Police Guide/Manual

- Confidence: Try to be confident even though you might not know the right answer.
- Look at the person you are speaking to.
-Stand up straight and speak clearly
-Be firm and assertive, but not a jerk

• Aggressive Tone= possible fight from bad guy. (Ticked off at you)
  
• Passive Tone= possible fight from bad guy. (Thinks your a pushover)
  
• Assertive Tone= cooperation from bad guy (Respect)
  

-Be professional
-Teamwork: ask them if you don't know something, come up with a plan, and implement it.
-ASK-TELL-MAKE

1. Ask suspect to comply
   
2. Tell suspect to comply
   
3. Make the suspect comply
   

-Spacing!!! Don't get too close to people or allow them to get to close to you.
-Keep an eye on your surroundings and don't get surrounded by bad guys.
-Watch the person's hands: keep them out of pockets and within view.
-Watch your partners back. If you see something wrong let them know. (ex: GUN!)
-If you have your gun out, keep your distance
-Utilize cover and concealment
-Do good searches
-Help your partner if he is in a fight
-Keep an eye on other parties when making arrests. (Victim might turn on you)
-TAKE YOUR TIME. There is no need to rush unless life is endangured.
Info you should request from dispatch:

-Physical or Verbal
-Prior Calls to Location
-Drugs or Alchol Involved
-Weapons Involved
- Number of people involved
-Order for protection, restraining orders on location.

Approach to the scene:

-Park squad one house away
-Listen at door before knocking
-Stand in safe area (i.e not in front of a window.)

Contact:

-Announce present
-Seperate the parties and keep an eye on your partner (Face parties away from each other to avoid further problems.)
-Use calm communication
-Secure potential weapons
-Turn off disturbences (TV, radio, etc.)
-Find out what is going on
-Ask open ended question and follow-ups if needed
-Listen and watch for non- verbal clues
-Run warrant checks and OFPs on everyone involved.

Elements:

-Relationship? is it a domestic by law?
-Was there a crime commited
-Document Injuries (Photograph)

Arrest/ Control

-Good control of supects (If possible 2 officers to every suspect)
-Conduct safe and proper search
-Miranderize arrested/ detained suspects


Is it a domestic or regular assualt?

Phoxiland County Law (609.224) defines an assualt as a

(1) an act with intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death; or

(2) intentionally inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily harm upon another.


What makes it a domestic?
-Married
-Relation by blood (Brother, sister, parent,etc.)
-Living together now or in the past
-Child in common
-Boyfriend/ Girlfriend (Significant Sexual/ Romantic relationship)
-Man and pregnant woman if he is the alleged father

If there is a domestic assualt, someone must placed under arrest, the victim cannot say they dont want to press charges for their saftey.

If suspect A punches Supsect B, and Suspect B punches back, they both will be placed under arrest unless Suspect B was in defense.

NOTE: An arrest can only be made within 24 hours after an assualt unless it leads to a greater crime. (Attempted homicide, etc.)

If someone is injured, you MUST ask if they want an ambulance. If wanted, have the ambulance standby in the area until the scene is 100% secure, then an officer must follow them down to the hospital for follow up or transport back to jail.