify agency policy, procedure, and documentation required for return of property held as evidence when lawfully released. 

9.22. Identify agency policy and procedure for making a warrantless arrest.

9.23. Identify agency policy regarding information that may be given to families of adult defendants.

9.24. Identify agency policy and procedure to initiate inmate disciplinary actions.

9.25. Identify agency policy and procedure to issue and document provision of non- prescription and prescription medicine in the absence of medical staff.

9.26. Identify agency policy related to sexual harassment in the workplace.

9.27. Identify agency policy and procedure related to operation of emergency vehicles.

9.28. Identify agency policy and procedures to follow upon the death of an inmate.

9.29. Identify agency policy and procedure for interrogations.

9.30. Identify agency policy and procedure for transporting and escorting a person for the purpose of obtaining personal property from a person under a restraining order.