Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

51020.20.2 Deadly Force Investigation Team Responsibility

• Trained Department investigators assigned to a Deadly Force Investigation Team shall conduct criminal and administrative investigations of every use of deadly force and every death or great bodily injury that could have been caused by a staff use of force. All DFIT criminal investigations will be referred to the local District Attorney for review where MOUMemorandum Of Understanding’s provide for referral.

• Based on certain local Memoranda of Understanding, criminal investigations may instead be conducted by an outside police department or sheriff’s office. If an outside law enforcement agency is conducting the criminal investigation, the DFIT investigator will monitor the progress of the criminal investigation while providing appropriate support.

• Although defined as deadly force, DFIT need not investigate the discharge of a warning shot inside an institution/facility if an ISUInstitution Services Unit Sergeant or above, or an uninvolved Correctional Lieutenant, confirms that the discharge of deadly force was a warning shot and that no injuries were caused by the shot. All warning shots shall be reported to the Office of Internal Affairs/DFIT and the Office of the Inspector General (OIGOffice of the Inspector General).