Before the accounting of inmates, greyhound should be conducted, if necessary.

Facility
check shall be religiously done. This includes thorough inventory of firearms for fire
power, check of vans for mobility, grills, padlocks, restraining devices, gates and walls
to ensure safety and prevent possible escapes by inmates;

Practice of and adhere to Jail Officers “COMMON SENSE” and “OPLAN

GREYHOUND” are musts all the among jail officers;

SECTION 49. GREYHOUND FORCE - It aims to eliminate in all BJMP manned facilities
any form of contrabands that could have adverse implications on overall administration
of the facilities and to ultimately establish order in all jails, promote operational efficiency
and encourage adherence to prescribed operating policies. All regions should create a
Greyhound Force whose composition shall be in accordance with BJMP Manual on
Operation Greyhound and SOP on Control of Contraband and Physical Evidence. This
way, surprise major greyhound operation in all jails to be spearheaded by the Regional
Director or Assistant Regional Director for Operations may launched anytime.
All regions should create a Greyhound Force whose composition shall be in accordance
with BJMP Manual on Operation Greyhound and SOP on Control of Contraband and
Physical Evidence. This way, surprise major greyhound operation in all jails to be
spearheaded by the Regional Director or Assistant Regional Director for Operations
may launched anytime.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ground Commander - All orders concerning troop movements will
emanate from him. Irrespective of the hierarchy of command, no authority
shall take precedence or overrule his directives until his relief as ground
commander.
2. Team Leaders - Sub-groups or teams that make up every task group will
each have its designated team leader. The team leader shall take direct
hand in overseeing the movements of the elements of his team while
simultaneously maintaining close coordination with the ground
commander. He shall take responsibility in maintaining fluidity in the
execution of his team’s designated functions. He shall regularly inform the
ground commander about the status or progress of the operation.
3. Assistant Team Leaders - Sub-groups or teams that make up every task
group will each have its designated assistant team leader. The assistant
team leader shall, in aid of the team leader, be responsible in overseeing
the movements of the elements of the team. He shall take custody of the
personal belongings of the operatives.
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B. OPERATIONS GROUP
1. Security Teams – They shall ensure the security of operatives
throughout the span of the operation.
a. Perimeter Security Elements – They shall secure the perimeter of
the facility.
b. Holding Area Security Elements – They shall secure the holding
area of the inmates.
2. Contraband Search and Seizure Teams - They shall be responsible in
thoroughly searching and checking the quarters of inmates and personnel
for contraband and such other items that may pose hazards to the overall
security of the facility.
a. Team Supervisor - Other than the team leader and the assistant
team leader, a team supervisor will be designated to directly oversee
the inspection of each cell. He shall be responsible in making sure that
all items confiscated are properly documented, tagged and turned-over
to the contraband custodian.
b. Searching Elements - They shall be primarily responsible in the
search and seizure of contraband and the removal of unauthorized
structures inside the facility.
c. Inmate Representative - An inmate made to witness the operation
must come from the particular cell being searched. He will act as the
representatives of his fellow inmates to validate the claims of
ownership of the items seized.
3. Friskers
a. Friskers of Personnel - They shall have all operatives designated to
frisk inman tes and cell searchers frisked before the conduct of the
search and seizure operations. They have to make sure those
designated friskers of inmates and cell searchers do not bring any of
their personal belongings with them in the conduct of their function to
preclude malice that these possessions were ill-gotten; hence, they
have to have their personal belongings turned-over to their designated
assistant team leader for safekeeping. They will likewise ensure that
personnel directly handling contraband do not furtively take any of the
items they have confiscated.
b. Friskers of inmates - They shall have all inmates lined up and
frisked before sending them to the holding area. Any contraband
found to have been concealed by the inmate will be confiscated and
turned over to the recorder for proper documentation.
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c. Strip Searching-in-Charge - He shall primarily be responsible, when
deemed necessary, to have inmates stripped in search for contraband.
It will likewise be his primary responsibility to coordinate with the legal
services group in executing legal procedures as not to infringe the
rights of the inmate being subjected to strip search. In no manner will
the person supervising the strip search be allowed to touch his subject
in any part of his body during the searching process.
4. Contraband Custodian - He shall be primarily responsible in taking
custody of all confiscated contraband before these are turned-over to the
jail warden.
a. Contraband Inventory Control-in-Charge - He shall be
responsible in maintaining a theoretical and an actual inventory
account of all confiscated contraband.
5. Contraband Recorder - He shall be responsible in the on-site recording
of all contraband confiscated.
a. Facility Representative - He shall act as the representative of the
jail warden of the facility inspected. He shall maintain a separate
record of all contraband confiscated to be reconciled with the
theoretical inventory report being maintained by the contraband
recorder. In the absence of the jail warden, he shall take part, in a
representative capacity in the validation of inventory balances during
the turn-over of custody of all contraband to the former.
b. Contraband Sorters - They shall take primary responsibility in the
sorting, labeling and confiscated contraband.
C. Service Support Group
1. Medical Support Team - A stand-by medical unit shall take responsibility
in attending to medical cases, giving proper medical attention.
2. Intelligence Support Services Team - They shall gather information
before and during the conduct of operations to enable the operating teams
to accurately purge its targets. At the same time, they shall maintain
coordination with the ground commander.
3. Investigation and Legal Services Support Group - They shall be
responsible for information gathering and facility inspection after the
conduct of Greyhound Operations to ensure that the items confiscated
were not returned inside the facility. It is their prime responsibility to
ensure that all legal requirements are met to support the legitimacy of the
operations and as not to infringe the rights of the clientele or other
personalities who will be affected by the operation.
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4. Administrative Support Team - They shall be responsible in the
detailed documentation of the progression of the operations. They shall
likewise properly observe the hierarchy of events in their documentation
before, during and until the termination of the operations.
E. Crisis Management Group - They shall be responsible in taking measures to
abate the tension in the event of crisis situations until the intervention of crisis
response authorities.
1. Negotiations Team - In crisis situations where negotiations are
practicable it will be the role of the negotiations team to establish meeting
points to neutralize the situation. In deteriorating crisis situations it will be
their role to sustain making arrangements until the intervention of crisis
response authorities.
2. Liaison Team - They shall be responsible in providing for tasks or
errands incidental to the crisis situation/operations.
3. Tactical Response team - In the event that a crisis deteriorated beyond
the capabilities of the BJMP to handle, the aid of an ally tactical response
team will be sought.
F. Communications and Media Control Group
1. Media Barricade - They shall be responsible in controlling/regulating
media access to the subject jail facility of the Greyhound Operation. In no
way will members of the media barricade team entertain queries or give
any information as to the status of the operation.
2. Spokesperson - He shall be responsible in making informative
disclosures to media about the operations as directed by the ground
commander. In no way shall he engage himself in making or giving a
statement or statements to the media at his own volition. Every statement
made and information disclosed must be limited only to what is authorized
of him to convey.

