Police Policies & Procedures
The Borough of Carlisle announced on September 10, 2020 of its intention to elevate transparency and advance public awareness of departmental policies, training, and practices by providing online access to the Carlisle Police Department policies.
The Borough of Carlisle Police Department policies meet the standards of The Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC). These standards help ensure that the police department policies are current, and that the organization is committed to best practices that lead to the Department’s ability to respond to our community’s needs efficiently, effectively and professionally. These policies are considered living documents that may require revisions in response to changes to laws, accreditation standards, court decisions, etc. Additionally , some policies or sections of policies may include information on staffing levels, deployment, response tactics, etc., that may be deemed law enforcement sensitive by legal counsel. Thus, a reader may find some policies are partially redacted and others not published if legal counsel has deemed that disclosure of contents could place police officers or the general public at risk.
Please continue to check our website often as policies will be uploaded periodically following legal counsel’s review of each policy.
Should any questions arise regarding a policy, please feel free to contact Police Chief Taro Landis at tlandis@carlislepa.org or Sergeant W. “Dave” Miller at: wmiller@carlislepa.org

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Documents sorted by DATE in Ascending Order within category
General Orders57 documents
- 1.1 Law Enforcement Role and Authority
- 1.2 Limits of Authority
- 2.1 Agency Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid
- 11.1 Organizational Structure
- 11.5 Goals
- 12.1 Direction
- 12.2 Written Directives System
- 12.3 A Child is Missing Program
- 15.1 Goals and Objectives
- 15.2 Crime Analysis
- 16.1 Allocation and Distribution of Personnel
- 16.2 Specialized Assignments
- 17.1 Fiscal Management
- 17.2 Budget
- 17.3 Purchasing
- 17.4 Accounting
- 17.5 Agency Property
- 21.1 Job Task Analysis
- 23.1 Badge Retirement
- 23.2 Support Services
- 23.3 Employee Assistance Program
- 23.4 Clothing Equipment Grooming
- 23.5 Employee Identification
- 23.6 Employee Health and Fitness
- 23.7 Off Duty and Secondary Employment
- 24.1 Collective Bargaining
- 25.1 Grievance Procedure
- 26.1 Disciplinary Procedure
- 31.1 Administrative Practices and Procedures
- 31.2 Equal Employment Opportunity and Recruitment
- 31.3 Job Announcements and Publicity
- 32.1 Selection
- 32.2 Background Checks and Procedures
- 33.1 Training
- 33.2 Training Academy
- 33.4 Recruit Training
- 33.5 In-Service Training
- 33.7 Civilian Training
- 33.8 Career Development
- 34.1 Promotions
- 35.1 Performance Evaulations
- 40.1 Automated License Plate Reader
- 41.1 Patrol Admin. and Org.
- 41.2 Patrol Vehicle Operations
- 41.3 Notification Procedures
- 41.4 Missing Person
- 41.5 Police K-9
- 41.6 Body Armor
- 41.7 Computerized Mobile Data Access
- 41.8 Mobile Video Recording Equipment
- 42.3 Polygraph
- 42.4 Domestic Violence
- 42.6 Body Worn Camera Policy
- 42.7 Mobile Fingerprint Identification Device
- 43.2 Bad Checks
- Vice, Drugs, and Organized Crime
- 44.1 Juvenile Operations