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New to this edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Law enforcement code of ethics -- Chapter 1: Introduction To Patrol Operations: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Organization and leadership -- Evolution of patrol -- Police field operations objectives -- Patrol activities -- Distribution of the patrol force -- Police discretionary prerogatives -- Ethics and integrity -- Civil and criminal liability of the police officer -- Peace Officers' Bill of Rights -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2: Community Policing: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- What is community policing? -- Evolution of community policing -- Characteristics of community policing -- Problem-oriented policing -- Triangle -- Selective enforcement -- Profiling -- COPS program -- Community policing: Does it really work? -- Community problems and solutions -- Crime prevention programs -- Additional community policing programs -- Field officer and the community -- Personal and professional ethical conduct -- Public information officer -- Human relations mission -- Cultural diversity seminars -- Police reserve (auxiliary) officers -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3: Basic Patrol Procedures: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Patrol and homeland defense -- Patrol activities -- Types of patrol -- Preparation for patrol -- Foot patrol tactics -- Video surveillance -- Vehicle patrol tactics -- Plainclothes patrol tactics -- District responsibility -- Inspections on patrol -- Attractive nuisances and patrol hazards -- Gang activity -- Surveillance and stakeouts -- Objectives of surveillance -- Preparation for surveillance -- Surveillance methods -- Definition of a stakeout -- Specialized enforcement team -- Undercover assignments -- Team policing -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes

The authoritative text in police field operations. The result of over two years of revisions, Police Field Operations, Eight Edition brings this essential text up to date with the most recent developments in police practices and procedures. For years, Adams has served as the textbook standard for police departments and academies and academic programs across the country. Written from the perspective of a working police officer, the text presents the real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. It focuses on community policing, details how and why certain procedures are used, and provides instructional techniques from leading police academies

Chapter 4: Frequently Handled Assignments: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Missing children -- Missing adults -- Intoxication cases -- Civil disputes -- Family disputes -- Domestic violence -- Repossession disputes -- Mentally and emotionally disturbed persons -- Alcoholic beverage control, investigation, and enforcement -- Liquor violations: general investigative techniques -- Abandoned vehicle abatement -- Disorderly conduct -- Stalking and harassment -- Nuisances -- Parades and special events -- Fire scenes -- Rescue and first aid -- Courtesy services -- Assistance for public utilities and service agencies -- Animal calls -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: Crimes In Progress: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Field unit response -- Tactics by type of crime -- Coverage of a building or an entire block -- Questioning the suspect -- Weapon guidelines -- General coordination and search -- Methods of search and cover -- Plainclothes assistance -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Chapter 6: Traffic Direction And Enforcement: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Police traffic function -- Traffic control hand signals -- Purpose of collision investigation -- Types of collisions -- Parts of a collision -- Pursuit and emergency vehicle operation -- Abandoning the chase -- Tactical vehicle intervention -- Escorts -- Transport of injured persons -- Legal aspects -- Vehicle stops -- Roadblocks -- Traffic violations -- Violations by special vehicle operators -- Drivers under the influence -- Field determination of DUI -- DUI reports -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7: Special Challenges: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Disaster response -- Terrorism -- Martial law -- Assignment of responsibility -- Unlawful assembly and riot control -- Use of squads -- Demonstrations and protests -- Crashes and other transportation incidents -- Bombs and bomb threats -- Hazardous materials -- Summary -- Recommended student projects -- Discussion points -- Chapter 8: Arrest, Search, Custody, And Force Options: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Reasonable suspicion and probable cause defined -- Laws of arrest -- Rules of self-defense -- Choice of weapons -- Use of firearms -- Diplomatic immunity -- Entrapment -- Investigative detention -- Search following arrest -- Prisoner control and transportation -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 9: Police Communications: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Interpersonal communications -- Essentials for a police communications system -- Intradepartmental and interdepartmental communications -- External relationships -- Police radios -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes

Chapter 10: Witness Observation And Perception: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Locate and identify the witness -- Innocent but proven guilty -- Basic requirements of a witness -- Forgetting -- Identification of people -- Eyewitness identification -- Standard formula for property descriptions -- Community policing considerations -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 11: Interviews And Interrogations: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Interviewing -- Definition of terms -- Interviewing process -- General interviewing procedures -- General interviewing techniques -- Questioning the victims and witnesses -- Constitutional guidelines for interrogation -- Custodial interrogation -- Miranda Rights -- Attempts at End Run around Miranda -- Confessions and admissions -- Public safety exceptions to Miranda -- Interrogation approaches -- Field interviews -- People to interview -- Field interview procedure -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 12: Preliminary Investigations: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Prelude to the investigation -- Assess -- Care for the victim -- Apprehend the suspect(s) -- Reassess the situation -- Treat celebrities the same -- Short-lived or transient evidence -- Investigative process -- Types of evidence -- Evidence marking -- Evidence chain of custody -- Evidence storage -- Site photographs -- Site videography -- Site sketches -- Investigation of specific crimes -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Endnotes -- Chapter 13: Reporting And Records: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Field note taking -- Value of notes -- Retention or destruction of notes -- Notebooks -- Note-taking techniques -- Daily logs -- Report writing -- Purposes for police reports -- Preparing reports -- Guidelines for good reports -- Construction of reports -- Abbreviations -- Ambiguous words and phrases -- Dictation -- Miscellaneous incident reports -- Chain of custody reports -- Arrest reports -- Crime reports -- Suspects -- Property descriptions and other information -- Special reports -- Different reporting policies -- Records -- Uses of records -- Types of records -- Master files -- Report files -- Crime files -- Arrest files -- Offender registrations -- Serial number files -- Stolen object files -- Pawned object files -- Location files -- Vehicle files -- Hypothetical cases -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Chapter 14: Officer Survival And Stress Reduction: -- Objectives -- Words and phrases to remember -- Introduction -- Officers killed and assaulted in the United States -- Officer survival -- Stress: common causes and responses -- General responses to stress -- Critical incident debriefing -- Summary -- Suggested student projects -- Discussion points -- Appendix A: Suggested readings -- Appendix B: Glossary -- Appendix C: Selection process -- Index