There may be cases when an individual being issued a citation may refuse or fail to sign the citation for various reasons, therefore failing to acknowlede the citation, which can impede further legal procedings.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officer shall place any individuals refusing to sign a citation into custody and under arrest. All general policies pertaining to detentions and arrests shall apply.
NOTE: Officer only has the ability to place an individual under arrest for citeable offences in cases where they fail or refuse to sign the citation.

204.11 PURPOSE. The purpose of the arrest is to force the individual's compliance with the issued court date and in order for the individual to be presented before a judge for arraignment of the charges.

204.12 ADVISING SUSPECTS. The individual being placed under arrest shall be informed of such, and of the purpose of the arrest, as outlined in this policy. 

204.13 RECORD PROCEDURES. Officers placing individuals under arrest under this policy shall record the arrest via a standard CAD Arrest Report.
The procedure is as follows:
- Officer shall open the arrest report form in the CAD, and fill in all required Civilian and Officer Information, Mugshot and Administrative fields as usual.
- The charges shall be set to the citeable Charges that the individual refused or failed to acknowledge via their signature.
(Ex.: The individual failed to sign a (8)18. Stop Signs citation. The Charge on the Arrest Report in CAD shall be then set to (8)18. Stop Signs.)
- The Bond Type shall be changed from CITATION RELEASE to RECOGNIZANCE RELEASE.
- The Jail Time shall be set to 60 seconds.
- The Arrest Narrative shall mention the individual's failure to sign the Citation, and may quote this specific policy.
- The Type of Arrest shall be set to "On View"
- The record via the in-game /jail command shall list the Charge and add a suffix "- Arrest due to failure/refusal to sign a citation" or other similar wording.
(Ex.: The individual failed to sign a (8)18. Stop Signs citation. The /jail record shall then read "(8)18. Stop Signs - Individual refused to sign the citation".)

For purposes of evidence preservation, officer safety, and Department liability, all in-custody suspects shall be searched at an officer’s earliest convenience. This shall occur immediately after the suspect has been handcuffed, unless exigent circumstances exist.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officers shall search all suspects prior to transporting them in a Department vehicle. Before conducting a search, officers shall don gloves in order to preserve any forensic evidence that may be found.

Officers shall provide the following notification to the suspect, or a variation of it:

“I am going to be conducting a search of your person. Do you have anything on you that I should know about, or that may harm me?”

Supervisor’s Responsibility. The on-scene supervisor shall ensure that any evidence located during a search of a suspect is appropriately catalogued and taken into custody.

204.21 CUSTODY OF SUSPECT VEHICLE. Any vehicle used in the commission of a crime shall be secured and towed.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officers shall ensure that a suspect’s vehicle is secure, and any evidence is recovered prior to requesting a tow. A suspect’s vehicle may, at the discretion of the arresting officer and consent of the suspect, be released to the passenger, provided that the vehicle cannot be connected to the commission of a crime.

Officers may choose to conduct an on-scene search of the vehicle for inventory purposes.

All suspects shall be read their Miranda rights prior to custodial questioning.

All suspects must be advised of these 4 facts:

1. they have the right to remain silent;

2. anything the suspect does say can and may be used against them in a court of law;

3. they have the right to have an attorney present before and during the questioning; and

4. they have the right, if they cannot afford the services of an attorney, to have one appointed, at public expense and without cost to them, to represent them before and during the questioning

Exact wording may be, for example, as follows:

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say (or do) can, and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to have an attorney / a lawyer present (before and during questioning). If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you free of charge (by the State of San Andreas). Do you understand these rights (and with those rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me)?"

Note: A custodial questioning is an interview by law enforcement that takes place in a coercive setting, when a person is deprived of their freedom in any way for example while detained or arrested.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officers confronting a suspect in a serious crime where the involvement of a detective is necessary shall consult with the Investigating Officer prior to reading a suspect their Miranda rights.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officers shall broadcast via radio that they are transporting a subject and which station they are transporting to. The terminology “with one” shall be used to indicate field unit activities that occur while officers have a suspect in custody.

