NewsletterJuly 2011
in this issue
Courts Clash on Police Deception So what's a cop supposed to do?
The Psychopathic Suspect
Training Beyond Your Agency
Legal Update

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 By Valerie Van Brocklin  www.valvanbrocklin.com

 

Up until now ...

 

This is the fourth in a series of articles examining the legal and ethical parameters and societal implications of police deception in criminal investigations. Web links are listed below for the first 3 articles.

 

This series provoked lively reader comments when it first appeared on www.officer.com. The comments ranged from forceful attacks on any use of police deception - including undercover operations - to vigorous defenses of court-sanctioned uses of strategic deception, along with public policy arguments for these positions.

 

This article in the series looks at some more court decisions on what deceptions are legally permissible. My primary intent is to provide this case law as guidance for police officers. However, I encourage readers to continue to all readers to think about what the courts are deciding.   

 

Art, morality, obscenity and the courts.

G.K. Chesterton, a 19th-century English essayist and poet said,

"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."

 
 

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By  John Reid & Associates

 

Imagine what it would be like to make everyday decisions without caring how your choices affected others andto live each day with the only goal being to elevate your insatiable self-worth.* When telling lies or engaging in criminal activity you experience no guilt or remorse and you have such confidence in your ability to escape punishment that you lie at will; in fact, engaging in illegal behavior, and the thrill of getting away with it, becomes a driving force in your life allowing you to express superiority over others: Welcome to the mind of the primary psychopath.

 

Fortunately, less than one percent of the population is diagnosed as a primary psychopath.* The predominant traits that characterize this psychological disorder include lack of remorse or guilt, poor behavioral control, need for emotional stimulation,* irresponsibility, shallow affect, failure to learn from experience, and involvement in anti-social behavior, including frequent lying. Primary psychopaths are usually diagnosed in their twenties, tend to be male and have a higher than average IQ.** They experience a psychological burn-out by mid-life after which they are likely to be nonproductive members of society (incarcerated, drug addicts, recluses).

   

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All Dressed Up and No Where to Go
 
By Kate O'Donnell
Public Grants & Training Initiatives
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Through trial and error, police trainers have developed programs that have become standards in the industry. Many have been by accident, taking a concept, working through it and presenting it in a manner that hit home. First it was the department that provided great feedback, then the scope of training was expanded, and then expanded further; all of a sudden you have a program that has some legs in the police community. Some make it, but unfortunately, many of these programs die on the vine because the trainer doesn't have the time or the knowledge of how to take this training to the next step. Many are hesitant to 'promote' themselves, feeling uncomfortable in the role of 'promoter' and actually profiting by their service to the community. It is a common and understandable mindset for a public servant.

However, what a terrible waste for a training program that has value to the police community, not to find its audience. It's a common dilemma. Without a doubt, self-promotion is a challenge and that is why there are only a handful of police trainers that have achieved the truly elite status. Somehow these speakers worked through the process and the community as a whole has benefited by their efforts.

  

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Reprinted from  WWW.PATC.COM

 

Legal requirements for protective sweeps of residences by law enforcement  

June 2011

by Brian S. Batterton, Attorney

 

On May 19, 2011, the Supreme Court of Arizona decided Arizona v. Fisher [i], which serves as an excellent review of the law as it pertains to protective sweeps of residences by law enforcement officers. The facts of Fisher, taken directly from the case are as follows:   

 

In May 2006, Mesa police responded to a call alleging an aggravated assault. The victim, who was bleeding from a cut on his head, told police he had been pistol-whipped by a man known as "Taz." The victim described Taz and directed police to an apartment complex where he believed Taz lived.   

 

Other officers went to that apartment complex, where Laquinn Anthony Fisher lived. After officers knocked and announced their presence, Fisher and two others came out. None had a weapon and all three were cooperative. Fisher, whose appearance matched the description given by the victim, identified himself to officers as "TA."


 

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