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• Risk and impacts to the community;
• Input from victims/complainants; and
• OSMP’s values and principles.

Basis for Enforcement Action

Enforcement action, stops, detentions, and arrests are based on articulable, objective reasons, facts,
and observations. Actions are not based on reasons of race, ethnicity, gender, manner of dress, or
other subjective criteria commonly referred to as “profiling.” Rangers may not contact a person
based solely on a “Soundex” match (the practice of randomly running a license plate to obtain
registration information, then using that information to run the owner’s name without a date of
birth or other identifying information).

A Soundex match only means the name entered matches the name on a warrant and does not
confirm rangers have the right person. A Soundex listing does not constitute reasonable suspicion,
and rangers must have other articulable reasons to make contact. When rangers make contact with
someone who matches a Soundex listing, they must proceed cautiously and obtain further
information before detaining the person or placing the person in restraints.

Juvenile Offenders
Rangers shall, whenever reasonable and justified under this policy (and pursuant to BPD’s General
Order 232), take the necessary measures to effect positive changes in juvenile offenders (those
under 18 years of age) that are consistent with state law and the community’s safety and security
interests.

When juvenile offenders have had no prior enforcement contacts with law enforcement, rangers
may choose to warn and release them without further action, refer them to community resources, or
release them to a parent or guardian when the violations are minor in nature and there is no property
damage or injury. Juveniles under age 10 will not be summonsed. Alternative options to issuing a
summons include:
• Releasing the juvenile offender without further action;
• Giving a warning;
• Releasing the juvenile offender to a parent or legal guardian (or “responsible adult”—see
BPD’s General Order 232 for definition);
• Referring the parent or legal guardian and/or juvenile offender to community service;

• Providing informal counseling to parent or legal guardian and/or juvenile offender; and
• Referring to restorative justice programs.

Aggravating circumstances such as setting a fire, discharging fireworks, using a firearm,
or repeating offenses may justify issuing a juvenile a summons. Juvenile offenders may sign their
own summons without a parent or guardian present if it is a municipal ordinance (including alcohol,

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