NCJ Number
192194
Date Published
2000
Length
523 pages
Annotation
This book deals with the modern patrol function and techniques and is intended for use in college coursework and academy training.
Abstract
The book suggests that the average use of time during a patrol function is calls for service (25 percent), preventative patrol (40 percent), administrative tasks (20 percent), and officer-initiated activities (15 percent). The book is divided into 16 chapters covering; (1) Introduction and a brief history of policing in the United States, the basis of police power, patrol in the media, and the quality of patrol services; (2) Ethics in Law Enforcement; (3) Preparing for Duty; (4) Basic Concepts of Patrol; (5) Police Communications; (6) Handling Calls for Service; (7) Vehicle Operations; (8) Traffic; (9) Substance Abuse and Gangs; (10) Field Interviews; (11) Arrests; (12) Investigations and Reports; (13) Courtroom Procedures; (14) Civil Disturbances and Other Disasters; (15) Officer Survival; and (16) The Future of Law Enforcement. Each chapter begins with a list of learning goals for that chapter and ends with a list of discussion questions. Figures, index