NCJ Number
108847
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1988) Pages: 19-22
Date Published
1988
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article describes Louisiana's Criminal Patrol Techniques School, a program designed to enhance the ability of Louisiana State Police to detect, identify, and apprehend criminals traveling the State's highways.
Abstract
At the Criminal Patrol Techniques School, troopers study a broad range of areas including the recognition and recovery and/or apprehension of missing or exploited children, stolen equipment and automobiles, drug traffickers, outlaw motorcycle gangs, illegal aliens, and air and marine smugglers. At the same time, troopers are trained in such areas as interview and interrogation techniques and the law of search and seizure. They are trained to recognize the limits of State police authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. The training program enables troopers to view 'the totality of the circumstances' and to be aware that any motorist stopped for a moving violation may be involved in criminal activity. The training received by Louisiana troopers enabled them to apprehend a FBI 'top ten' fugitive. Troopers have also made increased narcotics arrests. Louisiana has shared the success of its program with other State police organizations and has aided them in the establishment of similar programs.