Nuisance Contraband - are those that may not be classified as illegal under the Philippine laws but are
forbidden by jail rules i.e. cellphone, money or other commodities of exchange such as jewelry,
appliances and gadgets, excessive wearing apparels and sleeping paraphernalia, intoxicating liquors,
cigarettes, pornographic materials, gambling paraphernalia and other products that are considered as
instruments for vices since they threaten the security, fire safety, sanitation of the facility, and the
orderly activities of the jail.

Merely prohibited and nuisance contraband - are those that may not be classified as illegal under the
law but are forbidden by jail rules.(i.e. cellphone, money or other commodities of exchange such as
jewelry, appliances and gadgets, excessive wearing apparels and sleeping paraphernalia, intoxicating
liquors, cigarettes, pornographic materials, gambling paraphernalia and other products that are
considered vices).

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY OF CONTRABAND DURING SEARCH OF VISITORS A. Merely

Prohibited and Nuisance Contraband 1. On first offense, the visitor shall be warned that it is prohibited
and that he/she is at risk of being considered delinquent visitor if he/she do the same again. Contraband
shall be confiscated and turned over to the Property Custodian who shall dispose them accordingly. 2. If
the same visitor committed the same or similar act, he/she shall be considered as delinquent visitor and
shall be duly recorded by the searcher in a separate logbook exclusively for such visitors. It should be
accessible to other searchers. 3. As disciplinary measure and for security reason, the warden may
impose an order to ban the entry of delinquent visitor in accordance with the provision of Sec. 4 (b) of
the RA 7438 which provides: “The provisions of the above Section notwithstanding, any security officer
with custodial responsibility over any detainee or prisoner may undertake such reasonable measures as
may be necessary to secure his safety and prevent his escape.” 4. Concerned inmate may also be
subjected to disciplinary process under the Inmates’ Disciplinary Machinery if it is established that
he/she has participated directly or indirectly in the commission of the offense. B. Illegal Contraband
except Dangerous Drugs 1. Possession of illegal contraband shall automatically result to denial of entry
and immediate arrest of subject visitor. The provisions of RA BJMP Comprehensive Operations Manual
2015 Edition Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Page 121 7438 shall apply. Section 2 of RA 7438
is hereunder provided for ready reference.