The Chicago Police Department has many policy statements that police officers and their supervisors need to know. These policy statements are called General Orders (G. O.). These orders are numbered by the year they are established, and by how many were established in that year. So, for example, G. O. 86-08 means it was established in 1986 and that it was the 8th order established that year. G. O. 86-08 (a) initiates a "Protection of Life" …showed first 75 words of 849 total…

…showed last 75 words of 849 total…or uncaring work, including performance within organizational rules. Chicago Police Officers are held accountable for following the rules established in every general order. Consequences can be sever if these rules are not followed. The last standard is to receive recognition as an ongoing and continuing process. Officers know that general orders can be modified in the future. This can be especially true when there is an outcry from a large group of citizens demanding change.