Officers shall only transport one suspect in each police vehicle unless a transport van is being used. Generally, officers should use black-and-white vehicles equipped with a cage to transport suspects.

All suspects shall be processed and booked at a police facility.

Officer’s Responsibility. Officers shall ensure that each suspect’s personal belongings are confiscated, and any evidence recovered is appropriately booked at the station.

All charges filed shall be input into the CAD system, as necessary. Charges shall be consistent with the laws contained within the Penal Code, and other relevant information shall be included in the arrest report. Officers shall complete any booking paperwork associated with each arrest in a timely manner.

Watch Commander / Detention Officer’s Responsibility. The watch commander (or a Detention Officer, should one be on duty) shall inspect all arrestees prior to booking. The following three questions shall be asked:

• Do you understand why you were arrested?

• Are you sick, ill or injured?

• Do you have any questions or concerns?

The watch commander, based on their assessment of the arrestee, may take additional action. Detention Officer may get in contact with an on-duty supervisor, should there be additonal questions.

204.51 ADVISING SUSPECTS.

Officers processing each suspect must read to them their charges prior to jailing them. Officer must inform the arrestee at the very least of the title, section, name of the statute, classification of the statute (ie. Infraction / Misdemeanor / Felony), and the punishment, as listed in the SA Penal Code. If the statute includes several points, only one of which has been violated, officer may also choose to elaborate which specific point is the arrestee alleged to have violated.

In addition, if one, or multiple of the charges result in suspension / revokation or any license or permit, or if one's property has been impounded / seized / is being held as evidence, officers must inform the arrestee of such, including the length of suspension / revokation and means to have their property released back to them, if applicable.
Example: Examples include suspended / revoked driver's licences; hunting permits; CCW permits; any weapons registered to the offender, if they are becoming a felon; etc. This may also include vehicles and other property that was either used in comission of the crime, is being held as evidence or was removed from the suspect during a search.

If the suspect accumulated numerous non-arrestable offences, such as traffic infractions in addtion to arrestable offences, the officer may choose to omit reading the non-arrestable offences, in order to save time.

204.52 JAILING SUSPECTS.
Officers jailing suspects via the "/jail" command shall include the following information in the report field:

• Code;

• Title;

• Section; and,

• Name of Charge.

As for the organization of the aforementioned information, refer to the Enforced Statutes page, as Codes shall be written down in the descending order as seen on the page, starting with Penal Code violations first, down through to Aircraft Code violations. Each Code has their own three letter designation, with the exception of LSIA Regulations and Port of Los Santos Regulations, if either of those two Codes is being referred to, abbreviate them as LSIAR and PLSR. The Code designation shall be followed by a hyphen then the Titles, Sections, and Names of Charges in numerical order. Starting with (1)01 of every Code, with the exception of LSIAR and PLSR, wherein both Codes start with 01. If there is only 1 charge, no commas shall be used and the charge list shall end with a period. If there is 2 different charges, no commas shall be used and the charges shall be separated with the word "and" and the charge list shall end with a period. If there are more than 2 different charges, commas shall be used to separate charges as they are listed in numerical order, the comma between the second to last and last charge shall be an Oxford comma, being followed by the word "and" and the charge list shall end with a period. If a suspect is receiving the same charge multiple times, utilize a lowercase "x" immediately followed by the number of times. If a suspect is receiving a Sentencing Enhancement, the Sentencing Enhancement shall follow the specific charge whilst being separated with "w/" to indicate that the Sentencing Enhancement applies. If a suspect is receiving the same charge multiple times with a Sentencing Enhancement, the lowercase "x" immediately followed by the number of times shall come after the Sentencing Enhancement. Any other Codes shall follow the same principle.

Example: An example for a CORRECT /jail command could be: "PEN - (1)01. Criminal Threats, (1)15. Reckless Endangerment - Misdemeanor x2, (2)08. Grand Theft w/ (9)01. Attempt x2, and (4)07. Obstruction of a Government Employee. VEH - (1)25. Evading A Peace Officer." An example of for an INCORRECT /jail command could be: "(4)08. Resisting a Peace Officer"