Between arrest and court appearance sits a critical function of policing.
The LAPD entrusts that function to its Custody Services Division. (From its beginning to 2016, it was known as Jail Division.) That mission: to provide professional and compassionate care and custody for those who are entrusted to its Detention Officers. The division ensured that the constitutional rights of these individuals, whom Officers take oaths to protect and serve, are adhered to as they move through the legal system.
The Division is responsible for the care and custody of all arrested persons within the LAPD. The Custody Services Division also physically maintains and supervises all of the jails used by the department.
