Port Angeles PD Updates ERPO Policy

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  Port Angeles Police Department updated its policy manualNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The policy manual includes specific guidelines for handling extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs)“342.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for petitioning and serving extreme risk protection orders and accounting for the firearms obtained pursuant to those orders.”
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  The policy details how officers must remove firearms when there is probable cause of domestic violence“Firearms must be removed when there is probable cause that a crime of domestic violence has been committed and that firearms are to be immediately relinquished to law enforcement when a person is served with either an OTSPW or an ERPO.”
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  The policy details how officers must remove firearms when responding to calls involving threatsNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The policy aligns with state laws requiring immediate surrender of weapons under orders like OTSPW“Firearms must be removed when there is probable cause that a crime of domestic violence has been committed and that firearms are to be immediately relinquished to law enforcement when a person is served with either an OTSPW or an ERPO.”
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  The policy aligns with state laws requiring immediate surrender of weapons under orders like ERPO“Firearms must be removed when there is probable cause that a crime of domestic violence has been committed and that firearms are to be immediately relinquished to law enforcement when a person is served with either an OTSPW or an ERPO.”
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  The policy incorporates legal definitions from Washington state statutes regarding domestic violence“This policy incorporates the definitions related to Civil Protection Orders under RCW 7.105.010 and definitions related to criminal DV underRCW 10.99.020.”
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  The policy incorporates legal definitions from Washington state statutes regarding intimate partners“This policy incorporates the definitions related to Civil Protection Orders under RCW 7.105.010 and definitions related to criminal DV underRCW 10.99.020.”
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  The policy incorporates legal definitions from Washington state statutes regarding coercive control“According to RCW 7.105.010 (4)(a) "Coercive control" means (4)(a) "Coercive control" means a pattern of behavior that is used to cause another to suffer physical, emotional, or psychological harm, and in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2026/01/13, All Rights Reserved. Extreme Risk Protection Orders - 2 Published with permission by Port Angeles PD Port Angeles PD Port Angeles Police Department Policy Manual Extreme Risk Protection Orders a person's free will and personal liberty. In determining whether the interference is unreasonable, the court shall consider the context and impact of the pattern of behavior from the perspective of a similarly situated person. Examples of coercive control include, but are not limited to, engaging in any of the following: (i) Intimidation or controlling or compelling conduct by: (A) Damaging, destroying, or threatening to damage or destroy, or forcing the other party to relinquish, goods, property, or items of special value; (B) Using technology to threaten, humiliate, harass, stalk, intimidate, exert undue influence over, or abuse the other party, including by engaging in cyberstalking, monitoring, surveillance, impersonation, manipulation of electronic media, or distribution of or threats to distribute actual or fabricated intimate images;”