NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT - New Albany, Ohio

Department strives to maintain a positive, cooperative working relationship with all private security
operations.
Several private security agencies have volunteered their assistance to the New Albany Police
Department to aid in criminal investigations. During law enforcement operations, the Police
Department may request that private security agencies share in the use of equipment and/or other
resources. As with mutual aid requests with other agencies (see Directive 16.1.3(H)), the City of
New Albany will not incur liability for equipment or personnel from private security agencies.
Requests for mutual aid may include the following:
Use of surveillance equipment
Assistance with surveillance activities
Assistance with crowd control and/or special events planning
Use of a drug or bomb detection canine and handler
Sharing of Intelligence/Information
Copying and/or enhancement of video recordings or photographs
During the course of a criminal investigation, the Police Department may have a need to establish
a crime scene on private property that is within the City but also under a private security agency’s
area of authority. In such cases, the private security agency is expected to fully cooperate with
the New Albany Police Department.
Under authority of law, the Police Department has the ultimate right to establish, maintain, and
control all official crime scenes within New Albany. This includes the right to control the
entrance/egress of all persons in and around the boundaries of the crime scene and to conduct a
thorough crime scene investigation.
In such cases, the Police Department will cooperate with the private security agency(ies), as
allowable under law. This includes the coordination of news releases to the media. However, all
public records requests shall be honored by New Albany Police Department so as not to violate
Ohio’s Public Records Law (O.R.C. Chapter 149).
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