Department Policies

• These policies, known as Official Orders, establish Michigan State Police policy and procedure that is permanent in nature. Members of the MSP shall adhere to the Official Orders throughout the course of their duties and follow all applicable policies and procedures provided by the Official Orders when taking action.

• Appearance and Grooming
• Arrests, Extradition, and Prisoners
• Body Worn Camera and In-Car Video Recording Systems
• Chaplain Corps
• Code of Conduct
• Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED):
  Enforcement Personnel Duties and Responsibilities
• Community Relations Policy
• Community Service Troopers (CST)
• Critical Incident After-Action Review Team
• Death of Department Members, Funeral Details, and Gravesite Memorials for Deceased Enforcement Members
• Definitions to Rules and Regulations
• Department Awards
• Department Motor Vehicles, Vessels, and Aircraft
• Department Photography
• Department Rules and Regulations
• Department Security/Access to Department Facilities
• Department Structure, Administrative Rules, Policies, and Procedures
• Department Transfers
• Departmental Investigative Resources
• Disciplinary Proceedings, Art. 5
• Disciplinary Proceedings, Art. 6
• District Detectives
• Domestic Violence Policy, Personal Protection Orders, Crime Victim's Rights, Sexual Assault Victims, and Sexual Assault Kits
• Employment Policy
• Federal and State Grant Programs
• Fingerprints and Criminal History Record Information
• Fire Investigation Unit
• Guidelines for Conducting Internal Affairs Investigations
• Harassment Policy
• Hazardous Materials Identification, Traffic Crashes, Accidents, and Incidents
• Incident Reporting and Records
• Inspections, Audits, and Qualitative Reviews of Department Work Sites
• Investigation of Non-Traffic Accidents: Aircraft, Animal, Hunting, and Watercraft
• Juvenile Offenders, Surrendered Newborns, Mentally Ill Persons, Missing Persons and Vulnerable Adults
• Legal and Administrative Proceedings
• Liquor License Inspections and Violations
• Marine Services Team
• Meetings, Media, and Public Information
• Michigan Sex Offenders
• Monetary Procedures (Cash Received, Bond, Reward Money)
• Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
• NERE's Representation Rights at Investigatory Interview
• Official Forms and Correspondence
• Operating While Intoxicated (OWI), Operating with Any Presence of Drugs (OWPD), Under 21 Bodily Alcohol Content (BAC), and Chemical Testing
• Operational Rules
• Outside Employment and Military Deployment
• Polygraph Policies and Procedures
• Preamble to Rules and Regulations
• Prison Rape Elimination Act
• Protection of Vital Public Utilities
• Reasonable Accommodations, Safety, Lead Exposure
• Recognizing and Reporting Discriminatory Harassment and Civil Rights Violations Involving Department Members
• Retirement
• State Properties Security Officer's Duties and Responsibilities
• Subject Control/Use of Force and Intermediate Weapons
• Telephone, Web, Social Media Use, and Information Technology Security Policy
• Time Accounting and Compensation
• Traffic Crash Reconstruction Program
• Traffic Enforcement and Local Ordinances
• Uniforms and Equipment
• Vehicles: Towing, Reporting, Inspection, and State Wide Wrecker Policy
• Violence in the Workplace