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Police Operations?
"Serve & Protect" Patrol, traffic, investigation & general calls for service.
Activities
Todays Law Enforcemet
More informed, diverse, and sospisticated society
Any time in History
Sir. Robert Peel
Created the first police task force
Changes affecting Police Operations
public, society, LE officers, police bureaucracy, community involvement
Bifurcated Society
haves, and have nots
Society Becoming Older
More: minorities, immigrants, single-parent households, gap between rich and poor expands
The Effects
Police Recruits
fewer military backgrounds, women & minorities, More: education, diverse operations.
Community Policing
small police station, closer in community
Broken Windows Metaphor
deterioration of neighborhoods
Mission & Values
Mv: agencys reason for existance, its purpose
Goals & Objectives
G: Broad, general intentions, O: specific activites to accomplish goals.
Goals & Objectives Tasks
Preserve Peace, Protect civil rights & Civil Liberties, prevent crime, enforce law, provide services, improve quality life in community, & participate in solving problems related to crime & disorder.
Tasks
Dog Shift
Shift: 11pm - 7am
Regulations
rules put out by lower level of government.
Policies
statement of principles that guide decisions
Procedures
step-by-step instructions carrying out department policies
Discretion
ability to act or decide a matter by yourself
Racaial Profiling
inconsistant; discriminotory enforcement of the law
Non-Verbal Communication
eyes, facial expression, clothing, tone of voice, touch, distance
Active listening
hear but dont listen, speak 150 words per minute, listen to 450 per minute, zoneout
Technological Equipment
Pagers, photo phones, radio, mobile data terminal, & fax
Special Populations
Language, at&t culture, ARGET, ethnicity, diabeties, blind, deaf, epliepsy, alzheimers, mentally ill, retarded, & sex
When to arrest
with warrent, folony/misdomenor in pressnse of officer, probable cause
Dimensions of Law
substantive law, procedural law, framers of constitution under tyrannical government
Substantive law
crime and elements and pushiment.
Procedural law
how it operates, via due process
Effective Communication
inform, persuade, diffuse, guide, motivate, reassure, & negotiate
Ineffective Communication
confusion, false expectation, wrong conclusions, negotiate stereotypes, fustration, anger
Grapevine
internal channels of communication
CriMNet
Know a persons criminal history in seconds
NCIC
FBI's online system containing information on millions of records.
Problems Communicting
elderly with alzheimers, non-english Immigrants, cultures, disabilities, blind, deaf, epilepsy, mentally ill, retarded Autistic, Homeless
Communicate to Obtain Info
"to serve and protect"
Field Inquiry
The right to stop and question suspecious people (mcfadden)
Interview
planned questioning of witness, victim
Open-ended question
unlimited response from witness in their own words
Closed-ended question
limits amount of information witness can provide
Leading Question
suggests and answer
Primary Victim
Someone harmed
Secondary Victim
not actually harmed but suffers along with the victim
Privileged Information
info not being divulged to the police or the courts.
Absolute Privilage
permits no exceptions
Conditional Priviage
takes form of official informational privilage.
Cognitive Interview
puts witnesses mentally back at scene of incident, encourages them to tell story without inturruption.
Cognitive Interview Phases'
intro, open-ended Narration, Probing memory codes, Review, Close
Statement
legal decription of events releated to crime a crime
Informant
person provides info in criminal action and identity must be protected
interrogation
questioning of witness or suspect obtaining facts to a crime
Admission
contains info about elements of crime but falls short of confession
Confession
info supporting elements of crime given by person comitting the crime.
Custodial Interrogation
the situation of a person who is in custody
2 Miranda Key Elements
1 custodial nature of questioning
2 authority of person asking questions.
Totality of Circumstances
considering all relevant variables in indiviuals' age, mentality, education and criminal experience.
Detecting Deception
focuses on comfort/discomfort, emphasis, synchrony, & perception management
Police reports (well written)
likely to encourage plea-bargaining
Felony Syndrome
officers obtain info onlu on felony cases
Field Notes
provide the basis for reports
Reports
record facts, details in followup investigation, Provide basis for prosocuation and future prefences
Reader Friendly-Writing
avoids police jargon and abbrievations and communications in plain simple english
LE Officers Balance
keep a balance between freedom to & freedom from
Stop & Frisk
stop for reasonable suspicion and a patdown
Continuum of Contacts
limitless variation of contacts bewteen public & police
In the Presense
the officers senses
Probable Cause
conduct an arrest depends on what the officer knew before
Observational probable cause
suspicious conduct, being high on drugs, associating with criminals
Informationa Probable cause
communications from offical sources, posters, statments from victums.
Due Process Law
fundamental principle of justice embodied in 5th and 4th amends.
Strict & Technical
limits the power of apprehansion
Substantive Law
deals with content, what behaviors are considered crimes.
Procedural Law
deals with process, how the law is applied.
Exclusionary Rule
that courts cannot accept evidence obtained in illegal search and seizures
Good Faith
Officer not being aware violating someone's constitutional rights
De Facto Arrest
detention without probable cause that factually indistguishable from a arrest
Compliance
complete lack of physical resistance
Graham Three-Prong Test
1 severity of crime
2 if suspect pses a threat to officers
3. suspect resisiting arrest
Mere handcuff rule
officers safety all persons and transported shall be handcuffed.
Positional Asphyxia
if a persons body position interfers with breathing
10 Exceptions to Search Warrent
Execution of arrest, frisk, incident of arrest, automobile, consent, plain view/feel, abandoned prop, open field, inventory, exigent circumstances
Plain View
officer performing duties and come across evidence
Plain Feel
stop and frisk establsihed the legitimacy
Curtilage
house and area immediatly surrounding it
Functional Equivalent
boarders where travlers enter or exit the country
Exigent Circumstances
emergency when no time for the officers to obtain search warrent