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Tag: Domestic Disputes: Page 20
Patrol
30th Anniversary: Tactical Hindsight
Ever long for "the good old days?" I know that some of you do. But before you decide to switch places with yesterday's cop, it's important for you to know that you have much better tools and tactics than we did 30 years ago.
September 30, 2006
Patrol
Fatal Errors: Surviving Domestic Violence Calls
Veteran cops have always known that responding to a domestic altercation or assault is a high-risk assignment. The reasons for the danger are plentiful.
December 31, 2004
Patrol
Old Cops Know "Stuff"
The big secret is to listen to these veteran cops, believe most of it, and put it into action in your own life. What I learned from older cops saved my life on several occasions.
September 30, 2004
Patrol
The Honey Do
In his right hand was what to my eyes appeared to be a very large handgun. From the snapshot image that imprinted itself into my brain, I guessed it might even be a Mac-10 machine pistol, judging by the threaded end of the short barrel.
October 31, 2002
Patrol
Behind Closed Doors
One part of the domestic violence scenario that remains unchanged is its extreme danger for the law enforcement officer sent to restore order out of mayhem.
April 30, 2002
Patrol
Battered Women: Why Do They Stay?
She walks into the police station, pregnant, and with two children in tow. Her face is swollen, her hair matted with blood. In an enraged voice she tells the police that she is tired of being beaten, wants her boyfriend arrested, and promises to prosecute this time. Although they have heard all of this five times before, the police nevertheless take pictures and her statement, suspecting all along that the case will never see the inside of a courtroom.
September 30, 2000
Technology
Orange County Deputies to Use Video During Family Disturbance Calls
The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California is giving deputies digital video cameras to film family disturbance calls. The 20 cameras cost $20,000 and will help provide evidence for domestic violence cases.
May 31, 2000
Training
Rookie's Cool Thinking Quells a Deadly Encounter
The bar I now wear on my uniform serves as a daily reminder of how close I came to ending someone's life. My training taught me how to be an effective police officer.
May 31, 1996
Patrol
Putting Out the Fire
Before you go scurrying to your training manuals to find out how someÂone can be arrested for a felony when the basic crime is a misdemeanor, take a look at how San Diego (Calif.) police have managed to curb the number of domestic abuse homicides. Through an innovative domestic abuse policy, San Diego now has one of the lowest rates of domestic vioÂlence homicides in the country.
February 29, 1996
Patrol
Battles on the Homefront
Twenty years ago, typical domestic violence calls were brushed off as trivial disputes to be settled behind closed doors. Police would either admonish the couple to stop fighting or try to mediate their dispute. By the late 1980s, however, states began to treat domestic violence as a crime rather than a private affair.
February 29, 1996
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