The goal of this project is to create a directory of police policies and procedures, as well as related documents. When I started this project in 2015, police departments in 13 of the top 25 largest cities in the U.S. did not post their policies online. Since then several major departments have made them available to the general public. I am in the process of filing records requests for unavailable manuals and uploading them to Document Cloud.
| City | State | Posted By Department | Available | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | AK | Yes | Standard Operating Procedures | current |
| Anchorage | AK | Yes | Manual | 2014 |
| Atlanta | GA | Yes | Standard Operating Procedures | Current |
| Austin | TX | Yes | Policy Manual (uploaded to Document Cloud) | 2015 |
| Baltimore | MD | Yes | Policies | |
| Boston | MA | Yes | Rules and Procedures | Current |
| Columbus | OH | Yes | Directives, Use-of-Force Policy | 2015 |
| Charlotte | NC | Yes | Directives (uploaded to Document Cloud) | Current |
| Chicago | IL | Yes | Directives | Current |
| Cleveland | OH | Yes | General Police Orders
2013 use-of-force policy and practices study by Police Executive Research Forum. |
Current |
| Cincinnati | OH | Yes | Procedure Manual, use-of-force policy. | Current |
| Dallas | TX | No | General Orders, Use-of-force policy, list of SOPs | |
| Denver | CO | Yes | Operations Manual, Use-of-force policy, crowd-control policy | Current |
| Detroit | MI | No | Operating procedures exempt from disclosure | |
| Durham | NC | Yes | General Orders Manual | Current |
| El Paso | TX | No | ||
| Evanston | IL | No | Policy Manual | 2018 |
| Fort Worth | TX | No | General Orders Manual | |
| Honolulu | HI | Yes | Policies | Current |
| Houston | TX | No | General Orders | 2015 |
| Indianapolis | IN | No | Use-of-Force Policy | |
| Las Vegas | NV | Yes | Manual, use-of-force policy | |
| Los Angeles | CA | Yes | Manual | Current |
| Memphis | TN | No | Use-of-deadly-force policy released July 2015. | |
| Miami-Dade | FL | Use-of-Force Policy | Current | |
| Minneapolis | MN | Yes | Policy and Procedure Manual | Current |
| New Orleans | LA | Yes | Policy Manual | 2014 |
| New York City | NY | No | Patrol Guide, list of printed forms | 2015 |
| Oklahoma City | OK | Yes | Police Operations Manual (2014), Use-Of-Force Policy | 2014 |
| Philadelphia | PA | Yes | Directives | Current |
| Phoenix | AZ | Yes | Operations Orders | Current |
| Portland | OR | Yes | Directives | Current |
| San Antonio | TX | Yes | General Manual
SAPD Open Data Initiative |
|
| San Diego | CA | No | Latest version requested | |
| San Francisco | CA | Yes | General Orders | Current |
| San Jose | CA | Yes | Duty Manual | |
| Seattle | WA | Yes | Manual | Current |
| Washington, D.C. | DC | Yes | General Orders | Current |