Criminal investigation demands a thorough understanding of probable cause. Detainments, arrests, searches, seizures, interviews and interrogations are legally judged on the reasonableness of police action based on the totality of ...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals1 recently decided a case that is controversial at minimum, not because of its ultimate decision, but because the appellate court relied on an ...
Active shooter incidents, although small in number, have had a terrible impact on the communities affected and the nation as a whole. In the early incidents, law enforcement responded to ...
Officers sometimes neglect their report writing, but it has very serious consequences if left unattended. What officers write in their report stays with them forever. The words on the paper ...
Individual officers & management commonly throw these questions out when asked about how their agency's records are stored & used. A records management system (RMS) is basically a data-storage system ...
While on routine patrol, police officers often perform duties other than responding to calls from dispatchers or initiating calls themselves after observing crimes in progress. As a matter of fact, ...
A job in law enforcement can offer various opportunities to earn extra income outside the routine of responding to citizens calls or working patrol. Police agencies often allow officers to ...
The first two articles of this series on investigating rape discussed legal definitions, the importance of care in handling the initial contact with a rape victim, identification and collection of ...
No doubt, the public expects its law enforcement community to expose in-house wrongdoing, whether the bad act involves criminal, immoral, unethical or unprofessional conduct. That said, police officers are also ...
American law enforcement agencies have much to be proud of. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), from 1995–2004 violent crime fell 32 percent nationwide and property crime decreased ...
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