Police Field Operations - Hardcover

Adams, Thomas Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0132663627 ISBN 13: 9780132663625

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

The industry standard for 21st-century policing, "Police Field Operations" is written from the perspective of a working police officer, presenting real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. With its focus on community policing, it describes how and why certain procedures are used, and gives informative techniques from leading police academies from around the country. Provides readers with the widest range of up-to-date information. Use-of-force issues - e.g., when and how much force to use under what circumstances. Provides clearly defined guidelines for shaping and enforcing policy. Officer Survival and Stress Reduction - Exceptionally complete coverage. Helps readers develop the necessary skills of observations, perceptions, interviewing techniques, and crowd and riot control. Great resource material for those involved in police patrol procedures and police and field operations.

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From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Emphasizing "community policing," Police Field Operations takes the perspective of a working police officer. It presents the real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter and how and why certain procedures are used. Key Topics: Presents skills a police officer needs on the job including observation, perception, interviewing techniques, and crowd and riot control. The fourth edition of Police Field Operations has been reorganized to emphasize community policing. This new edition also includes additional guidelines on admonishing witnesses during suspect identification, an expanded feature on body language, an expanded discussion of interviews and interrogations and the difference, guidelines on applying the Miranda rule, and an expanded discussion of the use of force and the rules of self defense. It also contains a new chapter (11) on Traffic Direction and Enforcement. Market: A valuable and practical reference book for anyone involved in law enforcement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132663627
• ISBN 13: 9780132663625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 452