1. Juvenile Hall Probation employees shall be well-groomed, appropriately dressed and reflect a personal image as a professional employee in the performance of official duties. 
2. Sworn Officers shall wear the following while on duty: 
   1. Black or khaki tactical (BDU) pants;
   2.  Black or khaki closed toe, closed heel, flat, rubber soled shoes or boots;
   3. Black or khaki sweatshirts may be worn with the Department’s logo
   4.  Black or khaki collared polo shirts or t-shirts with the Department logo.
   5. Polo shirts shall have the official Department logo over the left chest area; 
   6. Polo shirts shall have the officer’s first initial and last name over the right chest area; 
   7. Officers have the option to have the appropriate rank underneath their name; Approved Probation Department ranks: 
      1.  Juvenile Services Officer 
      2. Senior Officer 
      3. Supervising Deputy 
      4. Chief Deputy
3. Only caps affixed with the Probation Department’s logo or plain in color may be worn with the bill facing forward. Staff may wear hats outside to protect themselves from the elements including beanies and “Boone hats.” 
4. Employees are prohibited from wearing shorts while on-duty.  Officers who are assigned to Coastal Valley Academy may wear shorts on outings requiring physical activity, or at the approval of the SDPO.   
5. Officers with hair below their shoulders shall tie it back to preclude their hair from being pulled by a combatant during an attack or use of force situation. 
6. Officers shall keep their fingernails or artificial fingernails trimmed to a length that does not interfere with job duties or cause injury. 
7. Pants tucked into boots in a bloused style are not allowed. 
8. Officers shall maintain an extra uniform in their vehicle or locker, to be used in the event of exposure to OC, or the uniform is damaged and can no longer be worn. 
9. Loose fitting and sharp-ended jewelry is prohibited including looped earrings while on-duty. Visible body piercing other than those through the ear is not permitted.
10. While off duty, or while driving in their personally owned vehicles, Officers shall refrain from wearing any item of clothing with the Department’s logo.  This includes while driving in their personal vehicles to or from the facility.
11. Visible tattoos, determined by the Chief Probation Officer to be of an anti-social and/or offensive nature may be addressed as a violation of the Employee Conduct and Responsibility Policy.
12. Hair colors and styles that are determined by the Chief Probation Officer to be extreme, create a safety hazard, or have the potential to become a distraction to the employee’s co-workers are prohibited.
    1. Officers required to testify in Court in a pre-noticed court appearance shall where business dress attire.  Officers are permitted to wear institutional attire in court with no prior notice of a court appearance or when escorting minors to court.
    2. When attending off-site training, Officers may wear their Departmental uniform, or dress in business casual attire, and follow the Department’s general Dress and Appearance Policy.  Unless otherwise directed, Officers in training do not need to wear safety equipment, and may wear a star badge on their belt.
    3. While on duty, officers shall wear a duty belt or have affixed to a belt the following minimum authorized equipment:
       1. One pair of handcuffs;
       2. Mk-4 Pepper Spray;
       3. Portable Two-way Radio with remote speaker mic and earpiece; 
       4. Seat Belt Cutter commonly referred to as a “suicide knife;”
       5. Department issued star badge
       6.  

P. Duty belts and department issued equipment are to be stored in assigned lockers unless needed for an off-site training requiring such equipment.

Q. Officers are not required to wear earpieces between 2300 and 0700 hours; however, it is expected that officers’ on-duty will have them available if necessary to insure confidentiality, safety or security of the facility. 

R. When working the Control Room, officers are required to have their duty belts and department issued equipment with them.  Officers are to wear their duty belts they are on break and leave the Control Room in the event they need to respond to a CODE 3.