Policies & Procedures

This Manual sets forth the standards, values, and expectations of the Fayetteville Police Department. Its policies, procedures, core values, and mission and priority statements exist to maintain high levels of professional conduct and are the embodiment of the Department’s concerns for ensuring effective, safe, and constitutional law enforcement.

The Manual is intended to provide specific guidance and to serve as a reference to employees of the Fayetteville Police Department.

It is the responsibility of each member of the Department to comply with the Manual’s rules and provisions.

To the extent that Department policy may contain provisions more restrictive than state or federal law, such provisions are not intended, nor may they be construed or applied, to create a basis for liability against the City or any of its employees.

The Fayetteville Police Department Manual is maintained by the Office of the Chief and can be downloaded below.

As an effort in promoting transparency and accountability, the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) believes the public should have access to internal policies that do not compromise tactical and convert operations or the safety of officers and the public. This strategy prevents the revealing of law enforcement tactics that should not and must not be made public for the safety and security of the officers, public safety agencies and the community. All FPD policies are available for the public to view online.  

Policy Manual

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