A. 
Command is exercised by virtue of office or special assignment of officers who are eligible by law to exercise command. Subject to direction from higher command, a commanding officer has direct control over all members and employees within his command.
B. 
When officers of equal rank are present, and in performance of the same operation, the senior ranking officer shall be in command unless otherwise directed.
C. 
A member who succeeds to any command or duty stands, in regard to his duties, in the same situation as his predecessor. The member relieved shall turn over to his successor all orders relating to that position in force at the time and all funds and properties pertaining to it. He shall receive a receipt upon request showing the condition of each article so transmitted.
D. 
An officer relieving or temporarily filling the position of a superior, in an acting capacity, shall be vested with all authority and responsibilities of the superior except in extreme emergency.
E. 
Members acting in the capacity of a higher rank shall be accorded the same obedience and respect as the permanent ranking officer.
F. 
Should an order conflict with any previous order issued by any other ranking officer or with any Department rules or provision of the Department rules and regulations, the member to whom such order is issued shall respectfully call attention to the conflict; responsibility for countermanding the original order then rests with the individual issuing the second order. If so directed, the latter command shall be obeyed.
G. 
Issuance of orders to a subordinate does not relieve a ranking officer from the responsibility to see that the orders are obeyed.
H. 
Ranking officers shall not perform the duties regularly assigned to a subordinate when the subordinate is available to perform them unless otherwise specified in the Manual of Procedures.
A. 
Ranking officers may exercise command over subordinates not of their regular command whenever, in their judgment, such action is necessary in order not to jeopardize the police purpose or the reputation of the Department.
B. 
Ranking officers in command of the various branches of the Department shall establish methods, techniques and procedure best suited for the accomplishment of the functional objectives of their particular bureaus. Such procedures and techniques shall be subject to the approval of the Chief of Police and shall not be in conflict with the law or any rule or order of the Department.
C. 
Whenever authority is delegated to a member of the Department, he shall be held accountable for the proper use of such authority.
D. 
Ranking officers shall exercise direct command over lower ranks outside their usual command in all situations where the police purpose or the reputation of the Department is jeopardized or, if no other provision is made for subordinate personnel not of his command to leave a regular assignment, the ranking officer so directing will inform the subordinate's superior as soon as possible.
E. 
An officer, when vested with command, is responsible for the discipline of those under his orders and for the good condition of everything entrusted to his charge or care. It is his duty to see that the laws, rules and regulations and orders are strictly enforced and that subordinates under his command are properly instructed in their duties and their performance thereof. He shall be an example of good conduct.
F. 
A commanding officer must be familiar with all matters that concern his command. He shall make his subordinates perform their duties and direct them to work in harmony with each other.