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by John E. Reid and Associates
Interviews
in the popular television show Dragnet were often preceded with the
admonition, "Just the facts ma'am." The emotional detachment displayed by
Sgt. Friday, however, is generally not conducive to eliciting meaningful
information from a subject. People are more comfortable telling the truth to
someone whom they trust and can relate to. This is precisely why an
investigator should spend the first several minutes of an interview
developing a rapport with the subject. For the purposes of an investigative
interview, rapport can be defined as "a relationship marked by conformity."
If proper rapport has been established, a subject should feel comfortable
discussing the issue under investigation in a question and answer format.
Questions addressing the issue under investigation should not be asked until
the subject's behavior reflects this relationship. Some behavior symptoms
that indicate rapport are an uncrossing of the arms, a forward lean or
comfortable posture in the chair, longer, more detailed responses and head
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Many
officers have trouble understanding the psyche of a successful
drug interdiction officer. Interdiction officers may get
wrongly stereotyped as "cocky" or "a suck up" or "too Gung Ho"
by other officers. This has to do with the fact that many
officers don't understand what makes an interdiction officer
tick, what it is that drives them to find that next big load of
dope, so to speak. So to help their cause, below, I have
outlined what I believe to be five essential characteristics of
successful interdiction officers. It is the presence of these
traits that fuels the interdiction officer to be a successful
combatant in the war on drugs. If you possess these traits,
perhaps you are not "cocky" but rather an officer that is
totally committed to justice and the defense of our country
against the war on drugs.
- VIGILANT. Abraham Lincoln once said, "....But
with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward
and give us victories." The vigilant spirit is the art of
keeping watch, always avoiding danger. Being vigilant
means always being on the hunt for drug haulers, around
every turn and down every stretch of highway, using your
trained eye and gut instinct to track down and apprehend the
next drug hauler.
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 The Difference Between Rookie & Veteran Cops
A Rookie loses his lunch at a
homicide scene.
A Veteran eats his lunch at a homicide scene.
A Rookie uses McDonalds drive thru so he won't miss a call.
A Veteran spends 45 minutes drinking coffee at Dunkin Donuts.
You can't read a Rookies name plate because it's polished so brightly.
A Veteran doesn't wear one for liability reasons.
A Rookie puts too much in reports.
A Veteran doesn't put enough into reports.
A Rookie loves foot pursuits.
A Veteran makes the rookie do foot pursuits.
A Rookie is given 40 hours training on communications at the academy.
A Veteran was given 40 rounds of ammunition when he left the academy.
A Rookie wants everyone to know he is a cop.
A Veteran doesn't want anyone to know he is a cop.
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"Officer down, I need backup
and an ambulance!" The two words we dread hearing or saying most. Unfortunately
it is a reality that you may have to face sometime in your career. How you
react, and what you can do to help that officer will largely depend upon your
training. "As we train, so shall we fight" is as true today as the first time
those words were said, and any experienced officer can attest to that. This
article will deal with the emergency medical skills that you need to learn in
order to buy a fellow officer time before the ambulance arrives, and may
actually save his or her life. It has been my observation that most officers
don't like to use the first aid skills they were taught in the Academy,
preferring to leave it to the medics to provide medical care, and normally that
is fine, but this is one instance when waiting for the ambulance to arrive on
scene is unacceptable Remember you may already be at the scene, or the first car
to arrive. Would you want someone to wait if the downed officer was you? The
first order of business is a quick review of the basics.
But First a Reminder: Planning
is not Training!
It is a common albeit
extremely dangerous mistake to think, "it will never happen to me". Most likely
every officer killed or wounded on the job had the same perception. Ask yourself
these questions:
1. Am I prepared to
give first aid to a downed officer? To myself?
2. Do I practice these
skills, or "war game" them in my mind?
3. Do I have a survival
mindset?
4. Can I do more to
prepare even if it's out of my own pocket and time?
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