NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT - New Albany, Ohio

vehicle while on routine bike patrol providing he/she maintains the following safety
precautions for initiating a traffic stop:
An officer can initiate a traffic stop by motioning to a violator to pull over to the side of
the road or by approaching a violator who has come to a stop at a traffic control
device such as a stop sign or red light.
Once the violator vehicle is stopped, the officer will pull his/her bicycle in behind the
violator vehicle to a safe location, unstrap his/her bike helmet, and continue with the
traffic stop as normal.
Under NO circumstances is an officer to step out or ride his/her bike in front of
moving traffic in order to stop a violator.
6.5.2 Canine Patrol Unit Procedures
It is the policy of the New Albany Police Department to utilize only highly trained canine team(s) to
assist in the daily operations and functions of the department. The procedures described herein
will establish guidelines for the operation, supervision, training, maintenance and care of the
Department’s canine team.
The canine team is a valuable law enforcement tool for use in criminal apprehension, evidence
location, narcotics detection, tracking, and promoting favorable public relations. The procedures
that follow apply to all sworn and civilian personnel and are intended to ensure the effective use of
the canine team.
A. Definitions
Police Canine: A working class dog which has been procured and specially trained to
execute a number of specific tasks which make use of the canine’s speed, agility and
sense of smell.
Canine Officer: A police officer who has been specially trained in the care, handling
and training of the dog for law enforcement.
Canine Team: A police officer and his/her assigned canine.
B. General and Staff Provisions
The canine is owned by the City of New Albany and will be licensed in accordance
with all State and local regulations.
Structurally, the canine team will be part of the Department’s patrol operations. The
canine officer, unless ranked already, will be supervised by the on duty sergeant.
C. Canine Uses
Building Searches: The canine team will be trained to search buildings for possible
suspects or persons hiding inside them. In order to be effective, patrol officers should
maintain an outside perimeter of the building and not enter the building before the
canine team.
Area Searches: Searching within a specific outside area can be useful in the
apprehension of a suspect(s) or location of a victim(s) when physical presence has
been recent. During suspect tracking, a perimeter should be set up when possible
and a back up officer will accompany the canine team as cover. The canine team will
keep the perimeter units updated on location and direction; this will allow those units
to move accordingly.
Evidence Searches: Searching a specific area for evidence or property can be an
effective application of the canine team. The canine team may be able to find
evidence left or dropped from a crime scene as well as locate personal items lost by
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