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By John Reid & Associates
A recent Frontline episode dealt with interrogation techniques and false confessions.1 The presented case involved the 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Bosko from Norfolk, VA. The following is a synopsis of facts as reported by Frontline:
The victim's husband, who was a sailor in the navy, discovered her body and sought help from the next door neighbor, a fellow sailor named Daniel Williams, who then contacted the police. While the husband had an air-tight alibi, suspicion focused on Williams. Therefore, they asked him to come to the station for a voluntary interview which eventually turned into an 11 hour interrogation. During the interrogation, Williams was administered a polygraph examination which he was falsely told indicated deception. After being threatened with the death penalty, Williams confessed to the rape and murder to avoid execution. In his initial confession he stated that he struck the victim with a shoe and beat her to death. Following the autopsy it was determined that the victim died from stab wounds and strangulation. Williams was re-interrogated and, after the detective revealed the victim's actual cause of death, gave a second confession consistent with the autopsy findings.
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Practical Steps For Reasonable Police Crowd Control
By Lou Reiter Reprinted from PUBLIC AGENCY TRAINING COUNCIL (PATC)
The "Occupy Movement" is really a precursor to the near future for many of our police agencies. There are many other forms of protest we should expect to encounter: political demonstrations, union protests, sports celebratory events, immigration rallies and other protests of governmental actions.
We shouldn't forget the lessons learned in the 1960s during the civil rights movement and Vietnam protests. We shouldn't simply rely on our new equipment and force tools. There are five continuing issues that rise up from our recent encounters with crowd control: officer/agency attitude, unlawful assembly response, arrest provisions, use of force, and mass arrest protocols. These are the issues that have become the focus for civil actions against police agencies.
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Some veteran cops are really great mentors. Some are not. But everyone wants to bestow wisdom on young officers.
by Dean Scoville - Police Magazine
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about, "The Best Advice I Ever Received From Other Cops." It seems only appropriate that I should also share some of the less sagacious comments I and other deputies and officers have received through the years, as well. 1. "F 'em if they can't take a joke" Oh, if that were only the case. It might be romantic to dismiss those who take umbrage with your unique witticisms, but make no mistake about it: You will probably be the one getting screwed if they can't take a joke. I've seen officers of every rank get their tit in a wringer over something they said or wrote about a person of another sex, lifestyle, race, or creed. Pranks, too, have a curious way of coming back to bite the prankster in various parts of his anatomy. Personally, I love irreverent humor, but the strident, humorless minority will always have the last laugh. Try not to play straight man to them. article continues > |
by Dr. Dorothy McCoy
I met Chief Michael Carroll of the West Goshen Police Department (Pennsylvania) at The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Testing and Measurement Conference in November of 2006. Chief Carroll impressed me as a man of honor and a police executive who could make the hard decisions that are inherent in law enforcement. I decided to call Chief Carroll and talk with him about police ethics. Chief Carroll said ethical behavior is taught when we are children and because of that early training we either think ethically or we do not. However, he believes that we can teach officers to be Ethically Responsible, that is, to behave in an ethical way. We can say to officers, "here are the rules that govern ethical behavior, we expect you to follow them." If we discuss behaviors we simplify ethics to an observable phenomenon.. Either you accepted free dinners from the owner of the local diner or you did not. Easy .
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