Tag: Juveniles: Page 10

Patrol

San Francisco Values

The sovereign nation of San Francisco has its own immigration policy and its own deportation system.

August 31, 2008

Special Units

Graffiti

In a Broken Windows crime model, graffiti is one of those foothold crimes that leads to a neighborhood's decay.

February 29, 2008

Patrol

School Vandalism

While such acts are rarely reported in the media, one in three schools has reported acts of vandalism each year. In 1990 more than $600 million in damage to school property was caused by vandals. By understanding the nuances of vandalistic acts, patrol officers can develop specialized responses to help minimize future attacks.

September 30, 2007

Patrol

How to Interview a Child

Interviewing a child is in some ways very similar to interviewing any crime victim but, in some ways, it's very different. The first hurdle is to get the child to open up.

May 31, 2007

Patrol

How to Interview a Child

POLICE

Investigators face formidable challenges when interviewing child victims, especially in sex crime cases. Interviewing a child is in some ways very similar to interviewing any crime victim but, in some ways, it's very different. The first hurdle is to get the child to open up.

May 31, 2007

Patrol

How to Crack Down on Street Racing

Street racing of automobiles has been an American tradition since the early 1950s and probably long before. It’s not hard to imagine the first owners of Model T Fords staring each other down as they ran their “Tin Lizzies” down the rutted roads of the early 20th century. But the hey-day of street racing was the “I Like Ike” era when kids in souped-up Chevys and Fords would race for car titles and teenage glory.

May 31, 2006

Training

Napa (Calif.) Police Department

Sometimes a schoolyard scuffle is just a simple fight. Sometimes it’s a clear cry for help from a kid battling bigger demons at home. And sometimes it portends more serious violence from a disturbed, future-felon-in-the-making.

February 28, 2006

Patrol

Shots Fired: San Diego, California 01/17/1998

It had been a busy shift for Officer Philip Bozarth and Officer Juan Sanchez of the San Diego Police Department. They had spent the chilly early morning hours of Jan. 17, 1998, answering an unusually high number of domestic violence incidents, complaints of narcotics trafficking, reports of gunfire of ill-defined origins, and traffic violations.

February 28, 2006

Patrol

How to Start an SRO Program

School resource officers serve as important liaisons between police departments and local schools.

September 30, 2004