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of the enterprise, the impact on the community, current case load, available staffing and/or equipment and workable investigative leads. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES REPORTING FORMAT Orange County Sheriff Department report forms and case numbers will be used. a CASE INFORMATION Large-scale narcotics investigations are sensitive. Protection of sources of information and managing information about areas of narcotics/drug-related activity are absolutely essential. Dissemination of information and reports will be done on a need -to -know basis in compliance with existing state and federal laws. Written reports are vital to the conduct of RNSP operations. They are our formal means of communication within the Program, with other agencies and with the court. In composing an investigative report, the officer should remember that it will be read by someone else and, most likely, form the basis for action or inaction by the reader. The report may also be read by someone seeking to discredit its contents. Investigative reports will be completed in a timely manner and will describe activities fully, exactly and plainly. All case reports will be kept in the office of the Regional Narcotics Suppression Program until the conclusion of the case. Questions about the appropriateness of releasing case information will be referred to the Program Manager or a member of the Executive Board. DOCUMENT SECURITY All reports and records will be designated "confidential'. This material will be secured under lock and key when unattended. Access to all files (reference dissemination of information) is on a need to know basis. Case files actively being worked will be kept under the direct security of RNSP until the investigation is concluded. At no time will investigative reports or official records be stored anywhere but the designated office of RNSP or the Orange County Sheriffs Support Services Division. In any case, storage of reports and dissemination of information will always be done in strict accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws. UNDERCOVER DOCUMENTATION RNSP will facilitate assigned officers establishing a covert identity. The Program Manager will maintain records and copies of all correspondence relating to identities issued to officers. These Page 8 Revised 3/11/2011