Crimes in progress Flashcards
The call
Typically, first responding officer receives information from dispatch
The operator or response
Approach, position and control
Approach
Anticipate the suspects movements
Position
Achieve an advantaged position
Control
Maintain a proper attitude
CASE
- Compromise/comply
- Assauly
- Suicide/ self destruction
- Escape
Threat assessment areas
Window, doors, corners of walls, vehicles and persons
Communication with dispatch
Your location, visual of the scene and party’s on scene
Takes suspect into custody
If probable cause exist for an arrest
Render aid to victim
After safe to do so and prepare to call ems if needed
Foot patrols
Perceived ad an important component of the departments operating plan
Key initiatives a department can use to pave the way for foot patrol
- Determine dates and times of service calls to aid in effective and efficient deployment
- Complement statistical analysis with a community survey
- Invite the community to participate in planning sessions
- Recruit a range of individuals to use various models of patrol
Frisk
Limited search for weapons only, on suspect or areas within the suspects control and pose a danger
Legal basis/ justification for frisk
Reasonable suspicion the suspect is armed and dangerous
Plain view doctrine
If the presence of the officer is lawful and the contraband is in plain view
Plain feel doctrine
During a valid stop and frisk the officer feels what is believed to be contraband
Use of force issues
Reasonable force may be used on a terry stop
Evidence supression
If the defense attorney convinces the judge the stop and frisk as not legal all contraband is illegally obtained
Articulate
Officer must be able to prove reasonable suspicion exist to support the stop and frisk
Quantify your experience
If during a frisk the officer finds drugs, they must be able to articulate how they are qualified to recognize the substance in the subjects pants
Officer safety does not justify what?
A frisk
What are totalities of the situation
- Bolo
- High crime area
- Time of day
- Does the person live in the area
- Risk assessment
- Suspicious of criminal activity
- Offense observed
Suspicious person
- Loiterer
- Moving from car to car
- Clerk with a frozen look
- Barking dogs
- Person dressed as burglar
- Unusual bulge in clothing
- Hitchhicker
Establishing probable cause
- Establish a crime has been committed
- The person to be arrested probably committed it
