NewsletterMay 1, 2014
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Investigations: 10 Things Not to Do
Fitness Tip
Confidential Informants: Tips for Recruiting, Paying & Reliability
7 Things Cops Should Never Say To Anyone

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Investigations: 10 Things Not to Do

 

The top ways crime scene investigations get screwed up

By Lt. Jim Glennon

Reprinted from LawOfficer.com

I spent almost half of my career in investigations. I was even commander of the investigations division of our county's homicide task force for six years.  I studied the craft, and trained, read and worked hard. Still, what I don't know about investigations could fill a generally large receptacle. What I was good at was being incredibly lucky.

 

As commander of investigations I was fortunate enough to have an organized obsessive-compulsive Sgt. Dave Kundrot. Alagna, Vasil, Malatia, Abenante, Wirsing, Nevara, Heim, Belanger-they were exceptional detectives and self-starters. On the task force I found the same luck. There are too many to count who were at the core of an incredibly successful and effective team. My skill was in assigning them based on their individual talents.

 

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Confidential Informants: Tips for recruiting, paying & reliability  

  

By Dr. Larry F. Jetmore

 

Reprinted from LawOfficer.com

 

Although anyone who provides information to the police (complainants, victims, witnesses, etc.) can technically be considered an informant, this article deals specifically with confidential informants (CI). For this article, a CI is a person formally registered with and compensated by the department for supplying information or performing a service, such as a controlled purchase of drugs.

 

Compensation may take the form of money and/or a reduced sentence for criminal behavior.

Woven through many of my previous articles on a variety of investigative subjects is my opinion that although the scientific tools available to today s investigator are invaluable, there is still no substitute for gathering information from the street. A police officer s ability to develop a case by using sources of information from people engaged in criminal behavior or living on the fringes of society is the bread and butter of detective work. Why? Because people living the life of the claw and fang have direct access and personal knowledge about people engaged in criminal behavior not normally available to the police. 

 
10 Truths of Police Training  7 Things Cops Should Never Say To Anyone
  

By Dr. George Thompson  

 

Reprinted from PoliceLink  

 

Dr. George J. Thompson is the President and Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute, a tactical training and management firm now based in Auburn, NY. For full details on Dr. Thompson's work and training, please visit the Verbal Judo Web Site.

Safety lies in knowledge. If you deal with cagey street people, or indeed difficult people at all, anywhere, you need to watch your tongue! The "cocked tongue" can be more lethal than the 9 millimeter or the 45.

 

See this list of seven commonly used statements that can work against you.

 

7. "HEY YOU! COME HERE!"

 

Consider, you are on patrol and you see someone suspicious you want to talk with, so you most naturally say, "Hey you! Come here!" Verbal Judo teaches that "natural language is disastrous!" and this provides a wonderful example. You have just warned the subject that he is in trouble. "Come here" means to you, "Over here, you are under my authority." But to the subject it means, "Go away-quickly!" The words are not tactical for they have provided a warning and possibly precipitated a chase that would not have been necessary had you, instead, walked casually in his direction and once close said, "Excuse me. Could I chat with momentarily?" Notice this question is polite, professional, and calm

  

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