Issues and Trends in Policing: Police Vehicle Pursuits ABSTRACT There has been a lot of debate and news coverage about police pursuits over the last decade. These debates have ranged from whether police should pursue any vehicle for any reason to if pursuits are not conducted then the criminal element will use the flight in a car as a sure way to escape apprehension. I plan to research and write about the various court decisions that pertain to pursuits. I will review pursuits that have ended
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The BTK (for bind‚ torture‚ kill) investigation in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ was a serial homicide investigation spanning decades and presenting extraordinary challenges. The investigation began in the mid-1970s‚ spanned 30 years‚ and concluded with the arrest of a 59-year-old compliance officer in a small community adjacent to Wichita. His apprehension came as a result of a creative approach that used local media to maintain contact with the killer and carefully manage the release of information about the
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As previously stated‚ facial recognition is more accurate when of the same race. Another factor though is that of distinctiveness and whether the target (suspect) has a recognizable face. It has been research that very attractive or very unattractive targets are easier to recognize than average looking faces (Wells & Olson‚ 2003). Changes in facial characteristics also play a role in whether an eyewitness
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When an arrogant musician is “killed” on stage‚ everyone becomes a suspect. STORY COMMENTS MURDER AT THE MIC is a two-act stage play that presents as a classic murder mystery with the ultimate question: who did it? Everyone loves a good mystery and this play offers a nice one. It reminds one of the classic “CLUE” film. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The play offers a despicable victim‚ a cast of offbeat suspects‚ a determined detective‚ as well as betrayal‚ secrets‚ a twist‚ and a
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Case Study When police have encounters with suspects there are legal justifications that are required during those encounters as well as determining the potential for criminal evidence. In this particular case study‚ officer Smith has noticed a vehicle that has what seems to be a broken tail light‚ therefore pulls over the vehicle. The fact that the car has a possible broken tail light is enough to pull the vehicle over‚ a simple whats called in most states a correctable
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Trace Evidence Trace evidence is an important part of a team in solving crimes in forensic investigations. According to Edmond Locard‚ there is specific that no matter wherever people interact with their environment or is physically involved in a crime often leaves something at or something away from the scene. Those in this category of evidence include many diverse types of macroscopic or microscopic materials that certain examples are easily visible to our “naked eye”. The subject is broad and
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1. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling of Miranda v. Arizona set a precedence on how future suspects would be interrogated. It makes complete sense to advise a person that is being interrogated that he or she has a right to remain silent during interrogation and that he or she has the right to have counsel present during an interrogation. It’s also important that the suspect be fully aware and full understand his or her rights before the interrogation begins. -WRITTEN AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION-METHODS
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he/she is asking are being correctly understood. An interview should never reveal any investigative information but should always cover who‚ what‚ why‚ when‚ where‚ and how. Essay Two An interrogation is the questioning of a hostile witness or suspect that officers to get facts related to a crime as well as try to get an admission or a confession. Interrogations carry an implied suspicion of knowledge or involvement in a crime. Interrogations are handled differently that interviews. During an interrogation
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police and suspect that have committed a crime. Police stun guns and patrol car videos are very important to all law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement is expanding the video car surveillance cameras‚ so that they may be able to record and store details of suspect’s daily car journeys for up to five years. With the cameras installed in police cars‚ they can record any and all activity committed by police or suspects. The police would have irrefutable evidence when they capture a suspect or a police
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A police officer is taught to only increase the amount of force he or she can use when the suspect starts to increase their reactions to towards the officer or another person. If a suspect throws a punch at a police officer then the officer should be allowed to detain the suspect. However if this one punch turns into a full fight then lines have to be drawn. Yes the officer can use force to take the suspect down‚ but when must he stop using force? A police officer must be ready to burst become civil
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