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<br /> .Officers shall not fail to aPpear in court on any case in vrhich they are z�ritnesses.
<br /> If duty dema.nds their absence from Court, they shall report the matter to the
<br /> "_ Prosecuting Attorney or City At�orney, as tne case r.iay be, far enough in advance
<br /> ° in :order that the case r.iay be set over. Officers on the yvitness stand, in respo�n6e
<br /> �",'to questions aslced, will state in clear and distinct voices, truly, all tney know
<br /> �respecting the matter inquired of, rrithout fear or reservation, and without any
<br /> desire or design to influence the result,
<br /> 36. I
<br /> Officers shall not render assistance in civil cases, except to prevent an il:nnediate � i
<br /> breach of the peace, or to quell a disturbance actually coinmenced. Officers shall
<br /> ' not testify in civil cases unless legally sw�noned so to do. Officers shall not
<br /> serve civil procossQS except as provided by law.
<br /> 37.
<br /> Officers shall not beco�le bail for a.ny person arr�stad. They shall not recormnend �
<br /> attorneys, bondsmsn, b�il brolters or rzny l�.rticular firm or place of business to ' �
<br /> anyone. They shall not obtain attorneys nor bondsmen for prisoners unless the
<br /> prisoner requests tha.t sor.ie .particular �ttorney or bondsman be notified. ,l�ttor- � '
<br /> neys desirin� to se� a prisonor for tivhom they clttim to be counsel shall be perxait-
<br /> ted to do so provided the prisoner desires such counsel.
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<br /> � � Officers shall not serve as novrspapor .corres7ondents
<br /> ' aff icers
<br /> �`�,a.y impart to represcntatives of thc press, u�on establishin� their identity,
<br /> . ��currer.t ne�-rs providing thc ends of justice are not thcreby defea.ted. Officers
<br /> shall no�tr give: out information nor rcfer any case to �ny outsido departmcnt or
<br /> orgkniza.tion excel t through official chknncls, but thcy shall rcport irBncdirztcly
<br /> � to thc Coroner any dcath r�sulting frora othcr than natural causes. Officers shall
<br /> � � not comr.iunicate or give out uny in.£ormation rrhich ruzy aid a per�on to esc�pe or
<br /> � ' , dcl^y a.rrest or to removo stolen or embczzled �oods. Officers sh�ll not rL:.Ye
<br /> I knotivn any proposod move�.ent of the forcc :�rithout permission of Comr��.�.nding Officer.
<br /> �� Officers sh�,Il not cormnunicate kny policc infornation resl�ecting orders he m�,y
<br /> h�ve roccived, nor �ny regulwtion that mny be r.k:�de for tlic �ovcrnment of thc De-.
<br /> , � purtr.iont,._except to such persons as dirccted by his Su�erior Officers. Officers
<br /> I, � may oo�n.unic��.t� infor,-na.tion re�,arding �ny arresi mado by thcm or r��arding cny
<br /> ' `:c�se _to tirhich thcy nay be kssi;nod only .•rith thc consent of his Corcm�ndi�g Officer. .
<br /> ' ' : Officcrs shall not coimnunicatc «ny infor:nHtion in r.,gard to any arrest ma.de by uny
<br /> � � . .other Officcr of the Dop�rtment nor in rc�c,rd to a, c-�.se investi,r�,�.ted or to be in-
<br /> � I �' vestig�ted by any othcr Officcr of the Departr:ient-
<br /> I� � �� , er.cept to
<br /> ! sueh arresting 0�'fieer, or to the Officer assigned to the c«so or to a Super�or
<br /> '� � Offic'cr. �.
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<br /> � Officprs sccurin� pronerty of any charactor �s evidencd',shall mark s�r:mc carefully
<br /> � - in at lc:st one pl�.cc and shall dcscri'�e such nark �nd its location in his report.
<br /> iOfficcrs .f inding property tivl�ich h�s bccn lost or �bandoned shall cause s;mc to be
<br /> i brou�ht to thc station for dispositior_. Officcrs, before turning r�ny property in
<br /> � at the. dosk sh�11 carcfully :map it :-;hen nccess.ry to prescrvti it in good order,
<br /> and shall `lab:;l it ��rith a shi;�ping ta� cor.t:�ining the follorJing infor*�tion: Da.te,
<br /> , riour, C�se T?w:�ber, Officor, togethcr ��rith w. descri�tion tirhethcr it be z-�rral�ped or ��
<br /> 'i not ��nd �.n indication ti-rhether it Uo Found Pronerty, PersonHl �'roperty or Evidcnce.
<br /> �' ; . I£,,,it_ bc one, of scver�1 L��.cl�a�es on the s�sn� c�se, this fwct shwll be notcd by '
<br /> � `�iving tho tot�.l numbcr of pncl:��es. Shi1pin� ta.; must be sect�red by �. stout '
<br /> strin� or :rire ::nd nevcr by thc us� of �. rubbcr b�rid. Firewrr.is must be unlowded - �
<br /> i ', bofore turnin�; in, �nd �.ny nr.nnunition cxtractcd fror,r sr�^ie sh�ll be prop��ly xn:.�.rked
<br /> ; and idcntified.1i1ci _sccured,tn �c; ;�re�por�,
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<br /> � Officers at the scene of any accident in .-rhich any person suffers physical in-
<br /> �.jury, or occurring as, the result of �ny def.ect in the public place, or �ahere
<br /> , it a�pears that the Cit;� of'South Bend riay be held responsiUle for. any injury or
<br /> i � daan�.�e, shcll make a careful �and thorough investigation rzs to the cause of such
<br /> acciden� and sh�ll obtain And report r�.11 f�.cts .to�ether rrith the naries and addres.:
<br /> �� ses of a11 �litnesses. Officers observing in the streets or public nlacos anything
<br /> ;. ; of, a, dan�erous, chara�cter, or, li,kely to occa�sion public incoiivenience or anythi,ng
<br /> i` i•rhich se�rts to him� irreSular or o£fensive, shall unmediatrly report thc r,iatter �
<br /> Jrith fu1L particulars and an a.ecount of his �ictions. �
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