NCJ Number
47322
Date Published
1972
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS POLICE TRAINING FILM USES A DRAMATIC PRESENTATION OF THREE CONVERGING CRIME-IN-PROGRESS EVENTS TO ILLUSTRATE PROPER PATROL METHODS.
Abstract
THE FILM TREATS THE PROBLEM OF HANDLING A CRIME IN PROGRESS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE NATURE OF ITS DISCOVERY. IN ONE SITUATION, A CIVILIAN DISCOVERS A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. IN ANOTHER, THE OFFICERS COME UPON AN ARMED ROBBERY DURING ROUTINE PATROL. IN THE LAST, A CIVILIAN INFORMS THE POLICE OF A SITUATION WHICH IS OCCURING TO HER DISPLEASURE -- A VOYEUR IN HER YARD. THE MANNER IN WHICH A CRIME IN PROGRESS COMES TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICE IS IMPORTANT TO THE PROCEDURE USED IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. COOPERATION AMONG VARIOUS POLICE ELEMENTS AND CONTAINMENT OF THE SITUATION ARE STRESSED IN THE FILM. IT SHOWS THE OFFICER AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM EFFORT WHICH DEALS WITH A LARGE PROBLEM IN A METHODICAL MANNER. SPEED IS IMPORTANT, BUT OFFICERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM HURRYING RASHLY TO THE SCENE. THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DISPATCHERS IN COORDINATING THE UNITS SENT TO INVESTIGATE IS DISCUSSED. THE POLICE OFFICERS' SUPERIORITY TO THE CRIMINALS IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND FIREPOWER IS STRESSED AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE SUCCESSFUL CONTAINMENT OF THE SITUATION. INDIVIDUAL HEROISM IS LARGELY DISCOURAGED, AS SUCCESS IS USUALLY THE RESULT OF A CALM, METHODICAL, TEAM EFFORT. (VDA)