NCJ Number
53584
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 45 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1978) Pages: 59-62
Date Published
1978
Length
4 pages
Annotation
THE ACTIVE PATROL TRAINING PROGRAM INSTITUTED AT THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER IN JACKSONVILLE IS DESCRIBED.
Abstract
IN TEACHING PATROL PROCEDURES, AN EFFORT IS MADE TO AVOID GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO PERFORM ANY TASK. SEVERAL OPTIONS ARE SUGGESTED, AND THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH ARE DISCUSSED. THIS TECHNIQUE, ALONG WITH PRACTICE, ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADD OR DELETE ASPECTS OF BASIC THEORIES TO CONFORM TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL STYLES, A PROCESS THAT USED TO OCCUR AFTER GRADUATION. INSTRUCTORS TRY TO CRITICIZE ONLY SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND TO AVOID PERSONAL PREFERENCES THAT MAY DIFFER FROM BASIC PROCEDURES. THE CLASSROOM PORTION OF THE PATROL TRAINING PROGRAM INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING: BASIC PROCEDURES/CAUTION, PREPARING FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, ONE-MAN ROUTINE STOPS, APPROACHING THE DRIVER, THE STROLL (WALKING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE DRIVER'S CAR TO THE POLICE CAR), GETTING THE DRIVER OUT, TWO-MAN ROUTINE STOPS, ONE-MAN FELONY STOPS, AND TWO-MAN OR BACKUP FELONY STOPS. TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RIGHT DOOR POSITION FOR VEHICLE STOPS, SIMULATIONS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED USING RECRUITS AS SUSPECTS AND AS OFFICERS. THE POTENTIAL DANGEROUSNESS OF SUPPOSEDLY ROUTINE STOPS, DUE TO THE FACT THAT FELONS, MENTAL PATIENTS, AND MASS MURDERERS BREAK TRAFFIC LAWS, IS RECOGNIZED IN THE PATROL TRAINING PROGRAM. (DEP)