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43A – Vice, Drugs and Organized Crime <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 2 of 7 <br />Police undercover agents must be able to unobtrusively frequent places where <br />known criminals congregate and to observe their activities and their associations (see <br />Department policy 43B – Surveillance). Police undercover work is an inherently <br />dangerous assignment and must be carefully supervised and controlled by the Chief <br />of Police. The specific duties and assignments of police undercover agents must be <br />carefully shielded to protect their personal safety. <br /> <br />It is the policy of the Lexington Police Department that surveillance activities and <br />undercover officers shall be used only as necessary to gather intelligence to <br />suppress criminal activities. <br /> <br />PROCEDURE <br /> <br />A. Vice, Drug and Organized Crime Complaints <br /> <br />1. Receipt: All vice, drug and organized crime complaints shall be <br />recorded as a Department preliminary investigation report. A record <br />shall me made of the complaint received in the in-house computer <br />system, which will then automatically assign a case number. [43.1.1(a)(b)] <br /> <br />2. Processing: The Commanding Officer at the time the complaint is <br />received shall make a determination as to the need for immediate <br />action to be taken. <br /> <br />3. A record shall be maintained of all information conveyed to and <br />received from outside agencies. [43.1.1(c)] <br /> <br />4. The Chief of Police shall be briefed either in person or in writing by the <br />Captain of Administration or Detective Bureau Commander of all active <br />investigations. [43.1.1(d)] <br /> <br />5. Written reports and records must be physically or digitally secured <br />outside of normal access and made accessible only to those persons <br />who are authorized to receive such information. [43.1.2] <br /> <br />B. Surveillance [43.1.5] <br /> <br />1. Reasons for Conducting Surveillance: <br /> <br />a. To detect and prevent crime; <br />b. To locate a wanted fugitive by observing known hangouts and <br />associates; <br />c. To learn contacts and movements of a particular suspect or <br />group; <br />d. To learn the identity of confederates; <br />e. To secure probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant; <br />f. To recover stolen property; <br />g. To develop information of an intelligence nature to justify or <br />confirm suspicion;