The text, Police Field Operations: Theory Meets Practice, is designed as a comprehensive, yet readable text on police field operations. The material in the text describes police field operations and is designed to be used in a one semester course on police operations or patrol procedures. While the chapters are designed to be independent units, they also build upon each other to provide a complete picture of police operations, including patrolling.
Preface
Chapter1 Police Patrol: The Backbone of Policing
Chapter2 Police Field Procedures
Chapter3 Police Operations in a Community Policing Environment
Chapter4 The Crime Scene and Preliminary Investigation
Chapter5 Interviewing and Interrogation
Chapter6 Handling Calls for Service
Chapter7 Forensics
Chapter8 Legal Constraints That Impact Police Operations
Chapter9 Police Reports and Other Correspondence
Chapter10 Police Communications
Chapter11 Gangs and Drugs
Chapter12 Police Operations in Culturally Diverse Communities
Chapter13 Crime Mapping and Analysis
Chapter14 Handling Terrorism and Natural Disasters
Chapter15 Ethics and Police Operations
Glossary
Index
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