Chapter 1        Police Patrol: The Backbone of Policing Chapter 2        Police Field Procedures Chapter 3        Police Operations in a Community Policing Environment Chapter 4        The Crime Scene and Preliminary Investigation Chapter 5        Interviewing and Interrogation Chapter 6        Handling Calls for Service Chapter 7        Forensics Chapter 8        Legal Constraints That Impact Police Operations Chapter 9        Police Reports and Other Correspondence Chapter 10      Police Communications Chapter 11      Gangs and Drugs Chapter 12      Police Operations in Culturally Diverse Communities Chapter 13      Crime Mapping and Analysis Chapter 14      Handling Terrorism and Natural Disasters Chapter 15      Ethics and Police Operations

For courses in police operations and police patrol procedures.   Police Field Operations: Theory Meets Practice, 2/e is a comprehensive, readable text that presents a practical look at police field operations and is designed to be used in one-semester courses on police operations or patrol procedures. Chapters have been designed to be independent units that can be taught individually, but also build upon each other to provide a complete picture of police operations. The text cover all major areas of police operations including patrolling, investigations, crime mapping, community policing, hot pursuit issues, communications, gangs and drugs, and more. Discussions focus on issues and challenges that police officers face on the job and help students bridge the gap between theory and practice.   Teaching and Learning Experience   This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. It provides: Clear links between theory and practice: Chapters help students understand theoretical concepts and directly apply them to field operations. Comprehensive coverage: The text is a complete resource for field operations courses. Readable discussions: Straightforward language and insightful features make the text readable and engaging. Hallmark Features   Clear links between theory and practice. Chapters are designed to provide a solid grounding in the theory behind police practices and a clear understanding of how and why those theories are implemented every day. Action boxes in each chapter contain excerpts from important documents, real-life examples, and readings on policing to illustrate how text material is implemented and affects the real world. Voice of Experience boxes in each chapter present interviews with current and former police officers, providing professional insight into topics in the text. NEW! A new Conclusions on Policing section lists interesting opinions that researchers have come to regarding policing.  Comprehensive coverage. The text is designed to be a complete resource, providing detailed discussions on all aspects of police field operations, including patrolling, communications, legal constraints, terrorism, gangs and drugs, ethical concerns, and more. Police Field Operations is a comprehensive textbook for one-semester courses that deals with police operations. The material covered is organized and presented in a logical fashion, with each chapter building on previous chapters. NEW! Many updates have been made to bring the text up to date with current procedures and practices.  Readable discussions. Straightforward language and engaging features make this a student-friendly text that is understandable and easy to read. Discussions bring tropics to life through generous use of down-to-earth examples of the issues related to the topics at hand. A glossary provides definitions of key terms for easy student reference. NEW! A summary checklist for handling prisoners has been added.

The new 2nd edition has been updated to incorporate recent developments in police procedures and practices and relevant supporting case law.   Overview   Clear links between theory and practice. NEW! A new Conclusions on Policing section lists interesting opinions that researchers have come to regarding policing.   Comprehensive coverage.  NEW! Many updates have been made to bring the text up to date with current procedures and practices.   Readable discussions. NEW! A summary checklist for handling prisoners has been added.   Chapter-by-Chapter Changes   Content has been updated and revised throughout the text, including: discussion on the National Incident Based Reporting System discussion on the general principles of organization for law enforcement agencies examples of why police should wear protective body armour factors to consider regarding high-speed pursuits discussion of community policing and terrorists attacks Problem Analysis Triangle discussion developing community partnerships expanded discussion on cybercrime tips to prevent cybercrime the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on how age is relevant in questioning a child witness new case law on the right of an accused to remain silent discussion on when a jailed suspect is not considered as in custody for Miranda Rule purposes a new section on human trafficking discussion on the development of the Amber Alert system discussion on using DNA to convict or exonerate discussion on the compulsory requirements to give DNA blood samples comparisons between fingerprint and DNA samples as evidence recent court rulings on the admissibility of warrantless blood tests recent court rulings on the admissibility of evidence detected by dog-sniffing discussion on a city’s liability in the negligent hiring of a police officer building blocks of information to use in field investigations new case law on the right of cross-examination new rules and procedures on police communication procedures discussion on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) movement to plain language in police communications interception to telephonic communications discussion discussion on the use of pretextual stops by police officers updates on cri