NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT - New Albany, Ohio

NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Directive 3.1 – Criminal Process
3.1.1 Criminal Process Procedures
A. Execution
All warrants under control of the New Albany Police Department are retained in the
Dispatch Center.
Sworn members of the New Albany Police Department will execute any criminal or traffic
warrant which is presented to them or which comes to their knowledge while they are
performing their duties within the jurisdiction of New Albany, as governed by Ohio
Revised Code §2935 and Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 4.
Prior to arresting any subject on a criminal warrant, the serving officer shall request the
Dispatch Center to verify the warrant with the appropriate issuing agency.
When the warrant is verified, the serving officer may execute the warrant.
If the warrant is not verified or is unable to be verified, the serving officer will not execute
the warrant.
In situations where an active and verified criminal warrant exists but the originating
agency refuses to serve the subject, a New Albany officer is not mandated to execute the
warrant.
B. Territorial Limits
Sworn officers of the New Albany Police Department may execute criminal warrants
outside of the jurisdiction of New Albany when such execution is allowed and as
governed by Ohio Revised Code Chapter §2935 and Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 4. In instances where officers are attempting to serve a non-violent misdemeanor
outside of New Albany, notification shall be made to the governing jurisdiction and its
assistance may be requested. If the warrant is for a violent misdemeanor or any felony
offense, the governing agency will be requested and New Albany officers will wait for
their arrival before attempting service.
Persons who are served criminal process in counties other than adjacent from which the
process was issued (Franklin or Licking County) will not be picked up by this agency
unless the subject has received a Criminal Rule 4 hearing or has waived his/her rights to
said hearing.
When an officer of the New Albany Police Department arrests any person based upon a
warrant from a non-adjacent county, the following procedures will be followed (see
Criminal Rule 4(E)(1)):
If the arrest is for a felony offense:
If extradition is desired, a U-10-100 will be prepared and a LEADS teletype will be
sent to the appropriate jail/holding facility.
A copy of the LEADS teletype (or a direct teletype from the appropriate agency to the
jail may be required), the U-10-100, and the prisoner will then be transported to the
appropriate (Franklin or Licking) County Jail pending an extradition hearing.
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