General Orders

The Ithaca Police Department is continually striving to improve public confidence and transparency in Ithaca's policing.  To that end, the Department has posted virtually all of its General Orders to the IPD website, with only a few necessary exceptions described below.  This website will enable the public to conveniently review the policies governing IPD's operations.

Organization

101 - Organization of the Ithaca Police Department
102 - Ithaca Police Staffing Guide
103 - Fiscal Management
106 - Annual Goals and Objectives
115 - Written Directives
120 - Agency Assets
121 - Safeguarding and Inventory of Agency Weapons - Redacted
150 - District Offices
GO 1.01 - Law Enforcement Function
GO 1.02  -Limits of Authority
GO 1.04  - Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid
GO 1.05 - Harassment and Discrimination
GO 1.06 - Investigatory Stops
GO 1.07 - Strip and Body Cavity Searches
GO 1.08  - H.R. 218
GO 1.09 - Bias Based Policing
GO 2.01 Organizational Structure
GO 2.03 Unity of Command
GO 2.04 Authority and Responsibility 

Personnel

200 - Recruitment and Selection
201 - Recruit and Probationary Officers
204 - Basic Training and Staff Development
205 - Field Training and Evaluation Program
208 - Promotions
260 - Peer Support Program

Rules of Conduct

302 - Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Products
304 - Prohibited Purchase of City Equipment
308 - Workplace Violence
332 - Administration and Maintenance of Intranasal Naloxone
333 - Exposure Control Plan for Communicable Diseases
333 - Exposure Forms
334 - Biohazard Threats
345 - Police Fleet Crashes and Occupant Restraint System
350 - Uniform Equipment Repair, Cleaning, Replacement, and Return - Redacted
355 - Repair or Replacement of Damaged or Defective Equipment
375 - Emergency Notifications
376 - Crime Victims Rights and Compensation
380 - Computer, Communication, Social Media, and Internet - Acceptable Use
381 - IPD Social Media Usage
GO 3.07 - Firearms Revised 7-30-19 - Redacted
GO 3.02 - Electronic Control Weapons
GO 3.03 - Use of Oleoresin Capsicum
GO 3.04 - Impact Weapons
GO 3.05 - Reporting and Investigating Force
GO 3.06 - Vehicle Pursuits
GO 3.08 - Patrol Rifles
GO 3.09 - Use of Canines
GO 3.10 - Officer Involved Shootings
GO 3.11 - Kinetic Energy Weapons
GO 4.04 Off Duty Action

Investigations

421 - Arrest Warrants
441 - Investigations of Sex Crimes
443 - Hate Crimes
445 - Vehicle and Traffic Stops Including Juveniles, Non-residents, and Foreign Nationals
480 - Communication with the Hearing Impaired
481 - Language Assistance for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
GO 4.09 - Officer Involved Domestic Violence

Patrol Procedures

501 Motor Vehicle Crash Investigation Procedure
505 - Uniform Traffic Tickets
506 - Arrests for DWI and DAWI Drugs
510 - Parking Violations and Parking Summons
512 - Property Checks
513 - Animal Complaints
513 - Attachment A - Wildlife Control Officers - 2018
514 - Hazardous Conditions and Roadway Hazards
515 - Illegal Dumping Complaints
519 - Emotionally Disturbed Persons
520 - Prisoner Transport, Detention, Booking and Escape
521 - Spillman Standardized Arrest Report
523 - Appearance Tickets and Pre-Arraignment Bail
529 - Revision - City Jail Operation and Regulation
531 - Roadblocks and Traffic Safety Checkpoints
541 - Briefing Procedures
571 - Use of Confidential Informants - Redacted
572 - Polygraph and Truth Detection Testing
573 - Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Procedures
589 - License Plate Reader Systems and Devices
591 - Police Vehicles
592 - Police Bicycle Patrol
593 - Utility Terrain Vehicle
GO 5.20 - Towing Motor Vehicles
GO 5.42 - Appropriate Treatment of Detained Transgender Individuals
GO 5.26A Body Worn Camera Policy

Emergency Incidents

600 - Unusual Incidents
610 Emergency Mobilization
640 Underwater Search, Rescue, and Recovery
655 Line of Duty Death
656 Officer Liaison Program

Special Operations

GO 7.04A Behavioral Thresholds for Law Enforcement Action at Demonstrations

Necessary Withholding and Redactions Under FOIL Law

Pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 87(2)(e) and (f), two (2) general orders have been withheld in their entirety, SWAT and Crisis Incident Negotiations Team (CINT). The SWAT and CINT general orders are withheld as their disclosure could reveal investigative techniques or procedures and/or endanger life or safety.   

Please be advised that the following general orders contain redactions pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 87(2)(e) and (f) as indicated within the documents:

  • 121 Safeguarding and Inventory of Agency Weapons
  • 350 Uniform Equipment Repair Cleaning Replacement Return
  • 3.07 Firearms
  • 571 Confidential Informant.

Release of the redacted information could reveal investigative techniques or procedures and/or endanger life or safety.