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Applicable
To: All sworn employees |
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Approval
Authority: Chief Richard J.
Pennington |
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Signature: Signed by RJP |
Date Signed: 1/22/09 |
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4.3 Fugitive Extraditions and Pick Ups
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The intent of this directive is to establish procedures and guidelines for locating and arresting fugitives wanted by the Atlanta Police Department.
The Atlanta Police Department will investigate Department arrest warrant packages and apprehend those fugitives promptly and safely. The Fugitive Unit will assist other agencies in executing their warrants within the City of Atlanta. The Fugitive Unit will travel to, pick up, and transport back to Atlanta any person wanted for a felony by the Department located within the State of Georgia.
3.1 Division commanders will ensure that all employees under his/her command adhere to and comply with this policy.
3.2 The Major Crimes Section commander will ensure that vital information is communicated with other section commanders.
3.3 The Fugitive Unit commander develops and coordinates investigative strategies in conjunction with the watch supervisor, and conducts random audits of the Fugitive Unit database. The Unit commander will coordinate and oversee the operation of the Atlanta Metropolitan Major Offenders Task Force (AMMO) and the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFT).
3.4 The unit supervisors will inspect investigative case files for completeness and accuracy; and ensure that arrest citations and reports are forwarded to the appropriate investigators; and ensure that the Homicide Unit and the Special Victims Unit are forwarded copies of the original reports and arrest citations. The unit supervisors will maintain the unit database on a daily basis.
3.5 Investigators are responsible for properly conducting and completing investigations assigned to them. Investigators will plan, conduct, report on investigations; appear and testify in all required court hearings; and assist prosecutors in prosecuting cases assigned to them.
4. ACTION
4.1.1 Warrant packages will contain the following items:
1. Copy of completed and signed arrest warrants;
2. Signed Wanted Notice (Form APD-608);
3. A green Arrest Citation completed with the suspect’s biographical information, warrant number and the Investigator’s unique ID, radio number and a contact number
4. Suspect’s driver’s license information;
5. Suspect’s criminal history;
6. Incident report and any supplements;
7. Photograph of suspect; (current if possible)
8. Entered in “Pending File” at complaint room;
9. Initiating Investigator’s name, assignment and appropriate phone numbers.
4.2 Investigations and Case Management
1. The Fugitive Unit will primarily investigate and serve all arrest warrants involving Violent Part 1 Crimes such as Homicide, Aggravated Assaults, Robbery, Sex Crimes and Crimes against Children (genital to genital penetration).
2. The Fugitive Unit will assist other units in investigating warrants for other felonies such as burglary, auto theft, fraud and thefts:
a. The zone investigative units should attempt to serve arrest warrants for these non-violent crimes at least twice. If forwarded to the Fugitive Unit, the addresses where the warrant executions were attempted must be noted within the warrant package.
b. If the suspect listed on the warrant resides outside of the City of Atlanta, forward to the Fugitive Unit. Any potential addresses of the suspect outside the City of Atlanta need to be noted within the warrant package.
c. If the suspect listed on the warrant lives within the City of Atlanta, but out of the zone where the crime occurred, the investigator initiating the warrant is encouraged to coordinate an effort to serve the arrest warrant with zone where the suspect lives.
1. Unit investigators will check the status of wanted persons at least three times per week.
2. Upon apprehending wanted subjects whose warrants originate from the Department, unit investigators will immediately notify ACIC via radio or phone to verify the warrant and to have the warrant taken off of the system.
3. Unit investigators will arrange for the suspects to be transported to the Fulton County Jail for holding. The arrest citation will be turned in to the jail at the same time.
4. The unit supervisor will ensure that whenever an APD warrant is served, the appropriate APD investigator or supervisor is notified at the time of arrest for the purpose of a debriefing to be conducted by an APD investigator. If an investigator or supervisor is unavailable, the Fugitive Unit commander will be notified.
5. The Unit investigator will ensure the initiating investigator has completed the complaint room process and properly document the case file folder.
6. The initiating APD investigator will prepare all incident and supplemental reports (including an arrest report).
4.3 Fugitive Extraditions and Pick Ups
4.3.1 Extraditions (out of the State):
1. Once the Fugitive Unit is notified that the suspect is indicted, the Unit commander will contact the Dekalb County or Fulton County Sheriff Departments extradition units and transfer responsibility for retrieving and transporting the suspect to the proper detention facility.
2. If the wanted suspect is captured outside of the State of Georgia prior to indictment, an indictment will be obtained as quickly as possible and the appropriate Sheriff Department will arrange extradition.
3. If the wanted suspect is captured outside of the State of Georgia prior to indictment, and an indictment cannot be obtained in a timely manner, the Fugitive Unit will arrange extradition. This arrangement may include the use of air travel, Department vehicles, or any other method deemed appropriate, and must include approval by the Division Commander.
4.3.2 Pick Ups: The Fugitive Unit will retrieve and transport persons that have active arrest warrants and are in custody within the state to the Fulton County Detention Facility.
4.3.3 Travel Outside the Ten-County Metropolitan Area: The Fugitive Unit will utilize Department vehicles when traveling outside the ten-county metropolitan area for the following reasons:
1. To pick up wanted fugitives;
2. To obtain warrants for searches and electronic surveillance;
3. To assist other cooperative agencies in serving warrants;
4. To conduct surveillance on persons and locations;
5. To conduct investigations.
4.3.4 The Fugitive Unit will utilize Department vehicles to travel outside the ten-county metropolitan area under the following conditions:
1. The travel is limited to locations within the State of Georgia.
2. The travel is for official City business.
3. A Fugitive Unit supervisor must be notified and approve of the request in advance by signing the Fugitive Unit Vehicle Log Sheet (in place of Form APD 224).
4.4 Roll Call Training
Unit investigators are required to attend a minimum of one roll call per month at their assigned zone and forward a copy of the Watch Commander’s Roll Call Checklist (Form APD 641) to their immediate supervisor.
5.1 Initiating Investigator: The investigator, who documented the crime, identified the suspect, completed the complaint room process, and submitted the warrant package to the Fugitive Unit.
5.2 Ten-County Metropolitan Area: Is comprised of the ten counties belonging to the Atlanta Regional Commission and include: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale Counties.
APD.SOP.5060 “Fugitive Operations”, effective January 2, 2006
APD.SOP.5010 “Criminal Investigations Division” APD.SOP.5191 “Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force” (SERFTF)
Form APD 608 “Wanted Notice Form” Form APD 224 “Taking a Vehicle Outside the City” Form APD 641 “Watch Commander’s Roll Call Checklist” |
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