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72E-Holding Facility - 2019
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<br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 1 of 11 <br /> <br />Lexington Police <br />Department <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Holding Facility <br /> <br />Policy Number: <br /> 72E Accreditation Standards: <br />Reference: : 72.1.1; 72.1.2; 72.2.1; 72.3.1; 72.3.2; 72.4.3; <br />72.4.4; 72.4.6; 72.4.7; 72.4.8; 72.4.9; 72.5.3; 72.5.6; 72.4.11; <br />72.5.3; 72.6.2; 72.6.4 <br />Effective Date: <br />1/1/13 <br /> New <br /> Revised <br /> <br />Revision <br />Dates: <br />1/24/19 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />By Order of: Mark J. Corr, Chief of Police <br /> <br /> The Municipal Police Institute, Inc. (MPI) is a private, nonprofit charitable affiliate of the <br />Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. MPI provides training and model policies and <br />procedures for police agencies. This policy is an edited version of MPI Policy 3.02 “Holding <br />Facility.” <br /> GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES <br /> <br />This policy addresses the operation of the police lockup facility. The authority to <br />operate a lockup facility by a municipality is rooted in Massachusetts General Law: <br />“Each community containing more than five thousand inhabitants shall, and any town <br />may, maintain a lockup facility.”i A Keeper of the Lockup must be appointedii and the <br />Chief of Police is appointed each year by the Board of Selectmen. “Cities with a <br />population over thirty thousand shall, and any other city may, designate one or more <br />police stations for the detention of females and one or two matrons shall be appointed <br />to each designated station.”iii <br />The proper operation of the police lockup is critically important to the safety of police <br />personnel and the well-being of prisoners or detainees. A unique relationship exists <br />between a police department and a person occupying a cell in its holding facility. <br /> <br />By statute, the obligation to maintain a lockup includes the provision of any prescribed <br />medication and nutritionally adequate meals.iv In addition, detailed statutory <br />requirements exist concerning suicide prevention.v Department of Public Health <br />regulations at 105 CMR 470 provide detailed requirements for the maintenance and <br />construction of lockup facilities. <br /> <br />It is the policy of The Lexington Police Department to: <br /> <br />• Operate a safe and sanitary lockup facility in compliance with state and local <br />codes and regulations; <br />• Care for detainees, being attentive to their security and medical needs; and <br />• Provide special care for juveniles, separate from adults and only in approved <br />facilities.
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