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By Andrew Hawkes, Author of
"Secrets of Successful Highway
Drug Interdiction"
1. Focusing on violations and not
indicators - unsuccessful highway drug interdiction officers
habitually focus on violations instead of indicators. I've personally
seen these officers stare at their radar while indicator after indicator
passes them by on the highway. Stop obsessing over violations and
educate yourself on indicators and you will greatly increase your
chances of finding the mother load.
2. Waste valuable time arresting a
suspect for minor violations - another common habit that I've
noticed among unsuccessful interdiction officers is booking suspects for
small amounts dope. Just remember when you are booking a suspect for an
ounce of marijuana, hundreds of pounds of dope are passing through your
jurisdiction. If you can't let a suspect go for a misdemeanor drug
offense then highway drug interdiction is not for you.
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by Paul J. Mendofik
PATC
Beslan, Russia September 1-3, 2004.
One of the most horrific acts of School Violence seen by the world in
modern times:
A trained group of Chechen separatists, armed with explosives and other
weapons took control of the Beslan School corralling over 1,000 children and
adults. This act of Terrorism cost the lives of more than 300 children and left
countless secondary victims and others living with the emotional memory.
Over the three days of the stand-off people were tortured, murdered and
raped. They were deprived of food and because of the oppressive heat, drank
their own urine to quench their insatiable thirst.
When an explosive device unintentionally detonated, the Terrorists
believed an assault had taken place. They began killing more of their captives.
Russian Special Forces took intervening action and for hours, engaged in a
firefight that displayed the untold sacrifices and forfeiture of Warrior lives
to save as many of the children as possible.
Living the Spetsnaz credo,"If not me, then who?", some forfeited their
life.
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By
John E. Reid and Associates
For a confession to be admissible as evidence it must not only be
trustworthy, but also voluntary. The test of voluntariness answers the
question, "was a statement made of the suspect's free will?" The concept of
"free will" has a somewhat different meaning in law than it does in psychology.
A psychologist would argue that if a person is able to make any behavioral
choice he is operating from his own free will. Legally, however, the concept of
free will relates to whether a statement was made in the absence of threats or
other inducements. These "other inducements" generally refer to promises of
leniency.
Promises of leniency occur on a continuum ranging from statements
that clearly offer a lesser sentence, "If you confess, I will make sure you
don't do hard time," to statements that merely imply leniency in exchange for a
confession, e.g., "I want to help you out on this thing." The Canadian Supreme
Court has established a quid pro quo guideline in evaluating promises of
leniency. In other words, only statements that clearly offer the suspect
leniency in exchange for a confession are prohibited.[1]
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider even implied promises of leniency as part
of the totality of circumstances in determining a confession's admissibility.
The courts' concern over promises of leniency is that an innocent
suspect who is caught in a web of circumstantial evidence may decide to falsely
confess to avoid a more significant punishment. There is no doubt that
decreasing consequences is a tremendously powerful inducement to confess. An
example of this occurs on rare occasions when we are permitted to interrogate
suspects on behalf of a defense attorney. Because we are operating under
privileged communication, anything the suspect tells us cannot be used against
him in a court of law. Once we mention this during the interrogation, almost
all of these suspects confess within a short period of time.
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 Top Ten Reasons Crime May Be Rising In Your City:
- The police salary structure is tied to the prevailing wage in China.
- All use of verbal commands is prohibited except "language that builds self-esteem".
- The new mayor was originally from San Francisco.
- All your judges admire the U.S. Ninth Circuit for its wise decisions.
- The town paper describes all criminals as "victims of society and police brutality".
- The Chief believes that people are basically good and truthful.
- Every day is "Open House" at the county jail.
- Ted Kennedy is considered a conservative in your town.
- Women are told not to carry purses because they cause "purse snatching".
- Tony Soprano is the new city manager.
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 What do the SSI TIPS (Terrorism Information Prevention Systems) hope to accomplish?
As a member of Law Enforcement you should help to bring the public into line with the goal of public safety. A number of organizations have helped us provide the following tips:
Deploying assets: People and supplies getting into position to commit the act. This is a person's last chance to alert authorities before the terrorist act occurs. Look for people loading up vehicles with weaponry/explosives, etc, and/or parking that vehicle somewhere, or people in uniforms (who don't look right) approaching an installation or getting into a vehicle, or people who seem out of place standing by at a certain location as if waiting for something to happen.
One fairly good example of this is the attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. When the explosives-laden truck pulled up to the fence line (which was the "deploying assets" step) and the driver jumped out and ran away, that was seen by a spotter on the roof of the dormitory, who recognized this as suspicious activity. He then sprinted down stairs and began pounding on doors, rousting people out of bed and getting them out of the building. Because of that, he saved many, many lives, and it's all because he recognized the "deploying assets" element.
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